Philosophy 2020 Lecture Notes - Lung Cancer, Begging, Exclusive Or
28 Jul 2014
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The premiss(es), while relevant to the conclusion is too weak to support it: argument from ignorance. To argue that a proposition is true b/c it hasn"t been shown to be false: appeal to authority. To accept an argument (or to argue for it) based on the opinion of an expert in some field: causal a)post hoc (post hoc ergopropter hoc) since an event preceded another in time, it caused it. Eg: the roller-coaster broke as soon as i got off it. I wonder what i did to break it. Since causes , it might not be the case of cause: continuing cause and effect mistaking event b to have caused a, when in fact a has caused b eg. lung cancer is caused by smoke vs. Smoke is caused by the lung cancer (lung cancer causes people to smoke) eg. someone died in the hospital; i don"t want to go to hospital because i will die there: common cause.
