SSH 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Logical Reasoning

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 105
• Professor: Klaas Kraay

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It is to find the argument to be valid and hold reasonable premises: another definition: an argument must satisfy two conditions. Deductive strength: an argument can be deductively strong to one person while weak to another person: refined definition of deductively strong: an argument is deductively strong for a person if: Reasonable for the particular person to believe the argument"s premises. An argument is strong or weak depending on the particular audience. If i was talking about the importance of sleep, everyone agrees to that fact meaning that i will not have to specify that this argument is strong only to this particular group of people. If i argued about god in an audience, then i will have to specify that only a certain amount of people will agree with this. In short, an argument is usually strong or weak based on yourself. The strength of an argument is strong if its premises are reasonable to that person.