Philosophy Vocab for Quiz 1

philosophy

the love of wisdom; the activity of radically reflective theoretical thinking

metaphysics

tries to understand existence and being

premises

reasons for thinking the conclusion of an argument is true

conclusion

statement one is trying to prove

deductively valid argument

if premises are true, then conclusion must be true

validity

describes a relationship between premises and conclusion

epistemology

the study of knowledge

ethics

study of right and wrong

dialetic

art of philosophical conversation/reasoning

aporetic dialogue

a dialogue that ends in confusion

Apology

means legal defense and was an early work of Plato

socratic works

literary that portrays Socrates in conversation written by his followers like Plato

elenchus

testing, cross examination

aporia

puzzlement