INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY TEST 1 STUDY GUIDE
BE ABLE TO:
DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS
- ethics
metaphysics
epistemology
logic
aesthetics- logically inconsistent
- counterexample
- valid deductive argument
- sound deductive argument
- inductive argument
- Ockham's razor
- principle of conservation
DO THE FOLLOWING
Give an example of something that is causally impossible
Know when something is logically impossible (identify examples of logically impossible things- food for thought page 20)
identify when something is a necessary condition for something else (study the first food for thought on page 23)
identify when something is a sufficient condition for something else (study the first food for thought on page 23)
identify each of the forms of deductive and inductive arguments
Explain Plato's reason why we should study philosophy as given in the cave analogy. Why does it take a long time when people leave the cave before they can see? What does Plato think this tells us about real knowledge? Given the choice, would you stay in the cave or leave? Why? (This essay must be written in paragraph form using complete sentences for full credit)