PHIL 201 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE, ALREADY
GRADED A+.
what are beliefs worth having
beliefs that are true
critical thinking
a method for finding out whether we have good reasons for a given belief. evaluates and asses beliefs
four types of basis for belief
testimony
perception
expert testimony
memory
unreliable basis for belief
intuition/ gut feeling
strong conviction
perception
sense experience
memory
of prior perception
testimony
someone else perceived the fact and told us
expert testimony
type of testimony. we trust people who are knowledgeable on a certain subject matter
critical
exercising or involving careful judgement or judicious evaluation
statement
an assertion that something is or is not the case
argument
A group of statements in which some of them (the premises) are intended to support another of them
(the conclusion).
premises
the statements (reasons) given in support of another statement
GRADED A+.
what are beliefs worth having
beliefs that are true
critical thinking
a method for finding out whether we have good reasons for a given belief. evaluates and asses beliefs
four types of basis for belief
testimony
perception
expert testimony
memory
unreliable basis for belief
intuition/ gut feeling
strong conviction
perception
sense experience
memory
of prior perception
testimony
someone else perceived the fact and told us
expert testimony
type of testimony. we trust people who are knowledgeable on a certain subject matter
critical
exercising or involving careful judgement or judicious evaluation
statement
an assertion that something is or is not the case
argument
A group of statements in which some of them (the premises) are intended to support another of them
(the conclusion).
premises
the statements (reasons) given in support of another statement
