PHL 214 Study Guide - Final Guide: Rhetorical Question, Inductive Reasoning, Fallacy
27 Jul 2019
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Arguments are found where there is some room for disagreement or controversy. Arguments offer reason and evidence to prove that their beliefs are correct. Argument: set of claims (premise) in which one or more are put forward to offer reasons for another claim (conclusion) Opinion: belief often held with a low degree of confidence->cannot fully defend with evidence/facts. Indicator words: suggests the presence of an argument->indicate which statement is the premise and which is the conclusion. Not all arguments use indicator words and not all indicator words lead to an argument! Jokes, stories, explanations, descriptions, questions (rhetorical) and exclamations. Conditional statements: describes and links several conditions together->if one condition is true, the others will be too. Explanations: claims are put forward to help make claim understandable. In arguments, claims are put forward to justify a conclusion whereas in explanations, claims are used to show how something came to be.
