PHI 1010 -FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS.

PHI 1010 -FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE
SOLUTIONS

The |6 |main |branches |of |philosophy |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1. |Metaphysics: |Studies |the |
ultimate |nature |of |reality.

2. |Epistemology: |The |study |of |Knowledge.

3. |Ethics: |Moral |philosophy/What |is |right |and |wrong.

4. |Logic: |Studies |the |nature |of |truth, |validity, |and |the |form |of |reasoning.

5. |Political |Philosophy: |Studies |the |best |forms |of |government. |Asks |questions |like: |What |is |
justice?

6. |Aesthetics: |The |study |of |beauty, |art, |and |taste.



The |parts |of |an |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Premise: |(Justification)

Conclusion: |(what |you |are |trying |to |prove)



Deductive |Argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |deductive |argument |is |an |argument |in |which |
it |is |thought |(or |claimed) |that |the |premises |provide |a |guarantee |of |the |truth |of |the |
conclusion.



inductive |arguments |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |inductive |argument |is |an |argument |in |which |
it |is |thought |that |the |premises |provide |reasons |supporting |the |probable |truth |of |the |
conclusion

, Valid |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |deductive |argument |structured |in |a |way |that |it |
actually |is |impossible |for |the |conclusion |to |be |false, |given |that |the |premises |are |true.



Invalid |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-A |deductive |argument |for |which |it |is |possible |to |
have |true |premises |and |a |false |conclusion.



sound |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-is |a |deductive |argument |that |is |valid |and |has |all |true
|premises




unsound |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-is |a |deductive |argument |that |is |invalid, |has |one |or
|more |false |premises, |or |both




Strong |inductive |argument: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |inductive |argument |in |which |it |is |
improbable |that |the |conclusion |be |false |given |that |the |premises |are |true



Weak |inductive |argument: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-An |argument |in |which |the |conclusion |does
|not |follow |probably |from |the |premises, |even |though |it |is |claimed |to.




Cogent |argument: |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Is |an |inductive |argument |that |is |strong |and |has |all |
true |premises.



Uncogent |argument |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-Is |an |inductive |argument |that |is |weak, |has |one |
or |more |false |premises, |or |any |combination |of |these.



The |three |main |arguments |for |the |existence |of |God |- |CORRECT |ANSWER✔✔-1.Ontological

2. |Teleological

3.Cosmological