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Understanding Arguments in Philosophy: Validity, Soundness, and Fallacies - Prof. Mark Dow, Study notes of Philosophy

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech)Philosophy

Prof. Mark Downing Lowe

An introduction to arguments in philosophy, explaining the concepts of validity and soundness, and discussing common fallacies such as modus ponens, modus tollens, and affirming the consequent. It also covers the logical operators 'if-then' and 'not'.

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Pre 2010

Uploaded on 09/26/2009

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Download Understanding Arguments in Philosophy: Validity, Soundness, and Fallacies - Prof. Mark Dow and more Study notes Philosophy in PDF only on Docsity! ← Philosophy 1204 23/01/2009 17:25:00 ← ← Argument ← - set of propositions consisting of premises and a conclusion ← - The conclusion is a claim being advanced ← - The premises are given as support for the conclusion, and reason for believing the conclusion is true ← Validity and Soundness - an argument is valid if it has the proper logical structure/ form - an argument is sound if it is valid - All A’s are B’s, x is an A, therefore x is a B - P => Q (if P then Q) - P - Therefore Q “modus ponens” - If those premises are true, then the conclusions is guarunteed to be true Invalid: - ~ = not - P =>Q ← - “fallacy of denying the antecedent” - “modus tollens” - P= your boyfriend loves you - Q = he brings you roses on Val day - “fallacy of affirming the consequent” - P1 if the grass is green, C grass is green - Any statement logically implies itself - Valid and sounds, but circular

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