PHIL 2410- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 23 pages long!)

44 views23 pages

Document Summary

We engage in reasoning when we offer arguments. We engage in good reasoning when we offer good arguments. Argument has two very different meanings in english. Roommates have an argument when they fight verbally over whether to paint the living room taupe or beige. A logician has an argument when he/she has a set of premises that are intended to support a conclusion. Good a(cid:396)gu(cid:373)e(cid:374)ts ha(cid:448)e a (cid:395)ualit(cid:455) (cid:272)alled (cid:862)t(cid:396)uth p(cid:396)ese(cid:396)(cid:448)atio(cid:374)(cid:863): if all the p(cid:396)e(cid:373)ises a(cid:396)e t(cid:396)ue, the(cid:374) the conclusion must be true. The truth of the premises is forced onto the conclusion. The conclusion cannot be false if all of the premises are true. Which has truth preservation- if you have truth in the beginning it will keep it to the end. An argument consists of a set of premises and a conclusion. Declarative sentences in english makes claims about the universe that are either true or false.

Get access

Grade+20% off
$8 USD/m$10 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Grade+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
40 Verified Answers

Related Documents