PHIL 3 Lecture 1: Phil 3 lecture 1
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Argument - a group of statements, some of which (the premises) are intended to support. The conclusion is claimed to follow the premise. Statement - a sentence that is either true or false. Certain phenomenon that leads to inconclusive or infinite values (not part of this class) There"s beer in the refrigerator -> either true or false. In the past there can be unknown results but there has to be truth value. Proposition - the information content or meaning of a statement. Different statements can express the same proposition. A statement can express different propositions in different contexts. Ex) david is walking near the bank. Could be riverbank or could be financial bank, this is ambiguous and depends on the context. We can study how to evaluate one aspect of an argument: it"s inference. Inference - the reasoning process expressed by an argument. Argument consists of premises, a conclusion, and the relation between them, which is inference.
