PHIL 210 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Truth Condition, Deductive Reasoning
4 Jun 2020
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Chapter 1 the parts of public thinking deductive argument. Negation of compound complex arguments: it cause ambiguity in where we stand. Ex: would you say he the fastest , presttiest, thoughest horse in the barn no : doesn"t clarify if the negation applies to the whole statement, or just a subset:fastest, prettiest, toughest. Complex statements: ex: ted was cranky and annoying despite getting his way, as usual, break it down, 1. Either ted is always cranky and annoying or he always gets his way or both: this is disjunctive because it is unclear what as usual modifies in the original sentence. Factual and non-factual statements: value-theoretic statements (open for disagreement, but effective in argument if accepted by discussants) Statements involving material moral concepts like right/wrong, good/evil. Also involving aesthetic notions like beauty/ugliness: statements involving moral concepts are seen to have either no-real truth conditions or they have truth conditions, moral concepts have no-real truth conditions:
