Methods of Philosophizing

It involves creating a generalization from specific observations.

• Conductive

• Reductive

• Inductive

• Deductive

It starts with general statement to find specific conclusion.

• Conductive

• Reductive

• Inductive

• Deductive

You are poor, what makes you better than us?

• Appeal to people

• Appeal to authority

• Against the person

• Appeal to pity

Jason cheated on his girlfriend, All boys are cheaters.

• Hasty generalization

• False Cause

• False Dilemma

• Slippery slope

Students: Why must we need to do our homework? Teacher: Because you need to do your homework.

• Begging the question

• Equivocation

• Appeal to hypocrisy

• Appeal to ignorance

I’m absent because I’m poor.

• Appeal to people

• Appeal to pity

• Against the person

• Red Herring

Pancit Canton is great since all Filipinos like it.

• Appeal to Authority

• Appeal to People

• Hasty Generalization

• False Cause

If you don’t donate, then the orphan will starve, if they starve, they will resolve through stealing and when they become adults they will become criminals.

• Against the person

• Slippery slope

• False cause

• Appeal to pity

Go to school, it will save homeless people.

• Equivocation

• Red herring

• Slippery slope

• False cause

Manny pacquiao said drinking milk will cure cancer.

• Begging the question

• Appeal to people

• Appeal to ignorance

• Appeal to authority