PHIL 1000 Chapter : Class 2- complete.docx
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Argument: an argument is not a fight an argument consists of reasons for a conculsion inductive arguments : these are the bread and butter of the social sciences inductive arguments attempt to establish a conclusion (thesis) on the basis of the observation or evidence it is possible for the evidence brought in favor for a conclusion of an inductive argument to be strong, and the conclusion to be false while the inductive argument on the whole maintain its status as credible. Deductive argument: deductive arguments are only credible if, it is not possible for the premises of the argument to be true and the conclusion to be false deductive arguments that have this property are called valid deductive arguments: examples of a valid deductive argument (cid:224) premise (1): the moon is made of green cheese, premise (2): all items made of green cheese are yummy, conclusion: the moon is yummy.
