Logic
Name this principle
P, ¬P ⊢ Q
ex falso quodlibet
Test of a machine’s ability to exhibit humanlike behaviour
Turing test
Aristotle’s student
Alexander the Great
“In order to seek truth, it is necessary once in the course of our life, to doubt, as far as possible, of all things.”
Rene Descartes
The author of a work’s opinions about its interpretation should be given no more weight than anyone else’s
Death of the author
Valid or invalid
P -> Q, Q ∴ P
Invalid
Zeno’s paradox
French philosopher who attempted to bring together Newton’s physics and Leibnizian metaphysics
Emilie du Chatelet
"If a lion could speak, we could not understand him."
Ludwig Wittgenstein
A process in which patients are given vital information, including possible risks and benefits, about a medical procedure or treatment, genetic testing, or a clinical trial
What is Informed Consent?
Single operation equivalent to ¬(P∧Q)
P↑Q (Sheffer stroke/nand)
No consistent system of axioms is capable of proving all truths babout arithmetic of natural numbers, nor can it demonstrate its own consistency
Gödel’s incompleteness theorem
Humean thought experiment to show that it is conceivable that the mind can generate an idea without sensory experience
Missing shade of blue
"Hell is other people."
Jean-Paul Sartre
Theory that holds that moral terms do not convey propositions, but instead simply convey evaluative attitudes, such as "boo" or "yay!"
What is ethical expressivism?
Name this principle:
Δ ⊢ Sφ ⟹ Δ ⊨ Lφ
What is soundness?
Thought experiment: there is an invisible teapot orbiting the sun but it cannot be seen on any equipment. It is impossible to be proven wrong, but should we believe it?
Russell’s teapot
Married to philosopher Peter Geach (Frege-Geach Problem)
Who is G.E.M Anscombe?
"Cut the pie any way you like, "meanings" just ain't in the head!"
Hilary Putnam
Scenarios that challenge the principle that a person is only responsible for something if they could have done otherwise
What are Frankfurt cases?
The rules that allow the expression of conjunctions and disjunctions purely in terms of each other via negation.
What are De Morgan's Laws?
Mentioned in Symposium, responsible for teaching Socrates the philosophy of love
Diotima
“The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato.”
Alfred North Whitehead
Belief that the planets give rise to music heard by the soul, key tenet of Pythagoreanism
Harmony of the spheres