Final Flashcards
Idealism
Rejects existence of an eternal world independent of you mind
Metaphysical realism
Eternal world exists independently of your mind
Fidesims
Believing only on faith, rejecting reason in religious endeavors
Coherence theory of truth
Truth is determined by consistency in a system
Pragmatism
Truth is determined by what works
Subjectivism
Truth is relative to the individual
Correspondence theory of truth
Truth directly relates to reality. Reality is outside myself.
Rationality
Using deductive logic in an argument
Authority
Something believed on the testimony of an authority
A priori
Argument that precedes using the 5 senses
A posteriori
Argument that follows using the 5 senses
Post hoc
Chronological events are incorrectly connected as cause and effect
Argument from silence
An unsupportable but possible conclusion
Begging the question
The conclusion is a restatement of the premise
False dilemma
A question posed, but only a limited number of answers are offered
Faulty analogy
Statement that does not fully connect two things being compared
Poison the well
Connecting an opponent’s position with weakness