SSH 105 Study Guide - Modus Tollens, Modus Ponens, Michelle Obama

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

Document Summary

An assertion that something is or is not the case. A premise is a statement offering support for a conclusion. A conclusion is a statement that is held to be supported by a premise or premises. The process of reasoning and moving from a premise to a conclusion based on those premises. An argument is a set of statements one of which ( conclusion) is taken to be supported by the remaining statements( premises): deductive arguments: Deductive argument is to provide logically conclusive support for the conclusion based on the premises: inductive arguments: An inductive argument is when the premises are intended to give probable and not conclusive support for a conclusion: invalid argument: A true conclusion is not guaranteed with both premises being true, or a false conclusion is the result of one. If the premises are true, then the conclusion is guaranteed to be true.