ENGC44H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8-11: Well-Founded Relation, Emotivism, Testability
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** ( they are on the final) final exam questions from midterm: o o o o o. Usually the burden of proof rests on the side that makes a positive claim. In good arguments, premises are always explicit false. There is something inherently wrong with accepting a claim that furthers your own interests . Chapter 8: inductive reasoning: enumerative induction: a way of reasoning where we begin with observations about some members of the group and end with a generalization about all of them, particular general, natural and useful, formal form: X % of the observed members of group a have property p. therefore, x. Hasty generalization: draw conclusions about a target group on the basis of a too small sample. E. g. polls, consumer opinion surveys, scientific studies (medical research), qc checks, anecdotal reports etc. Larger sample = more likely it is reliably reflecting the nature of the larger group.
