MODULE 2 Flashcards

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specific details that can be proven as true

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facts

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2
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based on objective evidence

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facts

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3
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based on feeling/ judgement/ belief

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opinions

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what are the objective proofs

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physical evidence
eyewitness
result of accepted scientific method

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5
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facts are

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objective
states reality
can be verified
presented w/ unbiased words

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opinions can be

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subjective
interprets reality
cannot be verified
presented w/ value words

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ask uestions to identify facts

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  • can the statement be prove or demonstrated to be true
  • can the statement be observed in practice or operation
  • can the statement be verified by witnesses, manuscripts, or documents?
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8
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systematic way to organized body of knowledge

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methods in philosophizing

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3 major characteristics of methods inp hilosophizing

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  1. philosophical uestions have answers but the answers remain in dispute
  2. philosophical uestions cannot be settles by science, common sense, or faith
  3. philosophical uestions are of perennial intellectual interest to human being
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10
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methos that philosophers use to address philosophical uestions

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critical thinking

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what is critical thinking

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it is a
- careful
- reflective
- rational
- systematic approach to uestions

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what is critical thinking all about

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  • reasoning
  • problem-solving
  • evaluating
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13
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to come up with conclusion

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evidence- based

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14
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can help us from our own point and guide us in making decisions/actions

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critical mind

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methods in critical thinking

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  • defining analyzing & devising solutions
  • arriving at reasonable and informed conclusion
  • applying understanding and knowledge to new and different problems
  • willingness to ay “i dont know”
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16
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attributes of critical thinkers

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  1. looks for evidence to support assumption and belief
  2. adjust opinion
  3. look for proof
  4. examines the problem
  5. rejects irrelevant and incorrect information
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philosophical methods

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socratic
dialectic
scientific
historical

18
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truth based on reasoning and critical thinking

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types of reasoning

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deductive
inductive

20
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general idea first before specific data

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specific idea first before general idea

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expressed in critical examination o cross of position to the conversations

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the socratic method

23
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intends not to convey new truth only guide to arriving the truth

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the socratic method

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diagram of socratic method

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self
community
society

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a discourse between 2 or more people holding different point of views
the dialectic method
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exclude subjective elements ( emotional appeal, modern pejorative sense of rhetoric)
the dialectic method
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diagram of the dialectic method
thesis antithesis synthesis
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3 theories of truth
correspondence theory coherence theory pragmatic theory
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state proposition is true if its corresponding to facts
correspondence theory
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state that if a proposition coherence w/ all the other propositions taken to be true, then it is true
coherence theory
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proposition is true if it is useful to believe
pragmatic theory
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father of pragmatism
william james
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one needs to test if the proposition works with reality
pragmatic theory
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3 perspectives regarding truth
- a belief is true if it can be justified or proven through the use of one's senses - a belief or statement is true if it is based on facts - getting a consensus or having people agree on a common belief