General Flashcards
1
Q
Attributes include?
A
Properties and relationships.
2
Q
What does a priori mean?
A
Knowledge or justification independent of experience
3
Q
What does a posteriori mean?
A
Knowledge or justification dependent on experience or empirical evidence
4
Q
Definition of supervene
A
A fact or property is entailed by, or consequent on the existence or establishment of another.
5
Q
Define explanadum
A
The thing to be explained
6
Q
Reliable indicators
A
When X is a natural sign of Y
7
Q
Nomological conditions
A
Natural laws
8
Q
Teleological
A
Goal directed
9
Q
Analysis
A
Giving the necessary and sufficient conditions for concepts.
10
Q
What is a theory
A
A principle, or collection of principles, that is devised to explain certain phenomena.
11
Q
Contrary
A
Both can’t be true, but both can be false.
