Phil 105 Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers

Phil 105 Final Exam UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
argument - CORRECT ANSWER - - explicit ways to formulate reason
- includes a conclusion (not intended to establish a conclusion)
- made up of (or expressed in) reason


a) a series of sentences, statements, or propositions
b) where some are the premises
c) and one is the conclusion
d) where the premises are intended to give a reason for the conclusion


persuading - CORRECT ANSWER - making people believe or do something that they
would not otherwise believe or do (goal: to change your belief or actions)


justifying - CORRECT ANSWER - showing someone a reason to believe the conclusion
(goal: to give good reasons to believe something)


causal explanation - CORRECT ANSWER - explaining how A causes B



teleological explanation - CORRECT ANSWER - an explanation of a process that implies
that the process is attempting to attain a goal or fulfill a purpose


formal explanation - CORRECT ANSWER - explanation that cites the shape or form of
the thing to be explained


material explanation - CORRECT ANSWER - explanation that cites the material that
makes up the thing to be explained

, Purpose of arguments - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. persuasion
2. justification
3. explanation


Linguistic meaning - CORRECT ANSWER - encompasses both sense and reference


Linguistic meaning can vary with social convention among all speakers of the language


Language - CORRECT ANSWER - is:


1. important
2. conventional
3. representational
4. social


Accent - CORRECT ANSWER - an aspect of language that does not affect truth or
rationality, so it does not affect whether arguments are good as arguments


Speech Act - CORRECT ANSWER - occurs even if the intended effect does not occur


- apologizing
- advising
- ordering
- concluding
- warning


Linguistic Act - CORRECT ANSWER - linguistic act is just the utterance of a meaningful
sentence