METHODS OF PHILOSOPHIZING 2 Flashcards

4 Methods, Types of Logical Reasoning

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Free individual choice; creating meaning in life; everything has an “essence”

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Existentialism

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Existence precedes ___

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Essence

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Exist and act in certain way, then we give meaning to our lives

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Being and Nothingness by Jean Paul Sartre

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Creative individual who doesn’t follow/obey the laws

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Ubermensch

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5
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Study of experience

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Phenomenology

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Scientific single truth; search through scientific proccess; Philosophy + Science

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Analytic Philosophy

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Reasoning and formulating arguments

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Logic

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Top-down; general to specific

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Deductive Reasoning

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Bottom-up; specific to general

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Inductive Reasoning

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A failure in reasoning; invalid argument

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Logical Fallacies

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Personal attack against the man

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Ad Hominem

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Redirect away from the topic

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Red Herring

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Distortion, assume, exaggerate

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Straw Man

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12
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CIte an authority figure

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Appeal to Authority

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“everyone else is doing it” or “everyone else thinks this”

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Bandwagon

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