PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Foodborne Illness, Canadian Tire, Snakebite

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Mark Brown

Document Summary

Statement: a claim that something is or is not the case. Note: it is possible for a single sentence to contain within it more than one statement. For example: it"s raining today, and i"m feeling blue. (two statements) Premise: a statement given in support of another statement; a claim put forth as a reason for a conclusion. Conclusion: a statement that premises are meant to support; a claim meant to be supported by reasons offered in the argument. Argument: a group of statements in which some of them (the premises) are intended to support another of them (the conclusion). A set of claims, one of which is meant to be supported by others. As noted: in critical thinking terms, the word a. Argument" doesn"t just mean a debate, dispute, or a contradiction. An example of a premise and a conclusion in. Premise: i got food poisoning when i ate there last. ".