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Chapter 1 - Introduction
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- 1philosophy-love of wisdom; search for the truth
-wonder is the beginning of all philosophy
-philosophical questions are abstract - 2religionfaith and belief
- 3philosophy usesreason, intuition, imagination, & sense/perception (RIISP)
- 44 branches of philosophy1. logic - study of arguments or laws of reasoning
2. epistemology - study of knowledge
3. metaphysics - study of the nature of existence
4. axiology - study of values - 5axiology includes1. aesthetics - art and beauty
2. ethics - study of morality
3. political philosophy - origin and legitimacy of the state - 6principle of identity-everything is identical to itself
-Aristotle thought of this
-an apple is an apple - 7principle of non-contradiction-a statement and its contrary cannot be both true and false at the same time and in the same sense
-if something violates this law, it is logically impossible and cannot exist
-exception: I am gay but I am not gay - 8law of natureif something violates this law, it is causally impossible
- 9semanticsstudy of the meaning of words
- 10informal fallacy-any argument that is emotionally persuasive but logically incorrect
-ex - news channel
-rhetoric is not logic - 11ad hominemargument against the person instead of the argument
- 12false dichotomy-false choice
-binary thinking when there might be other alternatives
-you're either part of the problem or part of the solution
-you're either with us or against us - 13epistemologystudy of knowledge
- 14metaphysicsstudy of the nature of existence
- 15axiologystudy of values
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