PHI 014S Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Deductive Reasoning
11 Mar 2018
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There is no distinction between disciplines- science, lifeetc. An attempt to discover what is really true about reality what is true about the universe, what is true about god, the meaning of life, the right thing to do, the nature of ourselves, and so on. It has also been seen as an attempt to think methodically about these questions early greek philosophers were among the first to try to explain natural phenomena rationally, or scientifically, rather than by explaining them by means of myth. That is, we ask whether the conclusions we have come to about various topics, are supported by good reasons. In philosophy, a conclusion supported by a set of reasons is called an argument. Argument- a set of stances, that consists of two types of sentences. premises - the reasons/evidence that support the conclusion. conclusion- the main point, the argument tries to prove.
