Philosophy 1200 Lecture Notes - Pizza Pizza, Deductive Reasoning, Logical Form
14 Sep 2013
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> big members collective: to say something about the class itself eg. we have a large wrestling team. Grammatical ambiguity grammatical ambiguity: structure of sentence allows for multiple interpretations eg. i told him to call me in the morning. Use and mention use-mention ambiguity: failure to distinguish between using or mentioning a word or phrase eg. paddy is irish. the person named paddy is of irish descent -> use the name paddy is an irish name -> mention. Analytic, contradictory and synthetic statements statements whose truth or falsity is determined by their meaning analytic: statement that is true by definition eg. bachelors are unmarried men. Triangles have three sides. contradictory: statement that is false by definition synthetic: whose truth can only be determined by relying on observation and/or experience a non-analytic, non-contradictory statement. Listing all necessary conditions makes them jointly sufficient conditions eg. the necessary conditions for being eligible to vote in federal elections in.
