PHIL 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Stuart Rachels, Merriam-Webster, James Rachels
29 Oct 2018
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The definition of the word argument in webster"s dictionary is defined as: a coherent series of reasons, statements, or facts intended to support or establish a point of view (webster"s, 2008). however, in philosophy an argument is used to prove something. An argument in a logician"s point of view consists of at least one or more premises and conclusions. In an argument the conclusion follows from the premises. An example of this would be the following: As you can see the the conclusion follows the premises. This relationship is important because if the premises are true, then it can be said that the conclusion is also true. However in the following example, we can see that there is something off. All people from massachusetts love the patriots and dunkin donuts. (premises) Therefore, sammy jo loves the patriots and dunkin donuts. (conclusion) As you can see this argument is inaccurate.
