PHI 1101 Lecture 5: Chapter 5 lecture notes
6 Dec 2017
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Therefore, canadians are mortal: two premises; one conclusion, middle term, categrorical propositions, each claim can take one of four propositional forms. Propositions and categories: categorical propositions both classify and categorize. There are no dogs that are not animals. Every member of dog" is a member of animal": subject and predicate positions occupied by categories, all s are p. S is included in p: no s is p. Categorical propositions: what we have already learned about universal and particular claims applies here, universal statement form variations: All beer is tasty: no beer is not tasty; every beer is tasty; only beer is tasty etc : particular statement form variations. Most professors are boring; a few professors are boring; several professors are boring some professors are not interesting etc . Includes at least one be aware of the possible variations of these sentence forms! Always think in terms of the 4 standard forms of: us, un, pa, pn: examples:
