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Grade 12 Philosophy reviewer Cheat Sheet

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Philosophy Branches of Philosophy

-philo​s(love) Metaph​ysics about human reality like the origin and existence
-Sophi​a(w​isdom) Episte​‐ nature of the human knowledege and how to obtain
-Love of wisdom mology it

Ethics moral questions and dillemas


Nature of Philosophy
Aesthetics establish the criteria of beauty
Always in the quest for an explan​ation
Logic deals with correct reasoning
Key Interr​ogative words
-What Need for philos​oph​izing
-Why
Aristotle All men desire to know
-How
Plato to quench his sense of wonder
Types of Search Rene Descartes to doubt

merely asking Socrates the start of wisdom is docta ignorantia

intense search for deeper meaning Karl Jaspers because of experience

docta ignorantia
Origin of Philosophy -limit​ation of human knowledge
Miletus, Greece the birthplace of philosophy in the west
Socrates
Thales of Miletus first philos​opher in the west
-died for the truth
Thales asked "What is the ultimate stuff of the univer​se"
-was accused of corrupting the citizens of Athens
Answer he found: Water

Types of Thinking
Philos​ophical activity
Holistic conclu​sions are made without looking at all sides
widest genera​liz​‐ Philos​ophers talk about the truth, the good,
Perspe​ctive of the problem
ations the just, the beautiful, and the existence of
practi​cally all things Partial Point of looking at all aspects of the situation and then
View making a conclusion
fundam​entals knowledge wont make sense without philos​‐
ophical ideas like consci​ousness and
Reflection
existence
desire to integrate find the One in the many requires a person to be willing to examine one's thoughts,

things into one feelings, and actions and to learn more about one's life
coherent whole experi​ences

Philos​ophical Reflection

- When a person conducts in a philos​ophical reflec​tion, he is able to


judge whether his actions or decisions are reasonable or
not by thinking of deeper questions and reflecting on the situation.

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Steps in Philos​ophical Reflection Fallacies

Learning from past mistakes and not repeaating them Ad hominem attacking the person not the argument
Evaluating the best options from the options Ad baculum appeal by force
Have a holistic point of view before making conclusion Ad miseri​cordiam appeal by using pity and emotion
Ad populum bandwagon, acceptable because many are
Theories of Truth accepting it
Corres​pon​‐ concepts are true when they correspond to the Ad Antiqu​itatem acceptable because it has been true for a long
dence Theory reality of the world. time
of Truth
Petitio Principii begging the question
Coherence ideas are inter-​related system
Fallacy of combining words instead of taking them
Theory of Truth
Compos​ition seperately
Pragmatic A pragmatist can consider something to be true
Fallacy of assuming that if its true for the whole is also true
Theory of Truth without needing to confirm that it is univer​sally
division for each parts
true.
Ad verecu​ndiam appeal by shame

Tips in Evaluating Opinions Dicto Simpli​citer argument based on unqual​ified genera​liz​ation

Source knowing the origin of the inform​ation


Concepts in Method of Philos​oph​izing
Reliab​ility reputation and credib​ility of the person
Facts something that can be verified as true
Purpose reason for the opinion
Opinion subjective
Assumption once accepts as fuct but no effort to prove it
Beliefs statements with conviction that are not easily
explained by facts
Methods of Philos​oph​izing
Explan​‐ statements that assume the claim to be true and
Methodic any claim that can be doubted is not believable
ation provide reasons
Doubt
Conclusion judgement based on facts
Socratic teache​r-s​tudent, one ask question, one answers
Fallacies arguments based on faulty reasoning
Method
Arguments provides reasons to convince reader or listener for a
Dialectic exchange of logical arguments
claim to be true
Scientific gaining conclusion from scientific experi​ments,
Bias disapr​opo​rti​onate weight in favor or against something.
methods etc
Can be both positive and negative.
Historical based on trying to understand past human affairs

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