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Phil 102
phil 102
Question | Answer |
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Philosophy | is the love of wisdom |
Logic | is the study of reason |
Reasoning | -a process of interring a conclusion from given premises. -the purpose of reasoning is to solve problems |
Argument | form of persuasion, that makes a claim, gives reason in support of that claim |
Claim | a statement that is true or false, true & false are truth values |
Conclusion | the claim we are arguing for |
Premises | the claims that give reasons in support of the conclusion |
Tautology | a claim that is necessarily true |
Contingent | a claim whose truth value depends on evidence |
Cogent argument/good argument | -3 criteria of a cogent argument: 1. Believe premises 2. All the relevant information has to be considered 3. The premises must lead to conclusion |
Bad argument/fallacious argument | error in our reasoning-fallacy |
Deductive argument | is an argument where if the premises are true, the conclusion must be true |
Inductive argument | is an argument where if the premises are true the conclusion is, at best, probably true |
Valid/strong argument |