PHIL 3730 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Foolishness, Ethical Egoism, Psychological Egoism
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The following questions are intended to guide your review. Some may appear as test questions in various forms; others may not appear at all. Test questions will draw from the assigned readings and material discussed in class: critical thinking. Think back to your critical thinking or intro to philosophy classes if you took them. There are the premises (the support for the argument) and the conclusion (what you"re trying to convince someone of). An inductive argument"s premises can provide either strong or weak support for the conclusion, sort of like how a light dimmer isn"t fully on or off, just somewhere in between. The purpose of a deductive argument is to be proven valid by the truth of its premises. It might be easier to think of it like a light switch. Just as the light"s either on or off, the argument is either valid or invalid.
