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- samuelfbaron
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Elle Woods
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Principle Support Questions
Do Principle-Support questions always have to connect the premises and the conclusion?
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Re: Principle Support Questions
Hey Samuel,
Yep. That's what they do!
Principle Support questions are fundamentally the same as Assumption questions (necessary + sufficient). Basically, you're adding a principle that connects up the core.
Of course, we need to be careful with saying ALWAYS on the test. Occasionally, an argument will have a structure more like this:
Premise --> Intermediate Conclusion --> Main Conclusion
In that case, sometimes the principle/assumption ends up between the premise and intermediate conclusion, as opposed to between the premises and the main conclusion. This isn't a huge difference, but I thought I'd mention it. : )
-t
Yep. That's what they do!
Principle Support questions are fundamentally the same as Assumption questions (necessary + sufficient). Basically, you're adding a principle that connects up the core.
Of course, we need to be careful with saying ALWAYS on the test. Occasionally, an argument will have a structure more like this:
Premise --> Intermediate Conclusion --> Main Conclusion
In that case, sometimes the principle/assumption ends up between the premise and intermediate conclusion, as opposed to between the premises and the main conclusion. This isn't a huge difference, but I thought I'd mention it. : )
-t
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