Final Project Paper Guidelines PHI 1100 Your project should be split into 5 sections:
1. Background The argument you choose will come from some context of debate: there\u2019s a topic or question or issue that people are arguing about, and which forms the context of the argument you\u2019re going to analyze in the following sections. In this section your job is to explain that larger context. \u2022 what is the main question\/issue the argument addresses? \u2022 why is it important? \u2022 what, briefly (one sentence), is the conclusion of the argument you\u2019re going to analyze?
2. Transcription of Source In this section you should copy and paste (or transcribe, if your source is audio\/video) the portions of the source material that are relevant to reconstructing the argument. \u2022 copy&paste\/transcribe the section that contains the conclusion \u2022 copy&paste\/transcribe the section that contains the premises
3. Reconstruction in English \u2022 rewrite premises and conclusions in standard logical format for PL: – \u201cif\u2026then\u201d – \u201cand\u201d – \u201cor\u201d – \u201cit\u2019s not the casethat\u201d \u2022 it\u2019s often useful to try and rewrite the premises and conclusion with an eye to restructuring the argument into a common valid form: – A\u2014>B, A \u22a2 B (read this as: \u201cif A then B, A, therefore B\u201d) – A\u2014>B, ~B \u22a2 ~A – A v B, ~A \u22a2 B – A\u2014>B, B\u2014>C \u22a2A\u2014>C \u2022 if none of the above forms makes sense for your argument, that\u2019s ok; it may still be valid (see section 5)
4. Translation into PL \u2022 take your reconstruction from section 3, and translate it into PL 5. Evaluation \u2022 is the argument valid? if not, do the premises provide any support for the conclusion (if not a deductive guarantee)? \u2022 are the premises true? can you think of any objections to them? how could the author respond to your objection? \u2022 don\u2019t feel pressured to be exhaustive. if you have more to say about the validity of the argument, talk more about that; if you have more to say about the truth of the premises, say more about that
5. Evaluation \u2022 is the argument valid? if not, do the premises provide any support for the conclusion (if not a deductive guarantee)? \u2022 are the premises true? can you think of any objections to them? how could the author respond to your objection? \u2022 don\u2019t feel pressured to be exhaustive. if you have more to say about the validity of the argument, talk more about that; if you have more to say about the truth of the premises, say more about that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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