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Ontology
Pos
key topics
'

Does God
'

exist ?






How we view the world


Theory about
Theory about what there what



reality . is out ,
can we accept as
reality .





Assumptions about nature
of reality

Epistemology
How if God exists ?
' '

can we know

How we should
investigate the world





Theory about knowledge





Deals with the status of knowledge
something belief knowledge?


is an opinion , . suspicion or is it




Causality
The would know all
ontology that
if applicable laws
of nature well the initial


we as as


conditions . we can
perfectly predict what will happen in the future
Determinism of natural
the house
ontology of
'

is sort '


science

Assesses phenomenon
event
preceding a





3
types of explanation
1 .
Causal


By finding and
explaining the cause of a phenomenon ,
we explain the phenomenon
A causal explanation
for a bird
singing
would be
through description of the bird's





and muscular
nervous
systems .




2 .
Functional
Explains the existence of something terms of its function
in





This be
giraffes having higher chance of survival within a due to


can seen in a
given ecosystem
a long neck
3. Intentional
'
W' hat the motivation behind
something

is




social
Can
ontology
organizations act by themselves ? Kan een bedrijf de Schuld krijgen alsof- het

→ is
persoon .




Social
reality only exists only insofar as we accept it to exist everyday reality

in .




Whether we do accept social
reality is dependent on understanding of it

our .



,




Positive
Has the ambition
theory to explain the world as it is







Makes explicit positive expectations towards the world

Has of fit
theory to world direction adapt theory to the world


a - -


, Normative
Has
theory to be
the ambition
justify the world as it
ought to






Makes explicit normative expectations towards the world
Has a world to direction of fit → to the world
theory try change
• - -




Logical
Process
Argument
of creating a new statement from one or more existing statements





An
argument proceeds from a set of premises to a conclusion by means of logical


,




implication via a procedure called logical interference
,




syllogismconclusions
Drawing from two assumed propositions





given or
Major All ✗ Y premise :P X conclusion :P Y




premise minor is
: is is
,
,




Truth preservation
With true premises lead to true conclusions
logically valid
argument always


a .
.






If not all premises are true ,
we don't know
if the conclusion is true



Valid
Valid
argument
argument valid
if and
only if it
that
if all
of the true

an is is
premises
:

necessary
are


then the
the conclusion is true :
if all
premises are true ,
then the conclusion must be true ;

it is impossible that all the premises are true and the conclusion is
false .




2 forms of logical interference
(
7.
Denying

the tokens
consequence modus )
who Dutch tall +
Stefan not tall
Stefan not Dutch ( B A)
Anyone is is is is
Anyone who A ✗ not B ✗ is not
=
, is ,
is + is
=




2.
Affirming the
consequent ( modus ponens )

If it's
Friday ,
I
go
to the
gym + I went to the
gym today
=

today is
Friday ( If A ,
then B t B =
A)
↳ This is not valid




Denying the antecedent v. s .
the
consequent
Logic isn't valid
might have been other reasons that did not
get high

a
,
you
grade



If A. then B
If A ,
then B
+ not valid! + valid!
Not A Not B
= =




Not B Not A
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