PHI 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Bertrand Russell, Stephen Hawking
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Whether there"s good reason to have these beliefs. A reasonable belief is a belief where a good reason can be given. A belief is logically justifiable when it doesn"t contradict itself. Gender career: this iat often reveals a relative link between family and females and between career and males. This iat requires the ability to distinguish old from young faces. This test often indicates that americans have automatic preference for young over old. A general, fundamental belief that underlies many other beliefs. Liberties are not absolute: governments have the right to deprive citizens of their liberties under certain conditions. To ask whether a philosophical belief is true it to ask a philosophical question. Thinking about the truth of a philosophical belief. Occurs when someone has reached one or more general or fundamental beliefs by the way of questioning the reasonableness of ordinary beliefs. Other intellectual disciplines or human practices are uncontroversial in their value to its practitioners and society.
