PHI 103 Week 4, Topic 2 Exam 1
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Contributed : Paul Charli
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- Question: The following is which account of knowledge?
- Question: What is the name of this form of argument?
- Question: The cognitive distortion called ‘discounting positives’ is when one claims the positive things one does or others do are trivial and inconsequential. This way one can maintain a negative attitude about oneself or others. E.g., if you did well at something and you continue to tell yourself that it wasn’t special and that anyone could have done it.
- Question: The cognitive distortion known as catastrophizing is when one focuses on some of the worst possible outcomes and believes those outcomes are likely to occur.
- Question: The following pattern of reasoning commits which cognitive distortion. “Look at how Smith just looked at me while walking to class. I know he thinks I’m a loser and that he is constantly making things up about me and telling other people.”
- Question: Identify which of the famous five valid forms this argument's form takes. “If God cannot prevent suffering, then God is not omnipotent. If God does not want to prevent suffering, then God is not perfectly good. But either God cannot prevent suffering or God does not want to prevent suffering. So, either God is not omnipotent or God is not perfectly good.”
- Question: Identify the form of the following argument: “Either Williams will win the election or Johnson will win it. If Williams wins the election, then recycling will become mandatory. If Johnson wins the election, then universal garbage collection will become mandatory. So, either recycling or universal garbage collection will become mandatory.”
- Question: P v Q Not-Q So, P
- Question: Seeing well is necessary to be a good driver but it is not ____ .
- Question: An argument form is______.
- Question: Epistemic doubt towards P is caused by defeating, disclosable evidence that suggests P is false
- Question: One thing virtually all epistemologists agree upon regarding knowledge is that______.
- Question: Grilling meat is _______________ for cooking it, but it is not______. You can decide to sear it or pan fry it.
- Question: From the fact that Smith believes P, it doesn’t follow Smith also believes Q despite the fact that (i) you believe P entails Q or (ii) P does entail Q. The reason why is this. Even though Smith believes P, Smith may also hold one of the following propositional attitudes:
- Question: The JTB or "Tripartite" account of knowledge has three conditions that need to be satisfied in order to know. Ther are the following:
- Question: P v Q If P, then R If Q, then S So, R v S
- Question: If P, then Q If Q, then R So, if P, then R
- Question: An adequate definition for Philosophy is:
- Question: A sound argument is one that is valid and_______.
- Question: If P, then Q Not-Q So, not-P
- Question: If S believes in God (as opposed to merely believing that God exists), then______.
- Question: Sound arguments can have false conclusions.
- Question: The argument “The Independent Party is wealthy, so Luke Van Horn is wealthy” commits the fallacy of______.
- Question: Determine which of the famous five valid forms is used in this argument. “Either the ‘eye for an eye’ principle is interpreted literally, or it is interpreted figuratively. If it is interpreted literally, then the state should torture torturers, maim maimers, and rape rapists. If the ‘eye for an eye’ principle is interpreted figuratively, then it does not necessarily demand death for murderers. So, either the state should torture torturers, maim maimers, and rape rapists, or the ‘eye for an eye’ principle does not necessarily demand death for murderers.
- Question: A worldview is a set of assumptions, commitments, sets of norms, standards and principles that filter the evidence and information we process when forming beliefs about the nature of reality.
- Question: The following pattern of reasoning commits which cognitive distortion. “I get rejected by everyone. Just the other day I asked Jamie if she wanted to go out for some coffee. She said, ‘No thank you. I have other plans.’ No one wants to be with me. No one likes me.”
- Question: This view of truth says that a statement is true if and only if it corresponds to reality.
- Question: The problem with the following argument is that it’s _____ . “Religion is the opiate of the people. Therefore, religion is like a drug that can be used to make people forget or ignore the miserable conditions they live in.”
- Question: _____ is an unjustified and uncharitable attribution of a repugnant belief to another person as a result of fallaciously concluding that because someone believes P, then that person must also believe Q.
- Question: The coherence view of truth says p is true if and only if ____.
- Question: Sound arguments are different from cogent arguments because sound arguments can have conclusions that can still be false whereas cogent arguments must have a true conclusion.
- Question: The primary purpose(s) of an argument is______.
- Question: The following passage contains an argument that commits at least one informal fallacy. Name the type of fallacy committed. “The Russians have a natural talent for ballet, as you can see by watching Maya Plisetskaya perform.”
- Question: One of the famous objections leveled against the JTB or Tripartite account of knowledge comes from_____.
- Question: The cognitive distortion known as emotional reasoning is when one allows feelings to guide one’s interpretation of reality.
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