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| What are the two requirements for for Occam's Razot? |
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1. entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily 2. prefer simpler explainations to more complicated ones |
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simplifying "rules of thumb" the smaller the sample size the further away from the average |
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| What is anchoring heuristics? |
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| people adjust initial thoughts based on random data |
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| What are availability heuristics? |
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| media or biased knowledge skew opinions |
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| What is a Teleological Argument? |
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| arguments for Gods existence because things in nature look desgined |
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| What does a posterior mean? |
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| from data we can experience |
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| What does it mean to regress? |
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| to go back in consideration |
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| What is libertarian free will? |
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| free will that contradicts determination |
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| What does 'conpatibilist' mean? |
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| free will is compatable with determinism |
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| What does 'prima facie' mean? |
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What is natural property? (also called moral property) |
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| simple form of moral arugment that includes a promise |
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| What does it mean to be imprudent? |
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poor decisions that don't take away anyone's rights foolish to put yourself in that situation |
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| What does it mean to be unjust? |
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taking away another's rights |
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| when a term is used in two different ways |
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nature of moral judgment or facts |
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| the right actions create the greatest good for people or the largest number of people |
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| What is the difference between charitable and uncharitable? |
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| Charitable is twisting the argument to make it better, while uncharitable is twisting to make the argument stupid (neil's words not mine!!) |
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| concerned with all others |
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| concerned with yourself only |
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| What is consequentialist? |
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| concerned with everyone including self |
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| What is simple subjuctivism? |
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| when a person says that something is morally good or bad, meaning that they approve or disprove of it |
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| What is normative ethics? |
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| what is right/wrong and good/bad |
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