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| "the love of wisdom," large questions, origins of questions that are set up for debate |
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| What is the difference between philosophical and a non-philosophical question? |
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Philosophical - asks the root and deep questions "does God exist?" large questions that can be timeless
Non-Philosophical - facts "who is the president," basic question |
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| what is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? |
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Knowledge - a justified true belief
belief - requires the conviction of an individual |
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| what is a philosophical question? |
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1st - declarative sentence (Socrates is man)
2nd - premise (all men are mortal)
3rd - logical conclusion (socrates is moral)
1. belief and 2. justify |
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| professional teachers who taught the "art of persuasion," relativists regarding truth and morality, only value that was worthy in itself was power |
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view that knowledge is determined by
-age
-race
-gender
(ex. 2+2=4) |
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| What is logically problematic about the claim "all truth is relative"? |
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-contradicting
-has to be absolute
-self re feuding has to be objectively true |
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| What do the sophists mean by "might makes right" |
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| what is right in any society is simply a matter of the values of people in power, impose their views on others |
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| What is a logical fallacy? |
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| incorrect reasoning in an argument resulting in a misconception - malicious thinking |
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| What is an is-ought fallacy? |
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| drawing claims that ought to be that way, "we do not currently regulate nicotine in an individual cigarette; therefore we ought not need do this." |
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| What is the Socratic Method? |
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| the assumption that the function of education is to draw truth out of the pupil rather fill an empty vessel |
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| How does socrates argue against the claim "might makes right?" |
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| Thrasymachus originally defines might makes right in terms of the "what is in the interest of those in power" |
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| What does socrates mean by the claim "the unexamined life is not worth living" |
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| The examined life does not produce all the answers, once doesn't proceed merely arriving at the right answer, one proceeds by slowly understanding what doesnt make sense |
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| How did Socrates interpret that oracle of Delphi claim "no man is wiser than socrates" |
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| socrates thought that the real person should be identified with the psyche, not merely the body. since this was the real person, what mattered was taking care of ones soul through virtue |
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| what is the appeal to ignorance fallacy? |
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| when you argue that your conclusion is true, because there is nothing to say is wrong wrongly shifts the burden of proof "There is no proof that God exists, therefore he doesnt" |
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