PHL 201 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Modus Tollens, Modus Ponens, Sophia (Wisdom)
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(cid:1152) multiple choice (40-50 question) + (cid:1151) written answers. Metaphysics: what is , what exists and its nature, essence of something. Philosophy of mind, consciousness, free will, identity, immortality, god. Epistemology: knowledge, its nature, and the limitations. What is knowledge, how to acquire it, is there truth, methodology/science. Thales (aristotle calls founder of philosophy, reject jod, water is foundation) Anaximander (reject homer but not divine, no beginning, principle of balance) Xenophanes (2 criticism of the gods, gods no better than human, truth in time, illusory certainty, root of epistemology) Modus ponens (if p then q. p. therefore, q) Modus tollens (if p then q. not-q. Hypothetical syllogism (if p then q, if q then r. therefore, if p then r) Philosophy: attempt to apply logic to perennial mysteries of human existence in order to discover the truth concerning them. Philo (love) + sophia (wisdom) || love of truth. True of objects / mind independent (mass, size, shape, etc)
