PHI 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sophist, Thrasymachus, Vagueness

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Laura Byrne

Document Summary

Modus tollens: sometimes called denying the consequent, if p then q, -q therefore -p, if i am happy, then i am smiling. If you live in montreal, then you live in quebec. Vagueness: lacks a precise meaning ex: applicant must hold a degree in early childhood education or have equivalent work experience. Ambiguity: sentences or words that have two or more different meanings, each of them usually being quite precise. Thursday, november 10, 2016: ex: i will call you. we are getting engaged, ex: philosophers love a good argument. Semantic ambiguity: arises from possible multiple meanings of terms used. Collective: refers to the whole class rather than each and every member ex: athenians are philosophical. Distributive: refers to each and every member of a class ex: athenians are philosophical. Distributively not true (thrasymachus and the sophists were more interested in tricky rhetoric) Use: to use it in its normal function to refer to something.