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What is an Argument?
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Collections of claims, of which one is evidentually supported by the others.
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What are the 3 Laws of Thought?
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1. Law of Identity2. Law of Excluded Middle3. Law of Contradiction
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What is the Law of Contradiction?
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We can't say of something that it is and it's not in the same sense at the same time.
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What are Some Conclusion Indicators?
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Thus, Therefore, So, Hence
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What are some Premise Indicators?
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Since, Because, For
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Deductive Arguments
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In VALID deductive arguments the premises logically guarantee the conclusion.
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Inductive Arguments
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In STRONG inductive arguments the premises make the conclusion likely without guaranteeing it.
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What are the 4 logical connectives?
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1. Conjunctions "And" Statements
2. Disjunction "Or" Statements 3. Negation "Not" Statements 4. Conditional "If/Then" Statements |
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P--> Q
PSo, Q |
Modus Ponens
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P --> Q
~P So, ~Q |
Modus Tollens
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P --> Q
Q --> R So, P -->R |
Hypothetical Syllogism
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P
Q So, P&Q |
Conjunction
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P v Q
So, P or P v Q So, Q |
Simplification
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P v Q
~P So, Q or P v Q ~Q So, P |
Disjunctive Syllogism
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P --> Q
Q So, P |
Fallacy of Affirming the Consequent
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