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Basic Philosophical Terms and Concepts
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- 1REASONINGProcess of arriving at one belief on the basis of another
- 2Objective Theory of Truth (OTT)Statement is true iff
the statement corresponds to the facts
(i.e., the way the world is) - 3One Truth Value Principle (OTV)Every statement is true or false, noe statement is both and
no statement is neither - 4Statement S is NECESSARY =df.S is true and
it is not possible for S to be false - 5Statement S is IMPOSSIBLE =df.S is false and
it is not possible for S to be true - 6Statement S is CONTINGENT =df.S is true but might have been false OR
S is false but might have been true - 7ARGUMENTStatements or propositions related such that some of the statements (premises) are reasons for thinking that another statement (conclusion) is true
(well formed argument must contain at least one premise and one conclusion) - 8Argument VALID iffimpossible for all its premises to be true and its conclusion to be false
(IF premises true, conclusion would have to be true) - 9Alternative definition of VALIDITYArgument is valid iff following is a necessary truth:
if all of the argument's premises are true, then its conclursion is true - 10Argument COGENT iff1. It is not valid, but
2. if its premises are true, then its conclusion is probably (though not necessarily) true - 11STRONG ARGUMENT"good argument" for a person iff
1. argument os either valid or cogent and
2. the person is fully justified in believing that all of the argument's premises are true - 12BELIEF PRINCIPLE (BP)Whenever a person considers any statement, she must adopt exactly one of the following attitudes re truth:
believe it
disbelieve it
suspend judgment (not true or untrue) - 13EVIDENTIALISM (E)Statement S is rationally (epistemically) justified for a person at at time iff
S is supported by person's total evidence at the time - 14PHILOSOPHYMight be described as the search for "good" arguments for various philosophical claims
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