PHIL 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: United States House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, Critical Thinking
26 May 2020
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Example: libertarian argument, libertarians (who believe governmental interference is a bad thing) have argued as follows: People who pay taxes are forced to work part time for the government. The government then decides how to spend your taxes. If there is only one factor f in common between two situations in which effect e is observed, then it is reasonable to believe that f causes e. If e is observed in situation s1, but not in s2, and the only relevant difference between them is that s1 has factor f and s2 does not, then it is reasonable to believe that f causes e. If in a range of situations e is observed when and only when f is present, then it is reasonable to believe that f causes e. Methods of residues (this applies to cases where we cannot isolate f all on its.
