18. OUTLINE.
HYPOTHETICAL ARGUMENTS, AND DISJUNCTIVE ARGUMENTS INCLUDING THE DILEMMA.
(1) Three kinds of arguments
Categorical, hypothetical, disjunctive.
(2) Hypothetical arguments
Defined, illustrated.
(3) Antecedent and consequent.
How determined, illustrations.
(4) Two kinds of hypothetical arguments
Constructive, destructive, illustrations.
(5) Rule and two fallacies of the hypothetical argument.
Illustrations and application of rules.
Fallacy of denying antecedent.
Fallacy of affirming consequent.
Co-extensive hypotheticals.
(6) Hypothetical arguments reduced to the categorical form.
Rule, illustrations.
Hypothetical and categorical arguments compared.
(7) Illustrative exercises testing hypothetical arguments of all kinds.
(8) Disjunctive arguments.
Defined, illustrated.
(9) Two kinds of disjunctive arguments.
By “affirming denies,” by “denying affirms.” Illustration.
(10) First rule.
Stated, illustrated.
(11) Second rule
Stated, illustrated.
(12) Reduction of disjunctive argument
Two steps.
(13) The dilemma
Definition.
(14) Four forms of dilemmatic arguments
Simple constructive, simple destructive,
Complex constructive, complex destructive.
Illustrations.
(15) The rule.
(16) Illustrative exercises testing disjunctive and dilemmatic arguments.
(17) Ordinary experiences related to the disjunctive proposition and hypothetical argument.