———————-Arguments lecture notes———————————
Argument: A set of reasons given in support of a claim.
conclusion: The claim intended to be supported by the argument is called the conclusion.
premises: The claim given as reason for thinking the conclusion of the argument is true are called the premises.
Inductive: Characterized by the inferences of general laws from particular instances.
Deductive: Characterized by or based on the inference of particular instances from a general law.
Deductive validity: An argument is valid if the conclusion necessarily follows from the premises.
Soundness: An argument is sound when it is valid and all of its premises are true.
Validity: An argument is valid of the conclusion.
——————-Fallacies Lecture———————————————–
Fallacies of relevance: Present evidence unrecognizable;ated to the truth of the conclusion.
Fallacies of presumption: Make unwanted assumptions
Ad hominem: Attacks against the arguer.
————————–Cliffords Lecture notes——————————————
Epistemology: The study of knowledge.
Truth: A statement is true if it corresponds to a fact in the world.
purification: purifying something meaning getting rid of the worse or baser parts of it.
Dualism: When you think you could move to a different body the view mind/soul and the body is separate.
—————David Hume Personal identity lecture notes—————————–
Empiricism: All knowledge comes from the senses.
Rationalist: Knowledge from reason or logic.
Axiom: Every idea must come from an impression in the senses.
Sense impression: sight, touch, feel, smell,
Resemblance: Memory discovers identity, and produces the relation of resemblance among perception.
Contiguity in space and time: next to each other in space and time
cause and effect concern for the future and nostalgia/ regret for the past leads us to suppose a casual connection between past and future.
—————–David Hume Freedom Lecture notes—————————————
metaphysical freedom: these are what is at stake with free will.
pure volitional freedom: the ability to get what ones wants.
Ontological freedom: the availability of known alternatives.
perverse freedom: rejection of anything used to predict.
Political freedom: Freedom to do something( worship, associate, speak)
Economic freedom: freedom to trade without government
—————Frankfort Lecture notes—————-
wonton: without regard from what is right.
————Sartre Lecture notes—————–
Despair: a complete loss or absent of hope.
WCL:357
Walking and talking 