PHIL 1021 : Philosophy 1021 Exam 1
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Chapter 1 section 1: arguments, premises, and conclusions. Argument: a group of statements that includes premises (the statements that set forth the reasons or evidence), and conclusions (a statement that the evidence is claimed to support or imply) The first two statements are the premises; the third is the conclusion. Two conditions: a least one of the statements must claim to present evident or reason. There must be a claim that the alleged evidence supports or implies something. First condition: factual claim: deciding whether it is fulfilled often falls outside the domain of logic. Second condition: inferential claim: the claim that the passage expresses a certain kind of reasoning process. Loosely associated statements: report, arguments from example. Explanations: explanandum: the statement that describes the event or phenomenon to be explained, explanan: the statement or group of statements that purports to do the explaining.
