PHI 1101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hypothetical Syllogism

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Vincent Bergeron

Document Summary

More on 4 than 6 and 8 combined (since we spent more time on it) Example of questions (taken from first midterm) : Skip indicator words, add missing premises (question one and 2 from first midterm will be together) identify the intermediate conclusion, premises, missing premises . 1 or 2 diagrams, p1, p2 (such as on the first midterm) Can you refute by counterexample? (one case that refutes the entire sentence) Some people don"t have cellphones (can"t refute) Texting example on first midterm (universal statement all as are bs), can refute. What is consistency: a property of a set of sentences, a set of sentences is consistent if its possible for all the sentences to be true at the same time. If alex goes to the concert, kate will go too. Additional explanation: if a then b = b is necessary. The car won"t start unless it is above 0.