PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Teenage Rebel, Enthymeme, Ender Wiggin

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

Document Summary

Inference there is a moving between the premise (s) to a conclusion. Premise indicators because, since, for, due to the fact etc. Conclusion indicators so, therefore, hence, thus, ergo etc. Questions, commands, exclamations, exhortations for the most part not an argument. Explanations only make one claim, can serve as a conclusion or premise while explaining a situations. Simple only has 1 inference only one conclusion. Complex has multiple inferences (2+) have intermediate conclusions. Ex: spot is a cat, all cats are mammals. thus, spot is a mammal. (implicit conclusion) Joe is a human therefore, joe is a human (implicit premise). Ex: rolf is european, for he was born in germany anyone born in germany is. Ex: i"m sorry i can"t let you enter the bar. You aren"t 19 you have to be 19 or older to ender the bar (implicit premise)