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)

 

 

 

 


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