PHI 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: John Stuart Mill, Ice Cream, Spinach

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHI 1101
• Professor: Sardar Hosseini

Document Summary

Unusual factor: unusual factor: we often single out an unusual contributing factor as the cause of an event. The explosion happened because of the accumulation of methane gas in the room. oxygen methane spark. When we are interested in control, prevention, etc. , we may single out things that are potentially under our control as causes. This says that eating food with saturated fats increase the chances of developing heart disease. And if we want to avoid heart diseases, we should avoid eating such foods. We speak of a positive correlation between two types of events a and b when the presence of a makes the presence of b more likely (example: being pregnant, being female; smoking, and getting lung cancer). And of a negative correlation when the presence of a makes the absence of b more probable. (being a professional football player, weighing less than 140 pounds; high barometric pressure; rain).