PHIL 1600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Confirmation Bias
15 Sep 2016
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Chapter one book summary: making room for argument pg 1-13 september 14, 2016. In ordinary language the word argument can mean contradiction or more generally disagreements. An argument: is an attempt to provide evidence or reasons for some point of view. A set of reaons offered in support of a claim. Argument conclusion: the claims for which reasons are given in support is called the argument conclusion. Arguments may be caused by morals, political, and social issues, as well as metaphysical questions, economy. Other arguments play a central role in our private and professional lives, providing the evidence we reply on when decide what university or collage is right for us, what car we should buy, and where we should live. Vehement disagreement: a harangue, a quarrel, a yelling match. Overconfidence effect: we tend to be overconfident in our judgements and our reasoning"s which is a bias in within itself.
