Intro to Philosophy Flashcards
A way of thinking about questions. Specifically, philosophical questions focus on the nature of knowledge, reality, and existence.
philosophy
The study of the nature of reality.
metaphysics
The study of the nature and scope of knowledge.
epistemology
The study and evaluation of human conduct. This is the study of how we come to determine what’s right and what’s wrong.
ethics
This strategy uses logic to evaluate the reasoning in philosophical arguments about philosophical questions.
philosophical method
These are the rules that allow philosophers to evaluate arguments through reasoning in a clear, systematic way. Using logic helps to avoid inconsistency when creating philosophical arguments.
logic
It is a series of statements, called the premises, that are intended to determine the degree of truth of another statement, the conclusion.
philosophical argument
A declarative sentence with a truth value (it can be either true or false) that is used as a reason for a conclusion
premise
A declarative sentence that is supported by a set of premises
conclusion
An argument is considered deductive if all of the premises are true, then the conclusion based on those premises must be true.
deductive argument
When a conclusion follows logically from or is implied by the preceding premises
entailment
If all premises lead to the conclusion, regardless of the truth of the premises or the conclusion.
valid
If and only if it is valid and all of the premises are, in fact, true.
sound
An argument is considered inductive if all of the premises are strong and likely to occur, then the conclusion based on these premises is probably true.
inductive argument
When the premises of an argument are embedded within a paragraph that describes a philosophical point of view.
narrative form
