PHIL-125 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Hypothetical Syllogism, Syllogism, Existential Fallacy
13 Feb 2018
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Conclusion what is claimed to follow from the evidence. Not all passages contain arguments, to be an argument: at least one statement must claim to provide evidence or reason, there must be a claim that the alleged evidence supports or implies something. Implicit claim argument containing no indicator words. Simple noninferential passages - unproblematic passages that do not contain an argument: warnings, pieces of advice, opinions, reports. Loosely associated statements: expository passages nonargument that begins with a topic sentence and the following sentences develop the topic. Illustrations nonargument that shows what something means or how something is done: explanations - nonargument that sheds light on some event or phenomenon, conditional statement: nonargument if____ then ____ . First blank being antecedent, second blank being consequent. 1. 3: deductive arguments if the premises are true it is impossible for the conclusion to be false, argument based on mathematics, definition, categorical syllogism, hypothetical syllogism, and disjunctive syllogism.
