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Separating Arguments

Separating Arguments. Exercise. The Answer to Q3. The only proof capable of being given that an object is visible is that people actually see it. The only proof that a sound is audible, is that people hear it.

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Separating Arguments

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  1. Separating Arguments Exercise

  2. The Answer to Q3 The only proof capable of being given that an object is visible is that people actually see it. The only proof that a sound is audible, is that people hear it. Similar things are true of the other sources of our experience. (Restated as a complete declarative sentence.) ────────────────────────────────── The sole evidence it is possible to produce that anything is desirable, is that people do actually desire it. The sole evidence it is possible to produce that anything is desirable, is that people do actually desire it. ────────────────────────────────── No reason can be given why the general happiness is desirable, except that each person desires his own happiness.

  3. The Answer to Q4 Either Boris drowned in the lake or he drowned in the ocean. Boris did not drown in the lake. ────────────────────────────────── Boris drowned in the ocean. Boris has saltwater in his lungs. If Boris has saltwater in his lungs, then he did not drown in the lake. ───────────────────────────────── Boris did not drown in the lake.

  4. Caution 1 • In reconstruction, you need to separate arguments when there are two or more conclusions. • This is because the reconstruction is done to understand which sentences are the premises for which conclusion.

  5. Caution 2 • In reconstruction, consider which statement is intended to support which other statement. • The supporting sentence is a premise, and the supported sentence is the conclusion of the same argument. • Note also that one sentence can both be a premise of one argument and be the conclusion of another argument.

  6. Caution 3 • Don’t separate a sentence into a premise and the conclusion unless there is a supporting relationship inside. • The following sentence has a supporting relationship inside. “Because publishers are aiming at a national market, the number one criterion for any textbook is a avoidance of controversy.” • But the following sentence does not have a supporting relationship inside, so should not be divided into a premise and the conclusion. “No reason can be given why the general happiness is desirable, except when each person desires his own happiness.”

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