PHILOS 1E03- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 56 pages long!)
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Highlight and make notes in your own words. Make sure it makes sense and the communication factor is there. Whenever a conclusion is drawn = inference. People are warm blooded fish have scales. By the end of the course you should- Formed your own views and opinions on topics. Being able to read and understand difficult texts. Critically asses weak and strong arguments and what makes them so. Write clearly and get your point across. * logic has been a part of philosophy for some 2,400 years * Aristotle: contributed the theory of syllogism eg. all a are b; no c are a. Therefore no c are b. eg. all birds can fly. This is true but not valid, the variable could be switched out to bats that would make the ending statement or premise a lie. Predicate logic- (cid:498)is a cat(cid:499) or (cid:498)can fly(cid:499)
