Philosophy and the Good Life Final Exam

What is philosophy? two definitions here

• Lover of Wisdom

• The attempt to think about the world life and the world as a whole, focusing on the things that matter most.

Where did Western Philosophy emerge? Where

• Greece in 500 BCE

Who is the father of philosophy? and what was he known for saying?

• Socrates

• “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

What does philosophy ask?

• Is it true?

• Is it good?

• Reasoning matters more then feelings.

What does it mean to say philosophy is a second order discipline?

• It studies other disciplines , philosophy is behind almost everything in the world.

What are benefits of philosophy for understanding final claims that are supposedly derived from facts?

By asking

• How do you know the actual facts?

• Can you clarify?

What are the characteristics of philosophy?

• Philosophy is much more about interpretations than facts

• Philosophy is contorted with clarification

• Its concerned with justifying one’s position

• Concerned with the truth of base questions/ human existence.

Name four branches of philosophy

• Ethics

• Logic

• Metaphysics

• Aesthetics

What is a worldview? Why are they so important to analyze? How did I illustrate world views?

• Ordered set of propositions about life’s most important questions.

• Example used: like wearing a pair of sunglasses.

What do you think is important about Philosophy?

• Helps us understand “ right or wrong”

• Teaches us how to think clearly

• Ask questions about life

What are Ad hominem fallacies? Provide an example

• Attacking the person instead of the argument.

• “ His argument is false because he committed a crime".”

What are false dilemma fallacies? Provide an example

• Presenting only two options, when more exist?

• “You’re either with us or against us".

What is a post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy? Provide an example

• When someone assumes that because one thing happened before another, the first thing caused the second"

• “I wore my Eagles jersey so they won.”

What is a testimonial fallacy? Provide an example

• To believe something is true because an authority said it

• “ The officer told me I was wrong, so I believe it because he said it.”

What is a slippery slope fallacy? Provide an example

• Believing that if one event of decision happens, it will automatically lead to many more.

• “ Dr. S says no phones in class, so we can assume he is banning having phones in class.”

What is the correspondence theory of truth? What are the three alternative views of truth?

• A statement is true if it matches reality

• Coherence theory, pragmatic theory, emotivist theory

Categorize truth, knowledge and reality in relationship to one another?

• Truth is a statement that accurately reflects the real world around us

• Knowledge is when our minds are filled with statements that accurately reflects reality.

Why is emotivism a potentially, dangerous view of truth?

• Feelings are not always relatable indication of what is real.

Friedrich Nietzsche famously said": “ What doesn’t kill you….

• “Makes you stronger”

Friedrich Nietzsche famously said: “God is _____. We____”

• “Dead”

• “We have killed him”