PHIL 105 Lecture 11: Lecture 11
16 Mar 2016
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Argument analysis: decide whether there"s an argument there writing can serve different purposes: If so then you can engage in argument reconstruction: reconstruct. To help us to decide, on rational grounds, what to believe. This means we should try to make the argument as strong for us as possible before evaluating it, principle of charity. Wednesday, october 21, 2015: try to be faithful to its author"s intentions. Often, to make an argument well-formed, we must add a premise or more. But, how do we know/decide which premises we should add. The principle of charity for implicit premises (page 137) If there are no speci c instructions, supply a premise that does the work in making the argument well-formed, and is also the most reasonable of the options. Think of possible options and choose the best one. A valid argument with reasonable premises is preferable to a cogent argument with equally reasonable premises.
