TABLE 1 ARGUMENTS

WHICH OF THESE ARGUMENTS IS VALID

• P1 If it is raining, I am tired

  P2 I am tired

  ___________

  C It must be raining

• P1 If water is clear then it is healthy

  P2 Water is healthy

  ______________

  C Water is clear

• P1 I only eat chicken when it is Tuesday

  P2 I am not eating chicken

  ------------------

  C It cannot be tuesday

• P1 When steamtrains move they become black and gold

  P2 Sally the steamtrain is moving

  -----------------------

  C Sally the steamtrain is black and gold

Answer explanation

easy

Favourite Fallacy?

• Attacking the Person

• Illegitimate appeal to authority

• False dilemma

• Slippery slope

WHAT IS AN ARGUMENT?

• A collection of statements (premises) aiming to convince you of a conclusion

• An argument where if the premises are true the conclusion must be.

• An error in reasoning

• The cogito is a self authenticating sentence.

Draw the evil demon

Answer explanation

great drawing

WHAT IS A STATEMENT?

• a true sentence

• A sentence with a truth value.

• fleng

• A statement that cannot be true or false.

Answer explanation

its just true

What is the conclusion for this argument

P1 All beings named Percival are cats

P2 That creature is called Percival

____________________________

• That creature is non existent

• That creature is called demarcus

• That creature is a cat named percival

• That creature has no kneecaps

Answer explanation

just kinda easy

Which sentence is not a statement

• The cat is red.

• The butter is buttery.

• YUMMY!

• The house is abandoned.

what is not a type of sentence

• statement

• haircut at boombarbers

• question

• expression of emotion