[PHI1101] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (55 pages long!)
29 Nov 2016
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The opposite of critical thinking is dogmatism - anti-thinking. Always know that you can be wrong. Being totally sure is a dangerous thing. Claim: a claim must convey information - true/false. Doubt the truth - turns it into an objective claim. Evidence: harder to prove right than wrong. Real truth is not experienced by senses. Arguments: consists of 2 parts, the premise(s) and the conclusion. The premise(s) provide reasons for accepting the conclusion. Attempting to work back to claims that everyone can agree with. Inference = premise(s) pointing to a conclusion. Explanations: describes the causes that lead to what occurred. Generally, the event that they are explaining has already occurred. Not in doubt, not meant to make people believe the explanation. State of affairs that is not in doubt. Arguments: provide reasoning (premise(s)) that point towards the conclusion. Most moral claims explain how it came to be. No debate = no argument = truth claim.
