PHI 1010 Final Exam Study Guide/ 77 Q&A/ Newly Updated.

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PHI 1010 Final Exam Study Guide/ 77 Q&A/ Newly
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The 6 main branches of philosophy - (ANSWER)- Metaphysics

- Epistemology

- Ethics

- Logic

- Political Philosophy

- Aesthetics



Metaphysics - (ANSWER)Studies the ultimate nature of reality



Epistemology - (ANSWER)The study of Knowledge



Ethics - (ANSWER)Moral philosophy

What is right and wrong



Logic - (ANSWER)studies the nature of truth, validity, and the form of reasoning



Political Philosophy - (ANSWER)Studies the best form of gov.

Asks ?s like: what is justice?



Aesthetics - (ANSWER)The study of beauty, art, and taste.

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The parts of an argument - (ANSWER)- Premises

- Conclusion



What is a premise? - (ANSWER)Justification



What is a conclusion? - (ANSWER)What you are trying to prove



Deductive arguments - (ANSWER)An argument in which it is thought (or claimed)
that the premises provide a guarantee of the truth of the conclusion



Inductive arguments - (ANSWER)An argument in which it is thought that the
premises provide reasons supporting the probable truth of the conclusion.



Deductive: Valid argument - (ANSWER)structured in a way that it actually is
impossible for the conclusion to be false, given that the premises are true.



What makes a deductive argument sound? - (ANSWER)valid & all true premises



The three main arguments for the existence of God - (ANSWER)- The ontological
argument

- The cosmological argument

- The teleological argument (argument from design)