PHIL 1010 Quiz: Quiz 3 Review
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If someone presents you with an argument that has a very implausible-sounding conclusion, you might make this move. Basically, you assume that the conclusion must be wrong and so you negate it (that is, you assume that it is false) and use it as a premise in a new argument. So if the original argument looks like this: Original argument: if skepticism is true, then i don"t know that i have hands, skepticism is true. Therefore, i don"t know that i have hands. Shifted argument: if skepticism is true, then i don"t know that i have hands, but i do know that i have hands. Yes, suspending judgement is by siting appearance against appearance. It doesn"t have belief but it teaches people to achieve ataraxia (tranquility of mind) by suspending judgement. Hedonism: pleasure is the sole good in human life. Atomism: everything is a combination of matter and void (they are the fundamental consistent of everything we see)