Philosophy 1200 Lecture Notes - Whiteboard, Intelligence Quotient, Essentialism
19 Nov 2012
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Welcome to lecture #5! (cid:73) review (cid:73) end of chapter 2. Clari cation regarding the assignment (due this wednesday!) (cid:73) you can rephrase premises and conclusion, but make sure we can tell where you got them in the text. (cid:73) in case of doubt, highlight/annotate the text. Review: interpretation (cid:73) words, sentences, and entire texts are sometimes not easy to interpret. (cid:73) there are many factors to be aware of, including: (cid:73) context (cid:73) emphasis (cid:73) sentence structure (cid:73) function. Review: is hesperus the same as phosphorus? (cid:73) the words hesperus and phosphorus both refer to venus. Review: is hesperus the same as phosphorus? (cid:73) the words hesperus and phosphorus both refer to venus (cid:73) however, they have di erent senses because this question is not trivial: (cid:73) is phosphorus the same as hesperus? . De ning words (cid:73) method 1: genus-species (cid:73) a computer is a machine that can be programmed to carry out any e ective procedure.
