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WorksheetsMidterm Review Quiz [PHIL 001 W24]
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 9mins
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) If the grass is wet, then it rained.
(2) It rained.
(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. All men are mortal.
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!
" (a) 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 (a) .
After Descartes formulates the Evil Demon Argument, he is left with only one truth:
"_ _____ _________ _ __"
(Hint: this famous phrase in Latin is, "cogito ergo sum.")
(a)
