PHIL1001 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Theism, Soul, Miletus
PHIL1001
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Philosophy 1001 September 13th 2016
Reason -> Opposed to emotion 1) Epistemology
2) Metophysics
3) Logic
4) Ethics
-> Beliefs
Knowledge= Justified
True
Belief
Difference between agreeing and understanding
Necessary condition- bachelor being unmarried, being a man -> sufficient condition
Metophysics
-cogito ergo sun <- Decarte
I think therefore I am
Logic
-Informal: logical falicies
- Formal: symbolic P-> Q Ad Hominum: attack character or irrelevant trait opposed to content
Q-> P
Key Concepts:
-Validity: structure
-Soundness: premises + conclusion true
Slippery slope argument- mistaken causality
Give an inch vs what I take
Ethics
-Assumption
1) She is at risk -> breach confidentiality
2) she is not at risk -> do not breach confidentiality
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Descriptive vs Normative
Lawsuit HIV
Phronesis- wise practical judgement
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Document Summary
September 13th 2016: epistemology, metophysics, logic, ethics. Necessary condition- bachelor being unmarried, being a man -> sufficient condition. Ad hominum: attack character or irrelevant trait opposed to content. Assumption: she is at risk -> breach confidentiality, she is not at risk -> do not breach confidentiality. Mysticism, mythology: make up a story to explain things. Incorrigible: not capable of being corrected or informed. First greek philosopher, initiated a way of understanding the world that was based on reason and nature rather than tradition and mythology. Held in some sense that water is the basic material, that all things are full of gods and all things possess soul. Predicted an eclipse of the sun and was considered the founder of greek astronomy and mathematics. What is everything made of or what kind of stuff goes into the composition of things? p. 6 answer: water. Rejecting tradition and mythology, thales wanted to develop a rational explanation for the nature of reality.
