PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Vladimir Putin, Fallacy
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Assuming something is true when one or more of the parts is true. Can have when even every member of the trait shares a similar trait, bad generalization every member has a trait, but the group as a whole does not. Sense: is the definition of the term, exm bachelor (defining bachelor) We must keep clear of what a sense is and what the reference is. Reference: exm: any bachelor that exist in the world. Lexical: definition to describe how the term is normally used. Stipulative: a definition for a smaller group, exm: dictionary. Rhetorical: where we define it in a way that displays bias on it and we use it in an argument. Precise: when we agree with the general definition, but we need to precise the definition. Essentialist: definition or terms that require a full theory to define. Definition by synonym: whole dictionary is definition by synonym.