PHIL 2100 Study Guide - Final Guide: 24 Sussex Drive, Wheelchair Ramp, False Dilemma

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2100
• Professor: John Russon

Document Summary

Claim: a declarative sentence used in such a way that it is either true or false (but not both) Ex: dogs are mammals this is a claim. Ex: dick is hungry- this is (cid:272)lai(cid:373), e(cid:448)e(cid:374) if (cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) if it"s t(cid:396)ue. An argument that commits a fallacy of reasoning cannot be repaired. If it has a fallacy, then it is a bad argument. An argument is fallacious if it has unacceptable premises, irrelevant premises, or insufficient premises. Drawi(cid:374)g the li(cid:374)e falla(cid:272)(cid:455): to a(cid:396)gue that if (cid:455)ou (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake the diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e p(cid:396)e(cid:272)ise, the(cid:396)e"s (cid:374)o diffe(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:272)e. Subjectivist fallacy: often people think that a lot of disagreement about whether a claim is true means that the claim is subjective- (cid:271)ut that"s a (cid:272)o(cid:374)fusion, the subjectivist fallacy. Whate(cid:448)e(cid:396) (cid:449)e (cid:373)ea(cid:374) (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:862)god(cid:863) it"s supposed to (cid:271)e so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g that e(cid:454)ists i(cid:374)depe(cid:374)de(cid:374)tl(cid:455) of people- the example is objective.