PHIL 105- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 51 pages long!)

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 105
• Professor: Tim Christie

Document Summary

Incompletely stated arguments: contextual clues for reconstructing arguments, fallacies, begging the question, black-and-white thinking, some key terms, statistical generalization, universal generalization. Recognizing and avoiding fallacies: fallacies are mistakes in reasoning that humans are especially prone to make, as critical thinkers we need to avoid these when possible. I(cid:374) t(cid:449)o (cid:449)a(cid:455)s: do(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ake the(cid:373) a(cid:374)d do(cid:374)"t get t(cid:396)i(cid:272)ked (cid:271)(cid:455) the(cid:373): e. g. , (cid:862)i am a girl so i am bad at math(cid:863) assu(cid:373)es (cid:449)ithout a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:396)easo(cid:374) that all girls are bad at math. Is buying lotto or playing the slots a good decision: how does one get good at making good decisions, practice! Arguments, logic and sentences: an argument is a set of sentences consisting of an assertion to be supported and the verbal evidence for that assertion, an argument is the attempt at rational persuasion. If i get a ticket for 500$, i can afford to pay it.