PHIL145 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Law Of Excluded Middle, Modus Ponens, Argumentum A Fortiori
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A process of reasoning (syllogism) in which conclusions, or particular truths, are inferred from premises or accepted general truths; you are thinking deductively when you follow clues that lead you to a logical conclusion. The level of support needed to give adequate grounds to accept an argument, action or belief as sound. argument can be rationally defended. A declaration of opinion or belief, either positive or negative. Rest on arguments that support them, usually implicitly, but that could be made explicit if necessary. To present some claim as if it were true. Obligation to defend or retract the assertion in this context, an argument is the line of reasoning a person offers up, or is prepared to offer up, to rationalize a viewpoint. Set of statements that are presented as true and that have a very important internal relation. An argument is premises given in support of a conclusion.