PP201 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5-6: Begging, Persuasive Definition, False Dilemma
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Chapter 5: language: stipulative definitions: establishes or restricts meaning for a particular purpose, ex. A student is anyone registered in one or more regular courses: operational definitions: operational definition of a term t says that t can be used when and only when a specified operation yields a specified result, broad definitions. Includes in that class things that should not be there: ex. A student is anyone who engages in the process of learning: by this definition, anyone would be allowed to qualify for financial aid for, narrow definitions example, excludes things that should be there, ex. Chapter 6: accepting premises: dichotomy argument: uses implicitly restricted disjunction as a premise; one or more additional premises rule out all but one disjunct, disjunctions: state a number of options or alternatives, each called a disjunt, e(cid:454). 2 disjuncts: false dichotomy: when a disjunctive premise falsely suggests that all possible alternatives relevant to the conclusion have been given, ex.
