PHI 1101 Chapter 1: Chapter One and Two.doc

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Mark Brown

Document Summary

To persuade someone of the reasonableness of a position, we present arguments in. An argument is a set of claims, one of which is meant to be supported by the. A conclusion is a claim meant to be supported by reasons offered in the argument. A premise is a claim put forth as a reason for a conclusion. When you move from a premise to a conclusion, we infer or make an inference (the movement of ) Arguments may occur in any context and involve any subject matter. An argument in our sense is not a dispute. Arguments can fail or may be false, or give little or no support for its conclusion. Bad argument= false claim or do not support the intended conclusion. A bad argument is still an argument. Not necessarily clear when the intention is present, when a claim is made by itself. Since and because are inference indicators: conclusion indicators, premise indicators.