PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pythia, Thrasymachus, Principle Of Bivalence

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Laura Byrne

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Note: can read ahead if you like on the sections of the republic and chapter 2! Recap of last class: e. g. the law of bivalence; featuring the analogy of let"s make a deal. In other words, they are consistent if they contradict with one another: ex: lassie is a dog and she barks. (consistent, ex: socrates is mortal, socrates is immortal (inconsistent, view slide 35 for more information if needed). The police officer tried to say it was the lawyers, but there would be no discretion if there was no reason to believe the sets of beliefs. It is a fairly not demanding criteria, as it just obeys the law of non-contradiction: to logically evaluate, the consistency of them being true together. Practice questions: a tip, for her there will always be sets. Or ollie was out all night, he is tired.