PHIL102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Discovery Institute, Soundness, Sint-Truiden
13 Apr 2017
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If there is no way the premises could be true without the conclusion being true. Impossible: p entails q but q is false. Well, even false premises can entail a conclusion. If you presuppose the thing you are trying to prove. Think of your essays as mapping onto different questions. Somebody who didn"t review the material should be able to follow what you"re saying and be able to understand it. Explain why the exact wording of the second premise matters and why its different that the previous version. The final statement is as follows : list the argument. Does not apply that everything is caused, leaving open the possibility that one thing could not be caused (one uncaused cause, god) Whether all the premises are true: 3rd premise carries the weight. Divided and infinite amount of marbles in half, still infinite: to say that is has some intuitive force doesn"t mean it is clearly true.
