_____ is the study of the nature of reality.

Plato was a student of _____.

A(n) _____ is a verbal attempt to get other people to accept a belief or opinion by providing reasons why they should accept it.

The view that ultimate reality is composed of material "stuff" is _____.

Aristotle invented the _____ _____ _____ _____, determining how we think about things.

_____ is the belief that the universe and all that is in it has purpose.

A(n) _____argument reasons from one statement to another by means of necessary logical reasoning.

An inductive argument that is weak, has one or more false premises, or both is _____.

A fallacy of _____ is when a general rule is applied to a specific case it was not intended to cover.

A _____ is a fallacy in which the conclusion is drawn from an atypical sample.

_____ is when the arguer conceals a premise not readily supportable by the facts.

One's _____ is the starting point for one's beliefs, ideas, feelings, biases, etc.

The study of questions concerning knowledge and the meaning of truth is _____.

Socrates' physical death came as a result of _____.

Heraclitus associated ultimate reality with _____.

Anaximenes believed the most fundamental "stuff" of the universe is _____.

_____ proclaimed that water is the most basic "stuff" of the universe.

_____ said "the unexamined life is not worth living."

Plato pursued scientific knowledge through original research at the _____.

(T or F) The straw man fallacy is when the arguer draws a conclusion different from that supported by the premises.

The word "philosophy" comes from the Greek words "philo" and "sophia" meaning _____ _____ _____.

The fallacy of _____ _____ is when a conclusion depends on an unlikely chain reaction.

Hobbes' _____ is a type of materialism, limiting the self simply to the body.

(T or F) In figuring out whether arguments are acceptable, one need only know that the conclusion is true.

Both the _____ and _____ _____ agree that the enduring self is an illusion.

(T or F) An argument can be invalid and yet can still be sound.

"To know the good is to do the _____" equates to the knowledge with _____.

Philosophy can be generally defined as "getting to the _____ of _____."

The _____ _____ fallacy is when the arguer leads the listener off track.

_____ believed that change is an illusion and that the universe is constant.

Socrates was known in Athens as the "_____" for his consistent irritating.

(T or F) Sophists practiced objectivism and used dialectic in ancient Athens.

The _____ _____ fallacy is when the arguer attacks his/her opponent in a way that is unrelated to the actual argument.

Socrates believed _____ _____ is found in recognizing one's own ignorance.

In reasoning, we draw _____ based on premises or _____.

While deductive arguments show their conclusions to be _____ true, inductive arguments show their conclusions to be _____ true.

For Plato, conflicts within human nature often arise between emotions (spirit) on the one hand, and _____ on the other hand.

For Plato, the soul, which is pure, rules over the _____, which is less pure.

"Have you stopped cheating on exams?" is an example of what kind of fallacy?

_____ is the science that evaluates arguments.

In Aristotle's categories, _____ addresses the question "what is it?"

_____ fallacies can be detected through analysis of the content of the argument.

The reasoning process expressed by an argument is _____

An appeal to _____ is when the arguer threatens the listener.

A(n) _____ argument is a strong inductive argument that has all true premises.

A valid deductive argument that has an untrue premise is a(n) _____ argument.

_____ asserted that numbers are fundamental "stuff" of the universe.

"Murder is morally wrong. This being the case, it follows that abortion is morally wrong" is an example of the fallacy of _____ _____ _____.