PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Miss Alabama, False Premise, Soundness

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Iva Apostolova

Document Summary

Common conclusion indicators: thus, hence, it implies that, consequently, it follows that, as a result, which means that, it must be that, we can conclude that, so. Validity, strength, soundness and truth (arguments: arguments are set of statements some of which are called premises and others conclusions. Eg: (argument) my dog was sick last night (p) and that"s why (conclusion indicator) we had to pay a visit to the vet (c) Eg: (non-argument) last night we went to babylon and we met our friend who was wearing a jacket. I found that the jacket suited him well, but my husband didn"t thinks so. But we all had a good time (just a description) Arguments can be of any length, from one sentence to a whole book. Eg: (one-sentence argument) stop picking your nose, it"s gross! (unfolding the sentence: picking one"s nose is gross (p). Therefore, you should stop picking your nose (c). )