Midterm Review Quiz [PHIL 001 W24]

Consider the following argument:

(1) If the grass is wet, then it rained.

(2) The grass is wet.

(3) Therefore, it rained.

Lines (1) and (2) are...

• Conclusions

• Premises

• Arguments

Is the following argument valid or invalid?

1. (1) If the grass is wet, then it rained.

2. (2) It rained.

3. (3) Therefore, the grass is wet.

• Valid

• Invalid

In PHIL 001, we have talked about what knowledge is, and how we know things.
Select the best available answer, based on the topics covered in lecture.

Someone has knowledge when they have:

• A true belief

• Valid proof

• A justified true belief

• A belief they are confident in

A(n) ___ claim is a sort of claim that ranks things, whereas

A(n) ___ claim is a sort of claim that is action-guiding.

• Normative; Evaluative

• Deductive; Inductive

• Inductive; Deductive

• Evaluative; Normative

Is the following argument deductive or inductive?

1. Socrates is a man.

2. 2. All men are mortal.

3. 3. Therefore, Socrates is mortal.

• Deductive

• Inductive

Recall the dialogue between Socrates and Theodorus.

In it, Socrates critiques Protagoras' doctrine
(which says, "man is the measure").
What is Socrates' main critique of this doctrine?

• Socrates:

  Protagoras' doctrine is self-refuting!

• Socrates:
  Protagoras' doctrine is an invalid argument!

• Socrates:
  Protagoras' doctrine is too confusing!

• Socrates:

  Protagoras' doctrine is a fallacy!

"___ Relativism" has two components:

(a) There is no such thing as a proposition's being true (full stop) any more than there is such thing as a proposition's being false (full stop).

(b) Instead, there is only a proposition's being true-for-A, false-for-B, true-for-C, etc.

" ___ evidence" is evidence that cannot be defeated by later evidence that undermines it.

• Indefeasible

• Defeasible

In Descartes' "Evil Demon Argument," he expresses skepticism about ___.

After Descartes formulates the Evil Demon Argument, he is left with only one truth:

"_ _____ _________ _ __"

(Hint: this famous phrase in Latin is, "cogito ergo sum.")