Informal Logic: Possible Worlds and Imagination |
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DIAGRAMING ARGUMENTS | 23 |
viii | 35 |
EVALUATING ARGUMENTS | 52 |
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Affirming the consequent ambiguity antecedent appeal to authority argument forms argument is inductive argument is valid assume asteroid belt basic premises cause conclusion false conclusion is true conditional proof consider contradiction correlation counterexamples deductive definition Denying the antecedent diagram discussed epistemic probability evaluate example Exercise exist F F F F T F fact fallacious falsehood final conclusion gument Hence Here's hypothesis hypothetical argument hypothetical assumption imagine inductive arguments inductive probability inherent probability intended invalid knowledge logically necessary matter means ment modus ponens modus tollens necessary condition observed regions occurs Olaf Ophelia outcomes we prefer percent perhaps possible worlds practical situation premises are true principle reasoning reductio remaining in ignorance sample Section sentence simply Socrates Socratic method statement statistical statistical syllogism strength suppose suppressed evidence syllogism things truth table truth values uniformity of nature usually vagueness word wrong