PHIL 2150- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 40 pages long!)
29 Mar 2018
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Jan 9 and 11: introduction to the course; the concept of law i. What can you be legitimately forced to do: connection between law and liberty. Conceptual analysis: conceptual analysis is descriptive. However, much philosophical analysis is normative: normative- philosophy is rather different from the social sciences. Social science is interested in explaining behaviour, while philosophers are interested in telling people what they ought to be doing. An argument is a set of claims, one of which (the conclusion) is allegedly supported by the others (the premises) I(cid:374) philosoph(cid:455), (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e to ha(cid:448)e t(cid:449)o people to ha(cid:448)e a(cid:374) argu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. o(cid:374)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) have an argument on their own: example 1: frances is very successful in her career. She also has a secure and supportive marriage. Therefore, frances is a happy person: example 2: we should never forget that the politician who gave us medicare in.
