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33 Cards in this Set
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An attempt to explain the world with the help of reason
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Philosophy
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The study of ultimate reality
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Metaphysics
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The study of knowledge
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Epistemology
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The theory of value. Includes Ethics and Asthetics.
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Axiology
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The part of an argument in which one is attempting to support with evidence
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Premise
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The part of an argument in which one expresses what they are trying to defend.
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Conclusion
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The Greek word for "love of"
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Philia
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The field of study which clarifies how we can distinguish good arguments from bad ones.
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Logic
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A set of statements one or more of which is intended to support the truth of another statement.
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Argument
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Clarifies how people ought to act.
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Ethics
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The study of topics such as law, justice, and rights.
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Political Philosophy
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Internal journals of Philosophy.
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SOPHIA
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The study of art and people
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Aesthetics
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What type of question is this? :
What is the Universe made of? |
Metaphysical
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What type of question is this? :
How do we know what we know? |
Epsiemological
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What type of question is this? :
What is beauty? |
Axiological
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What two questions should one ask in order to evaluate an argument?
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1) Are all of the premises true?
2) Does the truth of the premises provide logical support for the conclusion? |
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When two statements are able to be true at the same time
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Logically consistant
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When two statements have the same truth value at all times and both mean exactly the same things.
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Logically equivelant
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Allowed by the lawy of logic
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Logically Possible
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Allowed by the laws of physicas
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Casually Possible
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An arguemnt in which the premises are intended to guarantee that the conclusion is true.
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Deductive argument
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An argument in which the premises are only intended to show that the conlusion is probably true.
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Inductive Argument
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Has exactly 2 premises
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Syllogism
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Composed entirely of statements that make claims about the entire categories
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Categorical Syllogism
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Composed of hypothetical statements
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Hypothertical Syllogism
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Either/Or statement followed by the negation of half the dysjunction
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Dysjunctive Syllogism
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The Webster Dictionary Definition
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Lexical
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The dfinition that attempts to capture the essence or nature of a thing.
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"Real" definition
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When some aspect of an argument has been left unspoken
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Enthymeme
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An If/Then statement followed by the assertion that the anticedent is true
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Modus Ponens
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An If/Then statement followed by the negation of the anticedent.
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Modus Tollens
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Platos' school in Athens
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The Academy
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