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23 Cards in this Set
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Value-Theory |
The study of value as it relates to all sorts of things. |
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Ethics |
The study of value as it applies directly to personal actions and decisions. |
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Aesthetics |
The study of value as it pertains to art and beauty |
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Logic |
Tool used by philosophers to investigate different arguments and different issues. |
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The speculative conception |
To question and think |
Most popular of the 4 major schools of philosophy |
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The analytic conception |
Understanding and decoding philosophical language |
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The Existential Conception |
Focusing on human beings as concretely existing reality |
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The Phenomenological conception |
Stresses that what ever is directly experienced or seen is the departure for philosophical discussion. |
Ordinary |
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Principles of a good philosopher |
Richer fuller life |
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Socrates as a good philosopher |
"The gadfly" the unexamined life is not worth living. |
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The Socratic method |
Technique used to get people to think |
Critical self exam->wisdom->richer, fuller life->happiness -> better society |
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Premise |
Evidence statements |
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Conclusion |
Statement of what you want to prove |
It should begin with THEREFORE |
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Entailment |
Connection between premise and conclusion |
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Valid |
True premise and conclusion and entailment is true |
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Sound |
Something makes sense |
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Law of non-contradiction |
Nothing can be and not be at the same time |
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Law of the excluded middle |
Something either is or is not |
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Law of identity |
Something is what it is |
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Deductive logic |
2 true premises and entailment is a true conclusion |
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Inductive Logic |
Universal generalization analogy. Multiple premises+weak entailment = probable conclusion |
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3 types of syllogism (deductive logic) |
Categorical (All, some, no), disjunctive (Either, or), Hypothetical (if, then) |
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Inductive argument |
4 premises 1.Universal Generalization(1 variable) 2.Analogy(2 variables) |
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