PHLA10H3 Lecture Notes - Test Validity, Sept
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Conceptual analysis = tools of philo (use of logic and reasoning: ex: fred is a bachelor, we can do some conceptual analysis and derive certain info (ie. he"s not married) Don"t know how to answer the big q"s therefore don"t know how to set up a lab. The hand off questions of philo that can be answered through a lab (now a branch of sci) Thought experiments imagine a sitch, and use conceptual analysis to imagine what will happen in the situation. In class: violinist example (would you stay connected to the person, or not: are you morally obliged to stay connected, kind of philosophical laboratory (experimental philo) Claim: cultural differences in possible answers etc. Eliot sobers hates mystical gurus: not about feelings, rather about logic and reasoning. Biggest tool we have = arguments: argument = syst of statements or proposition which are put together so they hopefully lead to some conclusion, structure is always divided into 2.
