PHIL 210 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Wedding Planner, Deductive Reasoning, Logical Form

• School: Concordia University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 210
• Professor: Guillaume Beaulac

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Provide an example of a reasonably cogent argument for some claim: lately, whenever elena is at her long-term boyfriend"s house, she discusses weddings and bridal showers. Elena is at her boyfriend"s house, and is telling him about a wedding venue she particularly liked. Therefore, i assume that elena is dropping hints to her boyfriend that he should propose. The conclusion of a deductive argument will not offer more information than what has already been addressed in the premises, it will only provide the information in a different form. Contrarily, ampliative arguments are considered fallacious because the conclusions express information that was not explicit or implicit in the premises. True premises will consistently guarantee a true conclusion. Ampliative arguments can offer conclusions that are rationally believable, but may or may not be true, since the conclusions provide information that did not exist, or was not explicit, in the premises.