PHIL 1102: UNIT 1

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Statement	to put forth a sentence as being true
argument	a series of statements offered in support of a conclusion
premises	the statements offered to support some conclusion
conclusion	statement following from other statements
relation of support	the premises provide some reason to believe the conclusion
inference	the affirmation of a conclusion on the basis of one or more premises
deductively valid	argument in which it is impossible for all the premises to be true and the conclusion to be false
inductively strong	argument in which it is not impossible for all the premises to be true and the conclusion to be false
sound	all its premises are true and it is deductively valid
same logical form	one can be converted to the other substituting independent clauses for independent clauses the same for the same throughout
valid logical form	no argument with that for has all true premises and a false conclusion
since	premise
because	premise
for	premise
as	premise
in that	premise
whereas	premise
in so far as	premise
in as much as	premise
seeing that	premise
for the reason that	premise
on the grounds that	premise
in view of the fact that	premise
given that	premise
now	premise
therefore	conclusion
hence	conclusion
thus	conclusion
ergo	conclusion
so	conclusion
accordingly	conclusion
consequently	conclusion
whence	conclusion
it follows that	conclusion
which shows that	conclusion
which demonstrates	conclusion
which establishes	conclusion
which proves	conclusion
in consequence	conclusion