PHIL 2020- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 93 pages long!)

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2020
• Professor: Sean Meslar

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Truth: a(cid:396)istotle(cid:859)s (cid:395)uote: (cid:862)to sa(cid:455) of (cid:449)hat is, that it is, a(cid:374)d of (cid:449)hat is (cid:374)ot, that it is (cid:374)ot, is t(cid:396)uth. Popular laws of philosophy: the law of non-contradiction, nothing both is and is not at the same time (in the same way, etc. ) (cid:862)the sk(cid:455) is a(cid:374)d is (cid:374)ot (cid:271)lue(cid:863) [a v ~a: the identity of indiscernible, two things that have all the same properties as the sa(cid:373)e thi(cid:374)g. (cid:862)this is thi(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:449)hite a(cid:374)d so is this so these a(cid:396)e (cid:271)oth pie(cid:272)es of pape(cid:396). (cid:863) Unit 1: applicability of the previous principle will not always be obvious, and, often, more than two premises will feature. (cid:862)all (cid:373)otio(cid:374) is t(cid:396)a(cid:374)s(cid:373)itted to a (cid:271)od(cid:455) f(cid:396)o(cid:373) a(cid:374)othe(cid:396) (cid:271)od(cid:455). Induction is the logically opposite method of reasoning of deduction: while deduction begins with a general ruled and applies the rule to a particular, induction begins with the particulars and incorporates particulars into a general rule.