PHIL 1 Lecture Notes - Causal Closure, Basic Belief, Humus
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Philosophy 1: intro to philosophy with professor eric yang. Etymological = philein + sophia = love of wisdom. 2nd order discipline: considering religion, physics, politics, those domains. Gain an understanding and appreciation of philosophical problems and to actually practice the philosophical methods of critical investigation. Acquire basic for recognizing and evaluating arguments. Learn how to write an argumentative paper that defends a particular position. Argument: set of propositions that consist of (1) a conclusion & (2) premises in support of conclusion. Not it s a valid point. if premises true, conclusion must be true. Modus pohens: if p, then q. p. therefore, q. Too many but to identify well, evaluate actual arguments. Best practice of identifying arguments and fallacies is by evaluating actual arguments, which is part of the purpose of this course. Day 2 arguments for god s existence, oct. 1. X is god = x is omniscient, omnipotent, all good (i. e. morally perfect)
