PHI 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Vagueness, Glaucon, Modus Tollens

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Laura Byrne

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If you live in montreal, then you live in quebec. Statements of this form are called conditional statements or conditionals. If i am happy, then i am smiling. If lassie is a collie, then she is a dog. We are often confronted with a choice between two or more ways to interpret what someone has said. If we adopt the more plausible interpretation: usually more difficult to show that the statement is false. Principle of charity: adopt the most charitable interpretation of your opponent"s words. The most charitable interpretation is the one that makes the opponent"s. The primary purpose of rational discussion is not to win but to discover the truth and develop a position that is as reasonable and defensible as possible views as reasonable, plausible or defensible as possible. Example: (cid:498)applicant must hold a degree in early childhood education or have equivalent work experience(cid:499) Ambiguous sentences or word have two or more different meanings.