M3 Methods of Philosophizing Flashcards
INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM
false information and no intended harm
MISINFORMATION
Distinguishing opinion from truth
methods of philosophizing
INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM
false information and intended to harm
DISINFORMATION
INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM
True information and intended to harm
MALINFORMATION
to think or express oneself in a philosophical manner
philosophizing
Trying to discuss a matter from a Philosophical view
PHILOSOPHICAL MANNER
To argue an idea using philosophical theories.
TO PHILOSOPHIZE
etymology of phenomenon?
phainomenon; means appearance
who founded phenomenolgy?
EDMUND HUSSERL
the study of lived experience, consciousness, and phenomena
PHENOMENOLOGY
philosophical belief where we’re each responsible for creating purpose or meaning in our own lives.
existentialism
It is based on the belief that a statement is meaningful only if it is proven
true or false through experimentation.
ANALYTIC TRADITION
what is law of excluded middle?
every statement must be true or false
___ are defects in an argument, They are very common and can be quite convincing.
FALLACY
A fallacy in which someone tries to win support for an argument or idea by exploiting his or her opponent’s feelings of pity or guilt.
APPEAL TO PITY
A fallacy where you assume that what’s true for the parts is automatically true for the whole
FALLACY OF COMPOSITION
When you accept something as the truth because the person who said it holds a high position of authority
APPEAL TO AUTHORITY
This logical fallacy occurs when someone claims that an argument is good or true because an action or belief is traditional.
APPEAL TO TRADITION
A fallacy where someone attacks the person making an argument rather than addressing the argument itself. latin of against the person
AD HOMINEM
When a person in the middle of an argument introduces another topic to distract from what is being discussed
RED HERRING FALLACY
When force, coercion, or even a threat of force is used in place of a reason to justify a conclusion.
APPEAL TO FORCE
You judged something as either good or bad based on where it comes from, or from whom it came
GENETIC FALLACY
This fallacy says that because one event follows another, it must have been cause by the other.
FALLACY OF FALSE CAUSE
when someone argues that one event will inevitably lead to a series of increasingly undesirable events, without providing enough evidence to support this claim. chain reaction of bad events
SLIPPERY SLOPE FALLACY
It is making a generalization based on insufficient evidence —essentially making a rushed conclusion without considering all of the variables.
FALLACY OF HASTY GENERALIZATION
This logical fallacy occurs when one assumes that something must be true or good since it is popular.
BANDWAGON FALLACY
FROM QUIZZ 2
This theory of truth is tantamount to the belief in the good or practical consequence that an idea would bring.
PRAGMATIC
FROM QUIZZ 2
The truth of a belief is tested by its satisfactory results when it is put into operation.
PRAGMATIC
FROM QUIZZ 2
It is considered as the process of thinking about something in a logical way in order to form a conclusion or judgement.
REASONING
FROM QUIZZ 2
Truth is a property of an extensive body of interrelated statements; hence, statements have degrees of truth and falsity.
COHERENCE
FROM QUIZZ 2
term for philosophers who believed that knowledge is based on sense perception.
EMPIRICISTS
FROM QUIZZ 2
It is true if it is in exact conformity to what is observed in their actual status and relations.
EMPIRICAL
FROM QUIZZ 2
Which of the following is informal discourse that does not entail tedious preparation?
ARGUMENT
FROM QUIZZ 2
This theory of truth deals with the consistency of the truth of statements claimed within the system that is being used.
COHERENCE
FROM QUIZZ 2
In epistemology (theory of knowledge), a ___ proposition is a proposition that is known to be true by understanding its meaning without proof, and/or by ordinary human reason.
SELF EVIDENT
FROM QUIZZ 2
This theory suggests that truth is not determined by personal beliefs or subjective interpretations but by the correspondence between statements and reality.
CORRESPONDENCE THEORY OF TRUTH
FROM QUIZZ 2
formal discussion that entails process?
DEBATE
FROM QUIZZ 2
One of the triumvirate Greek philosophers who pioneered a method of argument called dialectic.
SOCRATES
FROM QUIZZ 2
What is the science and art of correct thinking?
LOGIC
