PHIL 210 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Inductive Reasoning, Logical Form, Modus Tollens
4 Jun 2020
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The basic structure is disjunctive syllogism (either p or q; not p; therefore q: but the conclusion is not presented as true. It is simply presented as the likelier of the. 2 possibilities: the argument is based on implicit inductive evidence: that one has more to lose by lying than the other while the other has no reason to lie. This is common interrelation of deductive and inductive arguments, where a valid argument form (deductive) provides guidelines of the argument and the evidential (inductive) reasoning is called on to defend the premises. Inference to the best explanation: an instance of abductive reasoning, where a new hypothesis for previously known facts change the high-order of facts. This changed high-order of facts plus previously known facts are the premises for the new conclusion. Abductive reasoning: a term used to mean a leapt to a conclusion that unifies, explains, or rationalizes a set of facts.
