PHIL 1100 Study Guide - Fallacy
11 Jun 2013
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Seven conditions under which a premise is acceptable: supported by subargument, supported elsewhere, knowable a priori, common knowledge, supported by appropriate testimony, supported by appropriate authority, for the sake of argument. 1 is the paradigm case; 2+5+6 are basically specific ways of giving subarguments; and3+4+7 are special cases in which no subargument is required. Seven conditions under which a premise is unacceptable: easy refutability, false a priori, premises are inconsistent, too vague or ambiguous, dependent upon controversial assumption, premises not more certain than conclusion, begging the question. 1 + 2 + 4: absolute; 3 + 5: getting into the nuances of interpretation; 6 + 7: the proper relation of ps to c. Relevance is a relation between two bits or bodies of information (e. g. , between two claims, or between some data and a theory, or etc. ). More specifically, it is a relation between their meaning, or truth-conditions.
