SSH 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fritter, Dependent Clause, Apple Pie

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 105
• Professor: David Hunter

Document Summary

Ssh 105 lec 2 the n ture nd v lue of critic l thinking pt. Knowing how to construct nd ev lu te definitions is vit l to critic l thinking: to m ster discipline(cid:322)s key concepts nd ide s, to cl rify the cl ims people m ke in their rguments, to prevent misunderst nding. To cl im th t something is true is to ssert it. Let"s c ll wh t is sserted proposition. A proposition is possibility/w y th t things c n be. For ex mple, (cid:323)we h ve milk(cid:324) is n ssertion. Wh t propositions re sserted in e ch of the following: S lmon is delicious nd oysters re t sty. 3 ssertions: (cid:323)s lmon is delicious(cid:324), (cid:323) nd(cid:324), (cid:323)oysters re t sty(cid:324) Either john is l te or my clock is f st. The st tement is n ssertion, but we don"t know which one is right.