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Ad. Homien Arg. (Inform. fallacy)
attacks person instead of position
Slippery Slope (Inform. fallacy)
, arguing w/o good reason that taking a certain step will lead to the
inevitable
Constructive task of philosophy
attempting to find the answers to the basic and important issues in life
Denying the Antecedent
Symbolic form:
1 If P then Q
2 Not P
3 Not Q
ex; The fact the GW wasn't assassinated does not mean he isn't dead
Cogito ergo sum
"I think; therefore I am" Descartes found that he could not doubt that he
himself existed, as he was the one doing the doubting in the first place.
, Inference to the Best Explanation
1 confronted w/ certain data needs to be explained
2 we than gather and assemble a pool of live options
3 elect from this pool the explanation that if true, best explains the data
4 what criteria contributes to an explanation the best is disputed
Components of a "sound"/"good" deductive argument
-it is formally &informally valid
- it has true premises
-leads us to a sound conclusion which means it is true/valid
Epistemology (2nd sub-discipline)
asks whether one can know anything &what one can know and how one
can know it
5 Types of valid logical arguments
Give this one a try later!
Ad. Homien Arg. (Inform. fallacy)
attacks person instead of position
Slippery Slope (Inform. fallacy)
, arguing w/o good reason that taking a certain step will lead to the
inevitable
Constructive task of philosophy
attempting to find the answers to the basic and important issues in life
Denying the Antecedent
Symbolic form:
1 If P then Q
2 Not P
3 Not Q
ex; The fact the GW wasn't assassinated does not mean he isn't dead
Cogito ergo sum
"I think; therefore I am" Descartes found that he could not doubt that he
himself existed, as he was the one doing the doubting in the first place.
, Inference to the Best Explanation
1 confronted w/ certain data needs to be explained
2 we than gather and assemble a pool of live options
3 elect from this pool the explanation that if true, best explains the data
4 what criteria contributes to an explanation the best is disputed
Components of a "sound"/"good" deductive argument
-it is formally &informally valid
- it has true premises
-leads us to a sound conclusion which means it is true/valid
Epistemology (2nd sub-discipline)
asks whether one can know anything &what one can know and how one
can know it
5 Types of valid logical arguments
Give this one a try later!
