PHYS 1201Q Lecture 1: Week 1 - Wed 1.20 Notes
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All of these questions are: subjective, variable based on personal experience, abstract, no way to prove any given answer, difficult to answer, definitions within question harder to determine than the question. Conceptual analysis analyzing a concept closely to figure out what we really mean by it. Necessary conditions (for passing this class); x is a necessary condition for y: do all the assignments with a passing grade (not sufficient) Sufficient conditions (for passing this class); x is a sufficient condition for y: do all the assignments with a grade of b or higher (not necessary) Avery welch philosophy/gender week 1 1/20/16. Descriptive empirical/experimental; what counts as gender across different locations/cultures/times/etc. Stipulate a given definition for your concept based on what you want it to do/how you want it to work in your theory. We want gender around for social justice (haslanger"s theory)
