PHL201H1 Chapter : Notes simplified from the textbook!
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What can we know?: since not everyone is going to agree on the correct answers to these questions, it is extremely important to give reasons why you think one answer is better than another! In the process of giving reasons, you are doing what we call as logical thinking: logic is just another way to articulate clearly of your reasons. If we want to persuade someone of our reasons, we must think logically for them to believe our position. Arguments: argument is not just some verbal dispute, an argument is a series of statements where the last statement supposedly. In this example, if you were to accept the two premises, you would have to accept the conclusion: this is a good argument. www. notesolution. com. Validity: there are some arguments with conclusions that don"t actually follow from the premises, even though they supposedly do, there are valid and invalid arguments, valid arguments: It is valid if the conclusion supported by its premises.
