PHI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: False Premise, Scientific Method
17 Sep 2016
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Empirical method- a method that deals with scientific method, experiments, control groups, looks at results, sensory evidence, and observations. Non-empirical method- in another word known as a priori" is a method that does not rely on observations, logic, and reason. For ex, mathematics 10+10=20, you wouldn"t need 10 markers each to display basic addition. Today topic: god exists or god does not exist. Arguments are series of statements composed of premises, conclusion and the inferences between premises +conclusion: premise set- statements that are either known to be true or assumed to be true for the sake of the argument. For ex, statement/sentences, strings of letters, symbols, sounds which communicate a statement or information communicated which sometimes make a claim to be either true or false: conclusion- statement that is supported by the premise set. Look for what they are trying to convince is true: inference- reasoning from premise set to conclusion, logic that gets you from 1 to.
