HON 102 Lecture 7: Chapter 7
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Insubstantial criticism weak or flimsy criticism of an argument, often by means of argument stoppers. Argument stoppers a response to an argument that has the effect of cutting off discussion and preventing careful argument analysis. Competing arguments arguments whose conclusions deny each other. Counterexample (to a generalization) actual or hypothetical example showing that a generalization is false. Compound sentences sentence formed by combining two or more simpler sentences. Sufficient condition a condition that is enough to guarantee the occurrence of something else. A is a sufficient condition for b provided, if a is true, then b must be true as well. Necessary condition a condition that must be present for something to occur. A is a necessary condition for b just in case, if b is true, then a must be true as well. Incomplete sentence sentence with an element omitted, such as a quantifier.
