Philosophy Midterm

Causal Story

Describing, reporting, giving an account

Psychological Egoism

theory that tries to explain human motivation and impulses

Ethical Egoism

no matter what out nature is, do what you want, how you should act

declarative sentence

can be claims, they can only be true or false, never both

Form of the Argument

Inferential Claim

Modus Ponems

Affirming the antecedent

Modus Tollens

Denying the consequent. If premises are true, conclusion must be true

Denying the Antecedent

If p, then q.

Not P

Therefore, not q

Affirming the Consequent

If p, then q

Q

Therefore, q

Denying the Consequent

If p then q

Not p

Therefore, not q

Affirming the Antecedent

If p, then q

p

therefore q

Hypothetical Syllogism

If p, then q

If q, then r

Therefore, if p then r

Dissuretive Syllogism

Either p or q

Not p