Phi 1010 Final Exam Study Guide Expected Questions With Verified Answers

PHI 1010 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
EXPECTED QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS

Question 1.
The 6 main branches of philosophy

ANSWER
- Metaphysics
- Epistemology
- Ethics
- Logic
- Political Philosophy
- Aesthetics


Question 2.
Metaphysics

ANSWER
Studies the ultimate nature of reality


Question 3.
Epistemology

ANSWER
The study of Knowledge


Question 4.
Ethics

ANSWER
Moral philosophy What is right and wrong


Question 5.
Logic

ANSWER
studies the nature of truth, validity, and the form of reasoning






,Question 6.
Political Philosophy

ANSWER
Studies the best form of gov. Asks?s like: what is justice?


Question 7.
Aesthetics

ANSWER
The study of beauty, art, and taste.


Question 8.
The parts of an argument

ANSWER
- Premises
- Conclusion


Question 9.
What is a premise?

ANSWER
Justification


Question 10.
What is a conclusion?

ANSWER
What you are trying to prove


Question 11.
Deductive arguments

ANSWER
An argument in which it is thought (or claimed) that the premises provide a guarantee of the
truth of the conclusion






, Question 12.
Inductive arguments

ANSWER
An argument in which it is thought that the premises provide reasons supporting the
probable truth of the conclusion.


Question 13.
Deductive: Valid argument

ANSWER
structured in a way that it actually is impossible for the conclusion to be false, given that the
premises are true.


Question 14.
What makes a deductive argument sound?

ANSWER
valid & all true premises


Question 15.
The three main arguments for the existence of God

ANSWER
- The ontological argument
- The cosmological argument
- The teleological argument (argument from design)


Question 16.
Who made the ontological argument?

ANSWER
Anselm


Question 17.
Who made the cosmological argument?

ANSWER
Aquinas