PHIL 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Four Causes
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Inductive argument: designed so that if all the premises are true, then conclusion is likely to be true or probably true. Deductive argument: designed so that if all the premises are true, then the conclusion is guaranteed to be true (designed to be valid). Argument by analogy a has f, g, and h has f, g, and h a has j. Increasing the # of similarities increases likelihood of conclusion. *(2) everything but god was caused to exist by something else. Or everything that came into existence was caused to exist by something else. Or everything that came into existence was caused to exist by something else existing prior to it. Aquinas" causal argument (1) there is a series of past causes (2) everything that came into existence was caused to exist by something else existing prior to it (3) the series of past causes is not infinite. Reductio ad absurdum example (defending premise 2 of the causal argument)
