What Is a Cogent Argument | Inductive Reasoning

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A short introduction to the concept of a cogent argument in inductive reasoning. An example of a cogent argument is given and the difference between cogent vs sound arguments is discussed.
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Further Reading
Paul Herrick, Introduction to Logic, Ch. 5, "How To Evaluate an Inductive Argument" (Recommended companion textbook for this channel.)
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy, "Deductive and Inductive Arguments"
iep.utm.edu/ded-ind/
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24 июл 2024

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@justsomerandom4305 Месяц назад

you're a life savior

@rekhatripathi5726 3 года назад

A very good channel,would wish a success with more videos

@nopekitty 7 месяцев назад

ur sooo helpful

@meowingalldaylong 7 месяцев назад

your videos are valuable but the volume of sound could be louder

@marooqi 2 года назад

so can a conclusion be false and be cogent? why isn't conclusion mentioned in the definition of cogency?

@LetsGetLogical 2 года назад

The conclusion of a cogent argument is _probably_ true. But it could always turn out to be false! For instance, let's say (1) Sharon is a lawyer. And you know that (2) most lawyers have gone to law school. It's therefore reasonable to conclude (3) Sharon went to law school. That's a cogent argument. But it's always possible she passed the bar _without_ going to law school. (That's rare. But it happens.) In that case, you reasoned correctly and your conclusion was reasonable. But through bad luck you landed on a false conclusion.

@marooqi 2 года назад

@@LetsGetLogical thanks you. can you tell me All cats are mammals, some mammals have tails. therefore some cats have tails. Is this inductive, and cogent or valid and sound?

@LetsGetLogical 2 года назад

It's deductive and has an INVALID argument form. You can see the problem with this example: (1) All apes are mammals (True) (2) Some mammals have tails (True) (3) Therefore some apes have tails (False)

@marooqi 2 года назад

@@LetsGetLogical oh no, I said valid and sound even though I thought it was only probably some cats have tails.. it was a trick question it seems like

@marooqi 2 года назад

Thanks for the help. good karma is prob headed your way. Its difficult because our text exercises only give the answer to one in 5 problems so I don't know what to study or if I'm right or wrong.