PHIL202- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 75 pages long!)

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL202
• Professor: hsin-wenlee

Document Summary

Ethics/morality: a(cid:374) a(cid:272)tio(cid:374)/de(cid:272)isio(cid:374)/poli(cid:272)y/la(cid:449) (cid:272)a(cid:374) (cid:271)e , morally good, morally bad, morally neutral. Logical thinking: logical thinking: to believe something when you have good reason or evidence, cliffo(cid:396)d: (cid:862)it is (cid:449)(cid:396)o(cid:374)g, al(cid:449)ays, e(cid:448)e(cid:396)y(cid:449)he(cid:396)e, a(cid:374)d fo(cid:396) a(cid:374)yo(cid:374)e, to (cid:271)elie(cid:448)e a(cid:374)ythi(cid:374)g upo(cid:374) i(cid:374)suffi(cid:272)ie(cid:374)t e(cid:448)ide(cid:374)(cid:272)e. (cid:863) Argument: premise(s) -> inference -> conclusion, premise: the (cid:396)easo(cid:374)(cid:894)s(cid:895) i(cid:374) suppo(cid:396)t of a(cid:374) a(cid:396)gu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t"s (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:272)lusio(cid:374, conclusion: the statement in an argument that is argued for on the basis of the a(cid:396)gu(cid:373)e(cid:374)t"s p(cid:396)e(cid:373)ises. If you believe in the premises, you must believe in the conclusion. Arguments: deductive or inductive: deductive argument, a deductive argument aims to prove that there is a necessary connection between the premises and the conclusion. In other words, if the premises are true, then the conclusion must be true: example of a deductive argument: It is not possible that zack is not married, but also not a bachelor. It is also not possible for zack to be married and also be a bachelor.