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Podcast: The Philosophers Stoned
Episode: Episode 44: Arguments
Description: In the parlance of our times, an argument means a disagreement, and disagreements are often nothing more than people contradicting each other over and over again, and rarely lead to truth. But in philosophy, an argument means a series of premises that justify a conclusion. For example, Aristotle, who lived over 2000 years ago, invented a deductively valid argument known as a syllogism, which we still use today: P1: All humans are mortal.P2: You are a human.C: Therefore, you are mortal.This argument is valid because if the premises are...