SSH 105 Quiz: Study Guide For Quiz #2

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 105
• Professor: Andrew Hunter

Document Summary

When studying for the quiz, you should quickly review the following material: Key terms at end of each chapter. You should also review the sets of powerpoint lecture slides. Below is a list of key topics or concepts that you should review for the quiz. An argument is a series of statements, one of which, the conclusion, is supported by the others. From this definition it follows that a single statement is never an argument. When we are giving an argument, we often want to provide evidence that supports our premises, as well as evidence that supports our main conclusion. Our goal is still to convince someone to accept the main conclusion this is, as it were, our main point but we also may want to provide reasons for accepting the premises of our argument. When we do this, we are giving a sub-argument. A premise is a statement that is being offered in support of a conclusion.