Namesakes
The simplest explanation (or the one that posits fewest entities) is likelier to be true
What is Occam’s razor
Name this fallacy:
P —> Q
Q
∴ P
What is affirming the consequent
This professor has taught a dance class
Dr Tennant
I think, therefore I am.
Who is Descartes?
Are good actions good because the gods love them, or do the gods love them because they are good?
What is the Euthyphro dilemma
Identify the argument form:
If P, then Q
If Q, then R
Therefore, if P, then R
What is a hypothetical syllogism
This “On Bullshit” author taught at OSU 1956-62.
Who is Harry G Frankfurt
The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates
The metaphysical position that claims free will can exist in a deterministic world
What is compatibilism?
Problem challenging the “justified true belief” account of knowledge
What is the Gettier problem
What is it like to be a bat?
Who is Thomas Nagel?
Discredited theory of evolution positing the inheritance of acquired traits and a drive towards perfection
What is Lamarckism
Arguments challenging concepts of space and time (ex. A runner can never finish a race because they first must travel half the distance, then half what remains, and so on)
Zeno’s paradox
Name the people who are married in the department
(1) Who are Tristram McPherson and Amy Shuster?
(2) Who are Lisa Downing and Abe Roth?
If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life - and only then will I be free to become myself.
Who is Heidegger?
All statements are either analytic a priori or synthetic a posteriori
What is Hume’s fork
Blessed are the forgetful, for they get the better of even their blunders.
Who is Nietzsche?