Philosophy 101 Review

The type of argument for which it is claimed that the truth of the premises guarantees the truth of the conclusion.

• cogent

• inductive

• deductive

• strong

The type of argument such that the truth of the premises only raises the probability that the conclusion is true.

• deductive

• inductive

• fallacious

• valid

Which of the following is not a type of deductive argument?

• Argument from analogy

• Modus ponens

• Disjunctive syllogism

• Hypothetical syllogism

The area of philosophy concerned with the origin, nature, methods, and limits of knowledge.

• Logic

• Metaphysics

• Ethics

• Epistemology

The area of philosophy concerned with the nature of existence, what is real, and first principles.

• Epistemology

• Ethics

• Metaphysics

• Logic

Which of the following is an epistemological question?

• What is the mind?

• Is the mind physical?

• Can we know whether animals have minds?

• Do the mind and body interact?

What does "a priori" mean?

• based on reason

• based on sense experience

• valid

• empirical

What does "a posteriori" mean?

• Rational

• After sense experience

• Logical

• metaphysical

Which of the following propositions is a priori?

• The car is blue.

• The mind is the brain.

• Half of four is two.

Which area of philosophy most often associated with Turing, Russell, Gödel, Frege, and Tarski?

• epistemology

• metaphysics

• logic

• ethics