“What is Philosophy?” According to the famous Greek philosopher Socrates‚ “The unexamined life is not worth living”. But what does he mean by this? He means that we should look and think through life deeper. Examination of life is more than just a use of common sense. Hard thinking is necessary even though it disturbs. With the use of Philosophy‚ we better understand things and answer the most important questions in existence. Philosophy‚ according to the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle‚ begins
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Licensed to: iChapters User Licensed to: iChapters User A Concise Introduction to Logic‚ Eleventh Edition Patrick J. Hurley Publisher: Clark Baxter Senior Sponsoring Editor: Joann Kozyrev Development Editor: Florence Kilgo Assistant Editor: Nathan Gamache Editorial Assistant: Michaela Henry © 2012‚ 2008‚ 2006 Wadsworth‚ Cengage Learning ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No part of this work covered by the copyright herein may be reproduced‚ transmitted‚ stored‚ or used in any form or by any
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reasoning. As you have seen‚ in the former the conclusion follows necessarily from the premises‚ whereas in the latter the conclusion follows from the premises with a degree of probability. In this chapter we will examine some basic concepts of deductive logic. Basics of Deductive Reasoning Logical Form All deductive arguments have argument forms. An argument form is a symbolic representation of an argument with all references to the world stripped away and replaced with variables (place holders). For example
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ARE REASON AND EMOTION EQUALLY IN JUSTIFYING MORAL DECISIONS? This essay will deal with the topic of how reason and emotion justify the moral decisions. Therefore‚ in this case it is assumed that moral decisions can be justified. Justify itself means to give explanation for or to give reason for something. It is assumed also that reason and emotion are the two tools of ways of knowing used to justify moral decisions. Thus‚ these both will have explanation of how they can justify moral decisions
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and the philosophical work of Kant‚ or even Buddhism and Hume for that matter. Both argue from similar premises about personal identity and share similar conclusions about human action. Their metaphysical models are similar‚ as are their rules of logic‚ and some feelings towards one’s duty. They make their claims from different perspectives‚ but there is little difference in the content of their claims when looked at from either point of view. For Kant‚ freedom is freeing the will from temporal
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knowledge. Knowledge usually enables us to see things in the various ways; it makes people realize that there are many sense of the value. High education also inclines them to think more logically because students are always required having certain logic in order to get grades. In short‚ knowledge develops their ways of thinking‚ which makes the life much more meaningful. The purpose of the high education is to live the meaningful life by allowing people to acquire their identities. High education
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inherent corruption in the governing structure due to ignorance. Socrates contends that the art of oratory reveals the weakness of democratic rule by which the best orator rather than the most knowledgeable can convince the masses without reason or logic. In his dialogue with Gorgias Socrates affirms this claim that a speaker “could
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Upon arriving at this topic‚ I had previously been asked a simple opinionated question‚ is math is a science‚ an art‚ or a philosophy. I thought to myself‚ well of course all three. Mathematics is for the most part (at least what people see) is a science; adding‚ subtracting‚ multiplying‚ dividing‚ differentiating‚ integrating‚ etc. These are all very well defined operations which‚ for the most part‚ have very algorithmic solution methods. The art comes in the proofs. Typically‚ when formulating
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both spiritually and physically. “There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations‚ and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.” This appeals to logic as well as emotion. He appeals to emotion by including God in his argument‚ creating a sense of destiny in the audience. He also appeals to logic by saying that other nations will rise up and join them‚ making them stronger. At this point Patrick Henry has closed off every logical argument the colonists had for rejecting
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of universals and particulars. Regardless of the particular differentiations of the details or natures of these concepts‚ they both agree that universals and particulars exist in the world. While Plato himself even addresses the holes in his own logic‚ I see problems in more than just the holes. Plato’s argument for the existence of universals and particulars (and by extension‚ the soul) is foundationally flawed. Plato was the first person to posit the real existence of abstract entities that
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