Notes Phil 150 2nd meeting 1/31 Fundamental Principle If you use a reason to justify your viewpoint you

u entitle everyone else to use your reason to counter your viewpoint.

Conclusion/premise indicator words This is why For this very reason Because

HW do all exercises from chapter 1 Notes Phil 150 3rd meeting 2/04 Not a statement if it can be interpreted as a command A subjective statement is still a statement A statement is still a statement even if people disagree with you Must pay attention to context

Types of statements Literal o Most interested in this class? Figurative o Usually a non-statement Chapter 2 Argument Group of realvent statements Most important = Therefore o Is a conclusion indicator word

Premise indicators Because Since

Conclusion indicator words As a result Therefore So That is why

Argument vs explanation Argument o Tries to prove something is true or false Explanation o Takes something we know is true and gives a reason why