PHL145H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Raw Image Format, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
10 Feb 2016
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The process of making judgement or assumptions based on something is making an inference. An argument is described as a group of sentences. All of the other sentences are the premises. An argument is done by using the premises to support and justify the claim. A good argument is one in which the premises provide the receivers to good reason to believe the other person"s claim is true. Arguments consist of either declarative or indicative statements, rather than commands or questions. The person making the argument is often trying persuade the receiver to view things their way. In terms of critical reasoning, it is best to simply view arguments as a collection of statements. One being the claim, the remaining statements being the premises that are used to justify and support the claim. If the results of a poll, state that 87% of people surveyed in the poll will vote for republicans.
