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| Major concepts investigated in philosophy. |
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Cause. Justice. Matter. Mind. Consciousness. |
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| Main Fields of Philosophy. |
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Ethics. Epistemology. Metaphysics. Logic. History of Philosophy. |
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| Special Fields of Philosophy. |
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Philosophy of Mind.
Philosophy of Religion.
Philosophy of Science.
Subfields of Ethics.
Philosophy of Art.
Philosophy of Language. |
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Associated with thinking. Reasoning. Using information to arrive at completion. Using inferences. |
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| Nature of reasoning & critical thinking. |
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| Using information to draw a conclusion, solve a problem, and make a decision. |
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| Two meanings of “argument”. |
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Case sense of argument and has relevant information to the conclusion suggested.
Disputable sense of argument and has irrelevant information to the conclusion suggested. |
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| Feature of arguments of particular interest in logic. |
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| The inference structure, as opposed to context in arguements. |
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| Two main evaluative questions about arguments and examples. |
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Are the premises true?
Are the premises properly related to the conclusion?
I.E. Are the premises relative.
Do the premises support the conclusion? |
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| Conclusion and premise indicators. |
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Premise indicators are statements of evidence.
Conclusion indicators are a case for/against some point. |
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| A logically successful way of finding the relations between the premises and conlusion, sufficient to support the conclusion. |
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| Main questions of requirements of knowledge in Epistemology. |
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What is knowledge?
Where is the source of knowledge?
What is the scope or extent of our knowledge? |
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| What epistomological theory first proposed by Plato is Ayer's theory closely related to? |
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| The Justified Truth Belief Theory. |
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| Two main approaches to knowledge. |
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Someone reaches a true conclusion with accredited basis for it.
I must be completely sure of what I think I know or claim to know. |
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Questioning the standard's model and it's justification.
Trying to say “What if I could replicate someone having a true belief that’s justified, but still doesn’t have knowledge?”
Making a scientific philosophy test run.
Show that these requirements aren’t enough for knowledge. |
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| Two main approaches to knowledge. |
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Someone reaches a true conclusion with accredited basis for it.
Must be completely sure of what I think I know or claim to know (the certainty). |
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| Name the three requiments of knowledge. |
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Truth.
Justification.
Belief. |
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| Facts and statements that can't be argued with. |
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| What is the difference between the truth and logical correctness? |
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| One investigates the set up of the arguement, while the other one decares its point and what it is arguing. |
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