PHIL 109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Enthymeme, Illicit Minor

• School: Marymount
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 109
• Professor: Carrie-Anne Biondi

Document Summary

Homework due wednesday, april 18, 2018 was graded and handed back. A revised syllabus was distributed in class. Syllogisms and enthymemes exercises/enthymeme exercises was distributed in class and worked on, but not completed. Some of the students in this class are freshmen, and of course no freshman will graduate this year. So none of the students in this class will graduate this year. No freshman is a student who will graduate this year. No student in this class is a student who will graduate this year. All journalists are people with low salaries, and some people with low salaries are freelance writers, so at least some journalists must be freelance writers. Some people with low salaries are freelance writers. The principle of charity: when dealing with enthymemes, try to create a premise that will create a valid conclusion. Enthymeme problems will always only have two parts, two premises or a conclusion and two premises.