PHILOS 2 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Soundness
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An argument is a series of statements where the last statement follows or is supported by the initial statements. Inductive-premises support the truth of the argument but don"t guarantee it. Deductive- truth of the premises guarantee the truth of the conclusion. Validity is when the premises are true as well as the conclusion (a valid argument can have false premises; if the premises are true the conclusion will be true) Soundness is having a valid argument and the conclusion happens to be true. A proposition is the meaning of what we say or think; they can either be true or false; statement that can express the same thing in different languages. When you use the conclusion to establish the argument-- based on the assumption that the conclusion is already true. A paradox is an apparently acceptable conclusion derived by apparently acceptable reasoning from apparently acceptable premises. A posteriori: knowledge dependent on experience and empirical evidence.
