PHIL 111 Study Guide - Scholasticism, Ex Nihilo, Electronvolt
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5 topics: epistemology, metaphysic, ethic, aesthetics, logic. Philosophers: plato, aristotle, galileo, descartes, hume, kant, wittgenstein. Conceptual analysis: philosophers think they can talk about anything. Paradox: two statements, both of which can"t be true, both of which, we have good reasons to believe that they are true. Conceptual analysis: the hallmark of philosophy, philosophers think they can intelligently talk about anything. Logic: arguments- not a debate, not a fight, but a set of statements, have truth values, set of statements will always consist of premises (support the conclusion) and a conclusion (supported by the premises) If the premises are true, the conclusion can"t be false. The premises don"t have to be true. Most secure form of analysis: inductive evidence. Reductio ad absurdum reduce to absurdity: assume the opposite, find a contradiction, if the opposite is false, then the original must be true. There"s are gifts in my stocking .
