PHIL 2020 Lecture 1: PHIL 2020 Unit 1 Notes

• School: University of Georgia
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 2020
• Professor: Sean Meslar

Document Summary

What does it mean to be a critic: giving opinions, working to increase or decrease public value of something. If critical thinking is evaluative, then psychology is merely descriptive. Helps to ensure that people make reasonable decisions that will lead to further success. A(cid:396)istotle(cid:859)s (cid:395)uote: (cid:862)to sa(cid:455) of (cid:449)hat is, that it is, a(cid:374)d of (cid:449)hat is (cid:374)ot, that it is (cid:374)ot, is t(cid:396)uth. To say of (cid:449)hat is (cid:374)ot, that it is, a(cid:374)d (cid:449)hat is, that it is (cid:374)ot, is falsit(cid:455). (cid:863) (cid:894)a(cid:396)istotle, metaphysics) The law of non-contradiction: nothing both is and is not at the same time (in the same way, etc. ) (cid:862)the sk(cid:455) is a(cid:374)d is (cid:374)ot (cid:271)lue(cid:863) The law of excluded middle: all statements are either true or false. The identity of indiscernible: two things that have all the same properties as the sa(cid:373)e thi(cid:374)g. (cid:862)this is thi(cid:374) a(cid:374)d (cid:449)hite a(cid:374)d so is this so these a(cid:396)e (cid:271)oth pie(cid:272)es of pape(cid:396). (cid:863)