PHILOSOPHY BASICS
A belief that you accept as true without having proof.
What is an Assumption?
Plato's traditional theory of knowledge is defined by these three terms.
What is justified, true belief?
The belief that at least one god exists.
What is theism?
A reason or statement used to support a conclusion.
What is a premise?
A mental shortcut or pattern of thinking that can lead to inaccurate judgments.
What is cognitive bias?
The study of big questions about knowledge, reality, morality and existence.
What is philosophy ?
The belief that reality consists of two fundamentally different things, often mind and body.
What is dualism?
The belief that there is no god or gods.
What is atheism?
The main claim that an argument is trying to prove.
What is a conclusion?
An error in reasoning that makes an argument weaker.
What is logical fallacy?
The study of knowledge, including what we know and how we know it.
What is epistemology?
The belief that physical matter is the fundamental reality.
What is materialism?
A word meaning “all-knowing” or knowing everything.
What is omniscient?
Reasoning that moves from a general rule to a specific conclusion.
What is deductive reasoning?
A comparison between two things that are not similar enough for the comparison to work.
What is a false analogy?
The study of reality and what exists.
What is metaphysics?
Something accepted as a basic fact with no further explanation.
What is brute fact?
An argument that the universe must have a cause or explanation.
What is a cosmological argument?
An argument that is logically structured correctly and has true premises.
What is a sound argument?
A statement or idea that seems contradictory but may contain some truth.
What is a paradox?
The study of right and wrong and how we should behave.
What is ethics?
The idea that some knowledge and beliefs are shaped by society and social interactions.
What is social constructivism?
The idea that the complexity or apparent precision of the universe is evidence of an intelligent cause.
What is intelligent design?
The principle that the simplest explanation is usually preferred when explanations are equally good.
What is Occam's Razor?
Carefully judging how logical, convincing or well-supported an argument is.
What is evaluating?