PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Iceberg, Snakebite, Foodborne Illness

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

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A statement: a claim that something is or is not the case. A statement is a simple sentence that has just one meaning, for it expresses one thought. In addition, a statement asserts that something is the case or is not the case. When the statement asserts that something is the case it"s called an affirmation; when it asserts that something is not the case, it is also called a negation or denial. The lamp on my table is switched on. statement. Smoking is bad for your health. statement. Smoking is good for your health. statement. Premise: a statement that is given in support of another statement. 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 are intended to support another of them. A set of claims, one of which is meant to be supported by others.