SSH 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Logical Reasoning, Deductive Reasoning, Out 1

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 105
• Professor: Klaas Kraay

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Deductive arguments - intends to provide logically conclusive support for the conclusion. 3: no children are perfectly behaved at all times, jacob is a child. 1: x is not an a 2. All students are hard-working: x is a b 2. Inductive arguments - premises are intended to give probable, not conclusive, support for the conclusion , these are inductive arguments. Most professors have phds: x is an a 2. 3. therefore probably x is a b 3. therefore probably kraay has a phd: most as are bs 1. most profs have phds, x is not an a 2. 3. therefore probably x is an a 3. therefore probably zola is a prof. Validity does not have degrees, its either valid or invalid. Cogency comes in degrees, and argument can be more or less cogent than another deductive strength. An argument is deductively strong if and only if its.