“Injustice”
- Argument: This is a set of sentences in support of a claim. (lecture)
- Conclusion: Claim supported by your argument. (lecture)
- Premise: Sentences providing support as well detail. (lecture)
“Philosophical Terms and Methods and Arguments”
4. Valid argument: An argument with a conclusion that is entailed by or logically follow from the premises. (reading text)
5. Sound Argument: When the case is valid and all premises are true including the conclusion. (Reading text)
6. Inductive Argument: Collected instances of evidence of something specific to support a general conclusion is true even if all premises are true. (reading text)
Persuasive Arguments: This is a valid argument with plausible or obviously true or antecedently accepted premises. (reading text)
Fallacies
A fallacy is a defective reasoning.
There are two categories : Relevance : prevents unrelated to the truth of the conclusion and connection between premise and conclusion is emotional .
Presumption: unwanted assumptions, assuming something is true without giving evidence.
Circulating reasoning: can’t support argument with your own assumption.
Clifford’s Vocabulary
Epistemology is the study of knowledge especially with regard to its method valid and scope.
Descartes Vocabulary
Illusion argument :senses we can’t trust anything that has tricked us even once.
Dream: things we dream some are real.
Aristotelian vocabulary
TELOS- purpose / function also known as “end”.
catharsis- purification and purgation of emotions of fear and pity.
Cause and effect- concern of the future and nostalgia.
Determinism- idea by which everything is determined by cause and effect .
Fatalism- belief that whatever happens had to happen as a result of fate.
Fate- whatever we choose to do or actually do is already determined by fate.
Volitional- ability get what we want a desire.
Anguish- if Iam to choose for all humanity than Iam deeply responsible for what humanity is to become.
Dispair- there’s no God to help you, you must decide by yourself.
First order desire- simply anything we want to do and we will do it.
Second order desire- desires that require a reflective self evaluation. (word count330).
Small world 