Final Philosophy

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Argument

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More precisely, an argument is a collection of statements of which it is intended that one, called the conclusion, is supported by others, called premises

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Strength

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The strength of an argument is the degree of support the premises provide for the conclusion

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Valid

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An argument, in which the premises provide totally conclusive support for the conclusion, is said to be valid

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Sound

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An argument that is valid and that has all true premises is called a sound argument

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Analytically True

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In philosophy statements like "water is wet" are said to be analytically true. A statement is analytically true (or analytically false) if its truth (or falsity) can be determined by considering only definitions and the laws of logic

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Synthetic

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Statements that are not analytic are said to be synthetic.

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Stipulative Definition

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Introducing a technical term such as work by explaining how the term will be used is giving a stipulative definition.

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Descriptive Definition

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Descriptions of how words are conventionally used, as are typically found in dictionaries, are descriptive definitions.

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Misology

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The hate of argument.

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Scholasticism

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Scholasticism, which was primarily the work of Saint Thomas Aquinas, was a broad synthesis of Christianity and Aristotelian philosophy.

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Natural Theology

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Those aspects of religion that were believed to be provable by reason alone, and so were not a matter of faith or revelation, were referred to as natural theology.

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Primary Qualities

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Primary qualities are qualities that awaken in us ideas that resemble the objects with those qualities (for example, shape and size)

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Secondary Qualities

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Secondary qualities are qualities that awaken in us ideas which are not like anything in the object itself (for example, color and taste).