Reason and Argument
- Created by: Alex.Pont
- Created on: 04-12-18 15:06
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2. What is a deductive argument?
- Using previous knowledge/experience which is widely accepted as true to come to a true conclusion.
- Using previous knowledge/experience to come to a conclusion which can't yet be proven, but is true using reason.
- It's not 100% conclusive.
- Arguments which use knowledge and experience as premises but they do not necessarily have to be 'true' to lead to a valid conclusion.
3. What does reasoning mean?
- Beginning with one set of things we know, to a bigger set of things we know, to learn something new.
- It's the same as arguing.
- Thinking logically about something in philosophy (for example, thinking about the question 'What is the meaning of life?')
- Stating propositions (statements which are true or false) when you're arguing something.
4. What is consistency?
- A property of the conclusion where it is only true if the premises are true thus the argument is consistent.
- A property of propositions where the individual propositions do not contradict each other.
- Where the argument is consistent in leading to a conclusion.
5. Give the parts of an argument in standard form.
- Numbers for each line (L.1 L.2 etc), and propositions.
- Premises (P.1, P.1 etc) , an inference line/bar, and the conclusion (C).
- Propositions and a conclusion.
- You only need the conclusion.
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