PHIL 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Informal Fallacy, Formal Fallacy, Circular Reasoning

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1
• Professor: Martin

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Premise markers: as, because, for, from, since. Conclusion markers: hence, so, then, therefore, thus. Questions to ask (using these for journals) * A defect in the logical form or content of an argument. If i passed the exam, then i passed the course; i didn"t pass the exam; therefore, i didn"t pass the course. If stated as if and only i pass the exam, then i passed the course . If i passed the exam, then i passed the course; i pass the course; therefore, Conclusion doesn"t follow (other ways to pass the course / could"ve failed exam and still passed the course) Premises are not the grounds for the conclusion. Begging the question: arguing for a conclusion by taking as a premise the conclusion itself (providing a circular argument) Belief in the bible is justified b/c it is the word of god. Our belief in god"s existence is justified because it is written in the bible.