PHIL145 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Ad Hominem, Calibri, Quran

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL145
• Professor: Matthew Silk

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Chap 6: working on relevance possible fallacies: red herring, straw man, ad hominem, guilt by association. Does not commit a fallacy: relevant. if math concepts are universal then all numbers are included in a priori knowledge. * 3. relevant. the bible is to christians as the koran is to muslims. relevant if one supports the othernot relevantdon"t think of relevant as we normally use itif a makes b either more/less likelyb does not support amessiah The popularity of the book does not indicate its scientificity. * 8. relevant. theme: the safety of swimming for people who have problems with their joints: relevant. theme: the location of rhinoceros species relevant because the bones could. Have been planted: 153-4, part b conclusion? missing premises? irrelevant? why? not all, conclusion: the public school system must be secular, not religious. missing premise: public school systems cannot represent all religions. relevant. The conclusion is that television makes it harder to.