PHILOS 2CT3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Stipulative Definition, Ignoratio Elenchi, Lexical Definition
5 Mar 2018
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Different from contingent statements because under all circumstances, they possess the same truth value false always equivalent to one another but none are consistent. P and not p : ex: this year is 2016 and this year is not 2016 , tautologies". Always have the same truth value in all possible worlds and are always equivalent to one another. Missing the point fallacy: aka fallacy of irrelevant conclusion" a set of reasonable premises is collected that leads to a conclusion but not the conclusion that"s in fact been drawn. Having reached a different conclusion from the one thee argument is structured to draw. The point has been missed ex: all humans are mortal, socrates is human, therefore, socrates is not really greek. A feeling of how did that conclusion get there? . Occurs when reasoning about parts and wholes, whether youre thinking about a thing or a set of things.
