PHIL 201 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE, ALREADY
GRADED A+.
Premises
statements offered in support
Statement
a declarative sentence that is either true or false
enthymeme
an argument with implicit premise or conclusion
Repetition
a reinstatement of a premise or conclusion, perhaps with slightly altered wording
deductive argument
argument where premises are intended to guarantee the conclusion
inductive argument
argument where premises are intended to make the conclusion probably, without guaranteeing them
rhetorical elements
elements in an argument that increase its psychological persuasiveness without affecting its validity,
strength, soundness, or cogency
discount
acknowledgement of a fact or possibility that might be thought to render the argument invalid, weak,
unsound, or uncognent
fallacy of denying the antecedant
1. if A, then B
2. Not A
3. So, not B
antecedant
if-clause of a conditional
disjuncts
statements comprising a disjunction
report
a set of statements intended to provide information about a situation, topic, or event
GRADED A+.
Premises
statements offered in support
Statement
a declarative sentence that is either true or false
enthymeme
an argument with implicit premise or conclusion
Repetition
a reinstatement of a premise or conclusion, perhaps with slightly altered wording
deductive argument
argument where premises are intended to guarantee the conclusion
inductive argument
argument where premises are intended to make the conclusion probably, without guaranteeing them
rhetorical elements
elements in an argument that increase its psychological persuasiveness without affecting its validity,
strength, soundness, or cogency
discount
acknowledgement of a fact or possibility that might be thought to render the argument invalid, weak,
unsound, or uncognent
fallacy of denying the antecedant
1. if A, then B
2. Not A
3. So, not B
antecedant
if-clause of a conditional
disjuncts
statements comprising a disjunction
report
a set of statements intended to provide information about a situation, topic, or event
