PHIL 1021 Study Guide - Final Guide: Syntactic Ambiguity, Soundness, Fallacy
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Modal logic the science that evaluates arguments group of statements with one or more premises and one conclusion where the premises purport to prove the conclusion sentence that is either true or false whether a statement is true or false. Expression that purports to shed light on an event or phenomenon; the event/phenomenon is usually accepted as a matter of fact statement of an explanation that describes the event/phenomenon being explained; the fact statement of an explanation that actually does the explaining; the explanation. Argument incorporating that claim that it is improbable that the conclusion be false given that the premises are true; involves probabilistic reasoning; particular to general (1) occurrence of indicator words (2) actual strength of the inferential link between premises and conclusion (3) form or style of argumentation. Consist of basic arguments from whose premises imply their conclusion (1) (2) (3) modus ponens modus tollens hypothetical syllogism (4) disjunctive syllogism.
