PHI 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Mpeg-1 Audio Layer I, Ernest Hemingway

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Jon Charles Miller

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Reconstructing the argument: process of eliciting information such as the conclusion of the argument, its premises, and the precise relationship between them. The aim of this is to create a set of statements that represents the actual argument the author wanted to present. Need to make sure the reconstruction of the argument doesn"t violate the author"s intent and doesn"t violate the principle of charity. 1) premises and the conclusion of the argument must be identified. 2) the structure of the argument must be identified. 1) the conclusion is underlined and labelled by c. 2) premises are enclosed in brackets and labelled by p1, p2 etc. 3) missing premises or a missing conclusion are labelled by mp1, mp2. It is the first sentence in this example; the most important challenge facing educators today is to teach students how to write decent prose.