PP201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Counterexample, Modus Ponens, Implicature
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Chapter 1: the parts of public thinking: deductive argument. Assertion; to present something as if it were true. Argument; the fundamental units of rational exchange; the presentation of reasons; an argument is premises given in support of a conclusion. Soundness; the property of an argument that succeeds in supporting its conclusion; a sound argument proves that its conclusion is true. Two ways of approaching the study of arguments and arguing: (1) argumentation is a rational practice. Reflects the idea that a good argument is supposed to be an effective one. Reasonableness of an argument has to be measured, at least in part, by the effects the argument has, or would have, on a basically reasonable person. Stresses the fact that arguing is a process, one that occurs in a communicative context. Argumentation is a practice by which we aim to show the reasonableness of an assertion, up to whatever standard of reasonableness is called for in that context.
