PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anosognosia, Perfectly Clear

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Paul Rusnock

Document Summary

Reasonable beliefs are often those that we have good reasons to hold. We distinguish three elements in a simple argument: premises, statements of supporting reasons, conclusion, the claim that is supposed to be supported by the premises. Inference: the act of deriving of drawing the conclusion from the premise. In many cases, people speak or write without making any arguments. Indicator words: often, though not always, certain words are present that indicate that an argument is present, therefore it indicates that a conclusion is being drawn, because indicates that a premise is present. It is not enough to simply look for such expressions because they are sometimes used in other sense and do not always indicate the presence of an argument. In explanations, reasons are also given and often the same indicator words are used. The difference: in an explanation, there is no attempt to convince, while in an argument there is such an attempt.