PHIL Exam 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers 2024/2025
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PHIL Exam 1 Questions with 100% Correct Answers 2024/2025
Philosophy - ANSWERSthe study of thought, finding alternative answers and asking questions ab accepted ideas
"First Conception" of Philosophy - ANSWERSattempts to answer the big questions ex. what is life, what is truth, good/bad=rig...
PHIL Exam 1 Questions with 100%
Correct Answers 2024/2025
Philosophy - ANSWERSthe study of thought, finding alternative answers and asking questions ab
accepted ideas
"First Conception" of Philosophy - ANSWERSattempts to answer the big questions ex. what is life, what is
truth, good/bad=right/wrong
"Second Conception" of Philosophy - ANSWERSa way of life, love of wisdom, broken down into
theoretical (know that, what a good life looks like) and practical wisdom (know how, to life a good life)
Metaphysics - ANSWERS(meta-beyond phusis- nature) the study of "ultimate reality" of how things really
are and of what actually exists
Epistemology - ANSWERSepisteme- knowledge study of knowledge how do you know if you believe
something or you just assume it
Ethics - ANSWERSthe study of morality
logic - ANSWERSmethod of ethics, allows us to be on the same page when talking about philosophy and
content
Deductive reasoning (deduction) - ANSWERStype of logic that uses specific premises (things you take for
granted to be true) to make general/ universal conclusions
Inductive reasoning (induction) - ANSWERStype of logic that is observation based that uses bunch of
specific particulars and looks for patterns to make a generalization (conclusion strength based on
strength of data-black crow)
, abductive reasoning (abduction) - ANSWERStype of logic that uses observations of relevant pieces of
evidence/reasons/ arguments to infer the most plausible explanation ("best explanation"= most
plausible but can be more than one possible explanation)
Explain the relationship between the "first conception" of philosophy and the "second conception" of
philosophy - ANSWERStheoretical wisdom (asking big Q) is a means to practical wisdom (developing
phonesis, the know how)
Explain the difference between metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics - ANSWERSmetaphysics- existence
the nature of the Q (what is X?)
epistemology- looks for reasons, truth, knowledge (what counts as truth, what is knowledge?)
ethics- focuses on questions about values and moral norms, theories and principles (how to make moral
decisions)
Explain each of the three practices that successful philosophy readers do - ANSWERS"stage setting"-
used to gain a basic understanding of what you will be and are reading (pre read for general features and
fast read for basic understanding)
"understanding"- gain an in depth and full understanding of the text (taking notes, summarizing, asking
Q where you don't understand, re-reading slowly)
"evaluating"- you enter the discussion that the author is having and respond to their ideas (analyze what
they are saying and input your opinion)
Explain the differences between the three types of logic - ANSWERSdeductive- mathy and use an
argument formula to make a valid (impossible for a conclusion to be false when premises are true) and
sound argument (valid and all premises true)
inductive- scientific reasoning where you use experimentation and repeatability to find reliable
conclusions (inductive reasoning- strength/weakness of conclusion)
abductive- "sherlock Holmes" logic where you inference the best explanation based on pieces of
evidence (not always true but we use the most)
Skepticism - ANSWERSA philosophy that says knowledge is impossible bc certainty is impossible goal
shouldnt be to have knowledge or truth it should be to live a good life
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