Definition Flashcards

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A group of statements in which is claimed to follow from the premises

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Argument

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A statement of information intended to provide support for a conclusion

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Premise

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The main point of the argument that is claimed to follow from the premises of an argument

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Conclusion

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An argument where true premises make it impossible for conclusion to be false

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Valid

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An argument where even if premises are all true, it is still possible for conclusion to be false

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Invalid

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The argument is valid and the premises are, in fact, true

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Sound

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The argument is valid and at least one premise is false, or the argument is invalid

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Unsound

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Someone points out a flaw in someone else’s argument

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Objection

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9
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Deals with our concept of knowledge, how we learn and what we can know

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Epistemology

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10
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the field of philosophy concerned with human values and how individuals should act

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Ethics/Moral Philosophy

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Concerned with questions about what whether or not morality exists, and what it consists of if it does

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Meta-Ethics

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Concerned with how moral values should be developed

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Normative Ethics

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13
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Deals with how moral values can be applied to specific cases

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Applied Ethics

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14
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Represent the practical necessity of a possible action as a means for attaining something else one wants

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Hypothetical Imperatives

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Represents an action as objectivity necessary in itself, without reference to another end, as a result of reason alone

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Categorical Imperatives

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16
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Subjective principles of action, the principle on which you see yourself acting

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Maxim

17
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aims complete pursued for its own sake, self-sufficient, something that could not be added to in order to make it better

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Intrinsic good

18
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the aims chosen because of something else, not complete

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Instrumental good

19
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The field in philosophy that focuses on the institutions of a society, what their obligations are, who they have obligations to, and why they have those obligations

Concerned with government, law, and social justice

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Political philosophy

20
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What humans would be like before society or government

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State of nature

21
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Everyone gives up their absolute liberty (to do whatever they want and deem necessary to survive) to the state (government)

In exchange, the state provides security and safety

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Social contract

22
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Giving everyone what they are due

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Justice