PHIL 1F91 Lecture Notes - Modus Tollens, Deductive Reasoning, Logical Form
9 Dec 2012
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We now come to the fourth component of philosophical methodology which has to do with the evaluating. As we already know, philosophers first clarify their concepts and definitions. They then set up and hypothesis to test the concept. Finally, they construct an argument to support their concept. Philosophical texts put forward arguments to support their conceptual theories. First, we may notice that there are two different meanings for the word argument in english. The first definition would be what rauhuat calls a verbal disagreement . Someone hits you from behind in your new car. You engage in an argument with this person. Every philosophical argument is comprised of a premise or set of premises and a conclusion. We will define an argument is a series of sentences, one of which (the conclusion) is claimed to be supported by the others (premises) Example: if it rains then the streets will be wet (premise, it rained (premise two)
