PHI 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Deductive Reasoning, Gender Equality, Relativism
11 Sep 2013
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If it is wrong to discriminate against women on the basis of gender, then it is wrong to discriminate against men on the basis of gender. Premise: it is wrong to discriminate against women. Conclusion: therefore, it is wrong to discriminate against men as well. (deductive argument) Using a friend"s car without asking permission is taking property without permission. So, using a friend"s car without asking is wrong. Premise: using a friend"s car without asking is taking property without permission. Implicit premise: taking property without permission is stealing. Conclusion: therefore, taking a friend"s car without asking is wrong. How do deductive arguments work? like analyzing math problems. Premise: jill sold two of john"s cows: -2. Premise: jack gave 6 cows to john: +6. C: context clues and common sense to correctly identify the structure of "natural language" arguments. In logic, information can be represented by variables statement that is either true or false.
