PHIL 1000 Chapter : Inductive, Deductive Arguments. Formal Informal Fallacies.
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If martin luther king jr. was assassinated, then he is dead: martin luther king jr. was assassinated, thus, martin luther king jr. is dead. One premise is a if and then premise which is called a conditional. If clause is the antecedent and then clause is the consequent. Other premise is identical to if clause of the conditional. Consequent is identical to the concluding sentence. Complex premise: conditional premise, and all statements composed of more than one proposition. Simple premise: the premise not made up of more than one proposition. If great britain won the revolutionary war, then the united states is still subject to british rule: the united states is not still subject to british rule, thus, great britain did not win the revolutionary war. The simple premise (line 2) negates the consequent of the complex premise (line 1) The concluding statement is a negation of the antecedent of the complex premise.
