PHIL 130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: World Of A Song Of Ice And Fire, C-Murder
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Convergent arguments: composed of two or more independent arguments, each arriving at the same conclusion. P: the original series was lots of fun but the next generation handles philosophical questions. P (hidden): if it has better philosophy, then it is a better show. P: scifi series is better with good visual effects. Explain why there might be more ways of evaluating or further problems with the premises (how one might take issue with them) The conclusion of one pair of conjoint premises functions as a. Multi-step arguments premise in a further step of the argument. Can take a step further and have conclusions conjoin subc + c2 c. P1: if harm is acceptable, then people don"t have rights. P2: it is acceptable to murder one person to save a million. P3: if people have no rights, then harm is ok. C: it"s perfectly fine to harm people, whenever, whyever. Subc1: jon snow should not become king of westeros.
