PHI 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Deductive Reasoning
15 Dec 2016
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A set of premises together with a conclusion. An appeal to evidence in support of a conclusion. Set of propositions in which some propositions(the premises) are asserted as support or evidence for another ( the conclusion) The conclusion can be inferred from the premises. People use arguments when the truth relation between the statement and the object is in question. An argument reasons forward from its premises, but an explanation reasons backward from fact to reasons for the fact. An explanation explains why something is the case:
