PHIL 1504 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Syntactic Ambiguity, False Dilemma, Begging
10 Mar 2016
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Assume that which needs to be proven. Arguer creates the illusion that inadequate premises provide adequate support for the conclusion. You assume that the conclusion is true in your premises, or you leave out a key premises that you have assumed ot be true. Source of support for the conclusion is missing. C: it follows that abortion is morally wrong. P that wasn"t included: abortion is murder. C: obvious that the poor in this country should be given money from the government, p: after all, these people earn less than the average citizen. Missing key premise: the government should give money to those who earn less than average. Ex: we know the death penalty is an acceptable punishment, bc its acceptable to execute someone for a crime. Death penalty and executing someone for a crime mean the same thing but the arguer acts as if the conclusion is informative.
