Knowledge
What is knowledge?
Are facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or education for practical understanding of a subject.
What is Pseudoscience?
Is a set of beliefs of statements that are presented as scientific but without any empirical basis or solid evidence to be considered as such.
What is a fallacy?
Refers to a reasoning or argument that seems logical and convincing, but is actually unsupported and may lead to erroneus conclusions.
the action of thinking about something in a logical, sensible way.
What are the two main conceptions of the origin of knowledge?
Rationalism and Empiricism
How do you obtain knowledge?
Throught the experience by a source of media or by talking with peers
Is the astrology an example of Pseudoscience?
True
What type if fallacy is this one?
Every person i see they wear those shoes, so im gonna use it also.
Of popularity (ad populum)
What is deductive reasoning?
Is based on the deduction of consequences from general premises.
What is empiricism?
Is the knowledge based through the experience
How does the subject acts on the elements of knowledge?
The subject is the person or the reciever of the information from the object.
What is the lack of empirical evidence?
Is the low source of empirical information.
If we continue throwing trash, the world will die from robots.
Slippery slope
How is reasoning divided?
Deductive, Inductive, Abductive, Analogical and Hypothetical-deductive reasoning.
What is rationalism?
Sustains the knowledge coming from reasoning and abstract thought.
What are the two brances of Philosophy?
Gneoseology and Epistemology
Is the lack of scientific support a characteristic of Pseudoscience?
True
Can be use to manipulate public opinions, and doesn´t have verifiable sources of information.
Premise 1: All human beings breathe.
Premise 2: John is a human being.
Conclusion: John breathes.
What reasoning is this?
Deductive reasoning
Name 3 empirist philosophers.
1. John Locke
2. David Hume
3. George Berkley
What are all the elements of knowledge and how do they work?
Subject: The reciever of information
Object: The information that provides to the subject
Operation: The mental-thinking of the information
Representation: The representation the subject makes from the object, could be with expressions or statements
Lack of empirical evidence
They are not falsifiable
Lack of scientific support
Arguments based on logical fallacies
Attack on person, Appeal to authority, Hasty generalization, Of popularity, Appeal to feelings, Slippery Slove, False dichotomy, Straw Man, Begging question, Incomplete proof, False causation, Ice man.
How all the reasonings work?
Deductive: Deduction of general premises.
Inductive: Observates the particularfacts to reach a general conclusion.
Abductive: Particular observation or facts and looks for possible explanations that can justify that fact.
Analogical: Bases on the idea that if two are similar in some respects they are similar in others.
Hypothethical-deductive: Is used in the scientific method to generate hypotheses and test them.
Name 3 Rationalism philosophers.
1. Plato
2. René Descartes
3. Baruch Spinoza