PPT-Chapter 5 Premises: What to Accept

and Why Important goal to identify some general guidelines for what makes a premise or claim acceptable 7 ways for a premise to be acceptable Claims When we take a position on an issue we assert something or make a claim A claim is a statement that is either true or false. Week . 9. ARGUMENTATION & LOGIC. Karolien . Michiels. Arguments versus assertions. Argument. … . a set of sentences such that…. … . one of them is being said to be true…. … . the other(s) are being offered . 5: Lecture Notes. Premises: What to Accept . and Why. Chapter 5. Acceptable premises are important because even if you have the best, most elegant reasoning possible, if the premises are acceptable, then the reasoning does not matter.. Lecture Notes. An Introduction to. Inductive Arguments. Chapter 9. Induction is the basis for our commonsense beliefs about the world. . In the most general sense, . inductive reasoning. , is that in which we extrapolate from experiences to what we have not yet experiences. . Is Terry Schiavo alive or dead?. Parents claim that she is in a minimally conscious state, therefore she is alive.. Husband claims that she is in a passive-vegetative state, therefore she is not alive. . Pinning Down Argument Structure. Chapter 2. Before we can evaluate an argument, we need to understand what just what the argument in question is. We need to know what the premises and conclusion are and how the premises are supposed to support the conclusion.. Conductive Arguments and. Counterconsiderations. Chapter 12. Conductive arguments were defined and developed by philosophy Carl Wellman. . In order to understand conductive arguments, it is useful to think back to the convergent support patters defined in chapter two like figure 2.12 to the right. Included we also have figure 12.1 to the right where there are more convergent reasons to the same conclusion.. Premises: What to Accept . and Why. Chapter 5. Acceptable premises are important because even if you have the best, most elegant reasoning possible, if the premises are acceptable, then the reasoning does not matter.. An Introduction to. Inductive Arguments. Chapter 9. Induction is the basis for our commonsense beliefs about the world. . In the most general sense, . inductive reasoning. , is that in which we extrapolate from experiences to what we have not yet experiences. . Premises are not acceptable or unacceptable in many ways, and we are going to look at five general ways.. The premise is easily refuted. For example:. Every male golfer is better than every female golfer.. Objectives. You will be able to :. Describe a standard form categorical syllogism. Recognize the terms of a syllogism. Identify the mood and figure of a syllogism. Use the Venn Diagram technique for testing syllogisms. Copyright . © . 2017 . McGraw-Hill . Education. All rights reserved. No reproduction or distribution without the prior written consent of McGraw-Hill Education.. Overview. LO23-1: What is the perfect tender rule?. The mission of Phi Theta Kappa is to . recognize academic achievement of college students and to provide opportunities for them to grow as scholars and leaders.. . Who is Phi Theta Kappa?. Where is Phi Theta Kappa?. Chapter 3 REGULAR LANGUAGES AND REGULAR GRAMMARS Learning Objectives At the conclusion of the chapter, the student will be able to: Identify the language associated with a regular expression Find a regular expression to describe a given language Types of Deductive Arguments. Arguments based on Definitions. Arguments based on Math. Syllogisms. Categorical Syllogism. Hypothetical Syllogism. Disjunctive Syllogism. Arguments based on Definitions.