PHIL102 Study Guide - Final Guide: Delayed Gratification, Ibuprofen, Reductionism

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Philosophy at St Joseph's College
• Course: PHIL102
• Professor: Matthew Kostelecky

Document Summary

There is) and epistemology (what/how we know things). Knowledge and belief are 2 sides to the same coin. Valid if prepositions make a logical inference, but validity does not equal truth. Soundness: an argument is only sound if premises are true and valid. This argument is valid, but not sound because the premises are untrue. P was s"s student who later on became a famous philosopher in his own right. S the character in the dialogues may be different (a potential trickster figure) from the real s. We also don"t know what he really thinks (although he probably agrees with s). Dialogues give him the opportunity to show different perspectives. Socrates is about to go to court, because he was accused of corrupting the youth and not believing in the gods of athens. He meets euthyphro (e) outside, and they have a philosophical discussion.