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What is the Dunning-Kruger Effect?

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We are better than we think we are at things

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Who tends to rate themselves the best at things?

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Those with the least ability-they don’t know what is right so they assume they are right

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How can stats be manipulated?

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Through lurking variables

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What is the Paradox of Unanimity?

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Unanimity is not always a good thing-when something is 10/10 start evaluating that

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What are paradoxes?

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A statement that despite valid reasoning, appears to be true, but in reality is false

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What is deduction?

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Top down logic, premises to conclusions

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What is induction?

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Down up, premises go to conclusions based on what they provide evidence for

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What is the Strawman Fallacy?

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Misrepresenting someone’s arugement to make it easier to attack

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Which fallacy is this: After Ignatius made new restrictions on the dress code, Sam said that the school hates kids and wants education to be more like prison

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Strawman Fallacy

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What is the False Clause Fallacy?

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Making a false relationship between two things

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Which fallacy is this: Because my grades are going down and global warming is increasing, global warming is making my grades go down

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False Clause Fallacy

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What is the Bandwagon Fallacy?

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Appealing to popularity as a form of validation

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Which fallacy is this: Because everyone owns the new iphone, it is the best phone on Earth

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Bandwagon Fallacy

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What is the Begging the Question Fallacy?

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A circular argument in which the conclusion was included in the premise

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Which fallacy is this: the book is a bestseller because it sold the most copies

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Begging the Question Fallacy

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What is the Middle Ground Fallacy?

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A middle point between two extremes must me true

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Which fallacy is this: I claim that elephants can fly, and Sam claims that no elephants can fly. Therefore some elephants can fly

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Middle Ground Fallacy

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What is the Anecdotal Fallacy?

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Using an isolated personal experience instead of a sound argument/evidence

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Which fallacy is this: The stats say to buy a Honda, but Sam had his Honda stolen last week, so don’t get a Honda because they are not safe

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Anecdotal Fallacy

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What is the Non-Sequitur/Red Herring Fallacy?

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An attempt to divert the question away from the original prompt

21
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Which fallacy is this: all trees are tall, and all tall things are yellow, therefore trees are green

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Non-Sequitur/Red Herring Fallacy

22
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What is epistemology?

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The study of knowledge

23
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What is the practical man?

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The person who only cares about the here and now and material goods and not about knowledge

24
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Should we choose ideas or information?

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Ideas

25
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Why should philosophy be studied?

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For the questions not the answers

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What is the message behind the Allegory of the Cave?

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We are all being trapped in a cave and need to escape to the truth

27
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Who came up with the forms?

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Plato

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What are the forms?

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A truth about our life, and the perfect image of what something should be

29
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What is a priori knowledge?

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Concepts obtained independent of experince

30
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Is this a priori or a posteriori: 3+3=6

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A priori

31
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Is this a priori or a posteriori: If something is red, it has a color

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A priori

32
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Is this a priori or a posteriori: if you want to know if an elephant fits in your closet, you have to go and see yourself

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A posteriori

33
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What is a posteriori knowledge?

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Concepts obtained through experince

34
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What is knowledge?

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A justified true belief

35
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What is relativism?

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The idea that there is no absolute truth, and that truth only exists to certain individuals or cultures

36
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What are the theological virtues?

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Faith, Hope, Love

37
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What is the most important theological virtue?

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Love-it guides all others

38
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Where did we get the theological virtues from?

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St. Paul’s Writings

39
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What are the cardinal virtues and their meanings?

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Temperance (self control), Courage (reasonable hope that you can succeed), Justice (making sure everyone gets what they deserve), Wisdom (knowledge gained overtime)

40
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What did Aristotle say about happiness?

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Chose happiness over pleasure, it is the universal truth, it is the goal at the end of life (in a religious context get to heaven with God)

41
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What is Kant’s Categorical Imperative?

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A certain action must be true and done always

42
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What is another way to word Kant’s Categorical Imperative?

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If you don’t want it done to you, don’t do it

43
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What is consequentialism?

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Right/wrongness of an action is dependent on the results it produces

44
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What is a drawback of consequentialism?

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It can be used to justify bad actions (murder)

45
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What is Divine Command Theory?

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Do the action that is commanded by God

46
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What is Teleology?

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Right/wrongness is determined by the end goal/purpose

47
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What is natural law?

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Do good and avoid evil, God has given us stuff for a purpose

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