PHI 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Syllogism, Obversion, Contraposition
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Additional paper hints (1) you can single-space or double-space. Generally, arguments are single- spaced and indented. (2) you should treat arguments the way they are treated in the course packet and in the sample papers. This means that you present arguments in this way: Never put an argument in the paragraph with the rest of your discussion. Do this: the first syllogism of the sorites is this: no dogs are cats. Arguments never appear in paragraphs with the rest of. They are treated as quotations. (3) don"t discuss everything you know. You don"t have to discuss obversion or contraposition. You don"t have to explain how you put the argument in standard logical form. You don"t have to discuss salmon"s rules or venn diagrams or truth tables. Yes, this is beginning to sound like a nike"s ad. (4) just because you discover that the argument is unsound immediately does not mean you can stop writing.
