PHIL 101 EXAM 1 LUPHER JMU

PHIL 101 EXAM 1 LUPHER JMU

metaphysicsao-aoans--
Partaoofaophilosophyaothataoattemptsaotoaodescribeaoinaoveryaogeneralaotermsaowhataother
eaois

trueaobelief...ao-aoans--notaotheaosameaothingaoasaoknowledge

philosophicalaoskepticismao-aoans--
Theaoviewaothataoweaoknowaomuchaolessaothanaoweaothinkaoweaodoaooraonothingaoataoall.

whataoisaotheaorelationshipaobetweenaomindaoandaobodyao-aoans--
possiblyaoidenticalao(supermanaoclarkaoKent)

dualismao-aoans--mindaoandaobodyaoareaoseparate

subjectiveaorealmao-aoans--
oneaohumanaomindaodisagreeingaowithaoanother,aoclashesaoofaoopinion

objectiveaorealmao-aoans--
canaobeaoobserved,aomeasured,aoandaoverified,aofactsaoexistaoindependently

EthicalaoSubjectivismao-aoans--
moralaojudgementsaoareaomerelyaotrueaoforaotheaopersonsaomakingaothem,aoPhilosophical
aothesisaothataothereaoareaonoaoethicalaofacts,aoonlyaoethicalaoopinions


ScientificaoOpinionao-aoans--scienceaoandaosubjectiveaorealm

scientificaofactsao-aoans--scienceaoandaoobjectiveaorealm

ethicalaoopinionsao-aoans--ethicsaoandaosubjectiveaorealm

ethicalaofactsao-aoans--ethicsaoandaoobjectiveaorealm

Utilitarianismao-aoans--
Theaoactionaoyouaoshouldaoperformaoinaoaaogivenaosituationaoisaotheaooneaotheaowillaoprod
uceaotheaogreatestaohappinessaoforaotheaogreatestaonumberaoofaoindividuals

fouraocentralaophilosophicalaoproblemsao-aoans--God,aoknowledge,aomind,aoandaoethics

, fundamentalaoquestionsaoofaojustificationao-aoans--
Thingsaoweaobelieveaowithoutaohesitationaooraoreflectionao
Someaomayaobelieveaoitaoasaocommonaosense

commonaosenseao-aoans--
ouraosensesaoprovideaoeachaoofaousaowithaoknowledgeaoofaotheaoworldaoweaoinhabit

solipsismao-aoans--theaoideaaothataotheaomindaoisaotheaoonlyaothingaothataoexists

isaacaonewtonao-aoans--
Definedaotheaolawsaoofaomotionaoandaogravity.aoTriedaotoaoexplainaomotionaoofaotheaouniv
erse,aonaturalaophilosophy,aowhataoweaothinkaoweaoknowaoofaoscience

WilliamaoWhewellao-aoans--
Coinedaotheaotermao"Uniformitarianism",aoinventedaotheaotermaoscientist,aoPeopleaouseda
otoaothinkaophilosophyaoandaoscienceaowentaohandaoinaohandaobutaonowaoit'saosaidaotoaob
eaomoreaoassociatedaowithaopsychology

philosophyaois...ao-aoans--alwaysaochanging,aocanaoneveraofullyaobeaodescribed

mysticalaoguruaomodelao-aoans--
whataophilosophyaoisaonot,aoMakingaodeepaoandaomysteriousaopronouncementsaooffaothea
otopaoofaoyouraoheadaothataosoundaoveryaoimportantaobutaothataoareaohardaotoaomakeaose
nseaoofaowhenaoyouaotryaotoaothinkaoaboutaothemaoclearly

philosophyaoaddresses...ao-aoans--
theaomostaofundamentalaobeliefsaothataoweaohaveaoaboutaoourselvesaoandaotheaoworldaow
eaoinhabit
Helpaousaoidentifyaoassumptionsaoandaoevaluateaothem
Constructingaoandaoevaluatingaoarguments

twoaopartsaoofaoanaoargumentao-aoans--premisesaoandaoconclusion

premiseaoandaoconclusionaoare...ao-aoans--
statementsaoeachaoexpressedaobyaoaaodeclarativeaosentenceaobeingaoeitheraotrueaooraofal
se

premiseao-aoans--reasonsaousedaotoaobackaoupaoanaoargument,aoassumptions

conclusionao-aoans--statementaotoaoestablishaoanaoargument

goodaoargumentaoincludesao-aoans--
rationallyaopersuasive,aotrueaopremises,aopremisesaorelatedaotoaoconclusion