SSH 105 Study Guide - Comprehensive Midterm Guide: Fallibilism, Murder 3, Descriptive Knowledge

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 105
• Professor: Klaas Kraay

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Critical thinking: a systematic analysis or formulation of arguments by rational standards. Is a systematic process because it involves distinct procedures and technical methods. > by seeing if the premise(s) support their conclusion. Statement/claim: an assertion that something is or is not the case. Proposition: the specific thought or idea that the statement/claim is attempting to express. It is snowing and il neige (different statements but same proposition) Premise: a particular kind of statement(s) that is offered in support of a conclusion. Premise 1: tiffany is great at public speaking. Conclusion 1: tiffany will win the speech contest. Conclusion: a statement that is held to be supported by one or more premises. Argument: a set of statements, one of which (the conclusion) is taken to be corroborated by the remaining statements (the premises) The premises state the reasons or evidence for accepting/believing a conclusion. The conclusion is what the speaker wants you to accept/believe.