SSH 105 Final: Exam notes (important topics).docx

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Social Sciences and Humanities
• Course: SSH 105
• Professor: Thomas Hart

Document Summary

Important topics for ssh exam (thomas hart 2014) Deductively valid argument f premises, f conclusion. Deductively invalid argument t prem, f con. Inductively strong argument probably true conclusion following with premises cogent. Inductively weak argument probably false conclusion followed with false premises not cogent. Category 2 hinderance that occur because of what we think: subjectivism. The view that propositions have no truth-value (i. e they are neither true nor false). Moral subjectivism the view that moral claims have no truth-value: relativism. Subjective relativism: a view that depends on the truth-value solely on the grounds of what the subject believe is true. Social relativism: a view that depends on the truth-value solely on the ground of what the society believe is true. Philosophical scepticism: saying that what we know is a lot less than what we actually know. If p, then q: if it rains, then the picnic will be cancelled, if jones didn"t commit the muder, the butler did.