PHILOS 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Logical Consequence, Soundness, Genetic Fallacy
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: an apparently unacceptable conclusion derived by and apparently acceptable reasoning from apparently acceptable premises. Has 3 features- the premises appear to be true, conclusion appears to be false, but appears to be valid. : series of statements where the last statement supposedly follows from or is supported by the initial statements. [if the premises are true the conclusion must be true] Deductive arguments: truth of the premises guarantees the truth of the conclusion (it would be contradictory to assert the premises but not the conclusion) Inductive arguments: premises support the truth of the conclusion but don"t guarantee it (would not be contradictory to assert the premises and not the conclusion) Can expand our knowledge because it takes us beyond what is implicit in their premises. Strength- strong in truth makes the conclusion more likely. Example of inductive argument: karl in echo park: premises 1 & 2 are true but the conclusion is false.
