PHIL 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Deductive Reasoning, Pepperoni, Old Navy
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Arguments are verbal, written, propositional, representations of episodes of reasoning. Reasoning: determines what follows from facts or assumptions. There will always be exactly one conclusion. However, there can be any number of premises. Or: the last time i watched southpark, the first commercial was for old navy, southpark has always been on wednesday at 10pm, it is now wednesday at 10pm. Old navy (not a good inferential relation b/w premises and conclusion) Difference b/w deductive and inductive arguments is not a matter of how good the arguments are (there are good and bad arguments for both inductive and deductive). It is the degree of support that it is presumed (provided by the premises) for the conclusion. Two distinct measures of an argument"s goodness: The inferential relationship b/w the premises and the conclusion. Note: this can be assessed even if the premises are in fact false.
