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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What makes a question philosophical rather than merely factual | |
| What is metaphisicys | the study of Reality, persons, time, freedom, possibility, necessity. asks the question "what is real" |
| what is epistemology | the study ofKnowledge, truth, evidence, justification, certainty, skepticism. asks the question "How do we know" |
| what is ethics | the study of Right action, obligation, the good life, responsibility, social life. asks the question "what should we do" |
| what is logic | the study of Claims, premises, conclusions, inference, consistency, evaluation. asks the question "does the reasoning work" |
| What does define ask you to do | to clarify what a word, claim, or problem means |
| what does defend ask you to do | Give reasons or evidence for the position. |
| what does doubt ask you to do | Test the position: What if I am wrong? What objection or counterexample challenges it? |
| what is the difference between a premise and conclusion | A premise is a statement offeres as support for a conclusion and a conclusion is the claim an dargument is trying to establish |
| why is socrates in jail and why was his execution delayed | Charged with corrupting the youth with impirty and religious wrongdoing, delayed becasye there was a sacred athenian mission |
| what are critos main reasons for urging escape | Friendship: doesnt want to lose a friend Reputation: ppl may blame socrates friends for leaving him Money/resources: the means and helpers are available Children/ fam responsibility: he is a dad Injustice of the sentence: why cooperate with enemy |
| why does socrates reject the opinion of the many as the final authority | he believes that not every opinion deserves equal weight, we should listen more to someone who knows than to an uniformed crowed, many have power but power and truth are not the same thing |
| what does socrates mean by saying that the important thing is not merely to live but to live well | The goals is to live honorably an djustly not just to live, if saving your life requires you to act unjustly have you preserved the kind of life you claim to have |
| why does socrates reject returning wrong for wrong | Rejects the idea that suffering injustice automatically gives us permission to commit injustice in return |
| what arguments do the laws of athens give agains escape | athens helped nurture, educate and sustain him, which creats obligations, ignore legal judgments whenever they dislike the outcome the legal order is weakened |
| what is a tactic agreement and is it genuine consent | Socrates remained in Athens voluntarily when he could have left; the Laws treat that conduct as a form of consent. |
| is socrates mainly defending law, justice, integrity or all three | all three |
| how would you reconstruct one argument for socrates decision in premise-conclusion form | |
| what is one serious objection to socrayes reasoning |