PHIL145 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Preposition And Postposition, Tu Quoque, Ad Hominem

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL145
• Professor: Tim Kenyon

Document Summary

Assert - to present some claim that may or may not be true. Argument - set of statements that are presented as true and that have a very important internal relation. Elements of an argument: premises - statements which are intended to provide rational support or establish the truth of a further statement, conclusion - statement intended to rationally supported by set of premises. Essential premises - premises that would remain if all irrelevancies are removed it will still be true. Propositions, sentences, claims - forms you could make an assertion in. A argument is valid just in case there is no way for the conclusion to be false if all premises are true. Soundness - is valid and have all true premises therefore it proves its conclusion. Inference - act of reaching a conclusion on the basis of some premises. Univocal - a term that has only one single meaning or interpretation.