PHIL 105 Lecture 5: Lecture 5 PDF
16 Mar 2016
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If the premises were true, then the conclusions would be too, it would follow. The premises are irrelevant to the conclusion, so their truth is also irrelevant. There are two requirements for an argument to be good" (rationally strong for you): conclusion must follow from its premises, its premises must be reasonable for you to accept. An argument whose premises, if true, would support its conclusion, is called well- formed . An argument is well-formed is and only if it is valid or cogent. Although that was not a great argument, it was most certainly valid. Cogent: an argument is cogent, if its premises are true, they provide reason to think the conclusion is true, but they could be true yet the conclusion if false. example: most students in this room are under 25. The person in the top left seat is a student in this room.
