Monday, September 30, 2019
Friday, September 27, 2019
Thursday, September 26, 2019
Tuesday, September 24, 2019
Friday, September 20, 2019
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
Tuesday, September 17, 2019
Thursday, September 12, 2019
necessary, sufficient conditions, exercise, fall 2020
Tell, whether the following examples are necessary or sufficient or neither.
1. Is being charged for a crime a necessary or a sufficient condition for being a criminal?
2. Is earning 95 points a necessary or sufficient condition for passing a class with an A?
3. Is having the flu virus in your blood a necessary or sufficient condition for being sick?
4. Is attending class regularly and punctually a necessary or sufficient condition for being successful in class?
5. Is being 20 years old a necessary or sufficient condition for being a college student?
6. Is completing all the requirements of your degree program a necessary or sufficient condition for earning your degree?
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Tuesday, September 10, 2019
Monday, September 9, 2019
Thursday, September 5, 2019
homework #1, spring 2021
explaining questions need
at least 40 words each. it's prohibited to answer definitions by
copy and paste. you must rephrase the definitions. send your assignments to: atriff@mdc.edu
The idea is to pick a proposition of your own (remember, a proposition is just a sentence in quotes) of your own for each of the four branches, then immediately after the proposition proceed to briefly critique like as I did in the post.
2. What are the main four branches of philosophy and what are their subject of study.
3. What is the Socratic method?
4. What is the fundamental stuff (arche) of the universe for Thales, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides and the Atomists?
5. Try to write down a valid deductive argument with false premises.
6. What would take a deductive argument to be invalid? (think of what makes it valid)
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Friday, August 30, 2019
branches of philosophy in daily conversation
the art of philosophy is about propositions. here you have some examples:
"I know what I'm saying", (what does he/she means?)
" Jay is not a good person", (1. is he not, really? and 2. what sort of criteria are they using?)
"People in the 1800s thought that____", (how they know?, historic research?, hearsay?, opinions?)
"I hate math", (are you sure? do you hate it or is it more that you afraid of it?)
"I want to be a nurse", (are you a nurse cause you want to or because, say, your parents want you to and you don't want to disappoint them? what about a dear friend that is a nurse and you wish to be like her?)
logic in daily conversation (whether our thinking process is correct)
"Jay has covid symptoms, so I'm Jay has covid" (can a person have symptoms and not have the disease?)
"If it rains the streets are wet; the streets are wet, so it must have rained" (do you see why this is not true? we call it a fallacy).
"Jay has covid symptoms, so I'm Jay has covid" (can a person have symptoms and not have the disease?)
"If it rains the streets are wet; the streets are wet, so it must have rained" (do you see why this is not true? we call it a fallacy).
"If you don't love me then you hate me" (are there not other possibilities?)
ethics in daily conversation (what's right and wrong)
"John is a bad person", (what makes a bad person for you? quick perceptions about the person, vibes, behavior? and if so, how do you objectively analyze this?)
"Alice has a bad character", (what is character? & what makes Alice's character "bad"?)
aesthetics in daily conversation (issues of taste and subjectivity)
"I love this car", (is this an assumption or a good observation?)
"Wow, you look hot", (why? emotions and reasons are not the same )
"This is the best chicken soup I've tasted so far", (is this true or is it a hyperbole? and suppose someone asks why? is he/she prepared to explain it?)
metaphysics in daily conversation (ascertain the thing we refer to)
"The love I felt for you was not really love, it was more like infatuation", (the person being told this proposition needs an urgent definition of the distinction between the two, don't you think?)
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
here's the power of philosophy in a few charts (GMAT, LSAT, and GRE scores) including $alary!
Above is the Graduate Management Admission Test, a computer adaptive test intended to assess analytical, writing, quantitative, verbal, and reading skills in written English for use in admission to a graduate management program, such as MBA programs. This is sort of your MBA "bread and butter."
Above you have the results for the LSAT (entrance to Law School). Look at Philosophy with the arrow. It has the highest Mean High (159.47) and Median High (160).
Above are the GRE Verbal scores measure the ability to read and interpret. It includes both spoken and written communication. Very important in pursuing careers in all the Humanities & journalism. Also very important for interpersonal skills in management positions.
GRE Analytical, is essential for many different types of jobs in a variety of fields, including Business Analytics, Data Architecture, Data Sciences, Marketing, Project Management, Accounting, Business Development, Programming, Law, Medicine, and all the sciences.
Quantitative reasoning is the application of basic mathematics skills, such as arithmetic, algebra, geometry, etc, to the analysis and interpretation of real-world quantitative information in the context of any discipline.
GRE composite score is determined by combining your total scores for Verbal Reasoning and Quantitative Reasoning, each scored on a scale of 130-170. GRE composite scores are important for graduate or business school admission and an aspect of your application admission officers weigh with great consideration.
How about salary?
Not bad.
Monday, July 29, 2019
phi 2010 final exam, ethics (open book test), summer a, 2020
Please, ATTACH THESE QUESTIONS TO YOUR EXAM. Send the exam in the same manner you sent the previous exams, 4888, NAME, FINAL EXAM.
SEND YOUR FINAL PAPER & YOUR FINAL EXAM IN THE SAME EMAIL! (it reduces the amounts of emails in my mailbox!)
Deadline for sending both final paper and final exam is Thursday, July 9, 2pm.
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1. Is there moral knowledge? Explain your answer from the evolutionary/historic point of view.
2. What does it mean to say that moral facts are "intersubjective"? (same link as above)
3. How do facts become morals norms? Explain in the case of incest. (same link as above)
4. What's the difference between moral norms and etiquette?
5. What is cultural relativism? Are there really that many discrepancies about moral norms between cultures?
6. Addressing ethical egoism, provide an example from real life where your interest would clash with your best interest.
6. Could a utilitarian kill somebody if it produces more overall happiness than unhappiness? Explain.
7. In your own words explain Kant's Categorical Imperative (in your explanation bring forth both Kant's universality and reversibility points).
8. Bring an example from your life when you felt you were treated merely as a means to an end by somebody. What did you learn? (minimum 50 words)
9. The idea of RESPECT is fundamental in Kantian ethics. Explain is SELF-RESPECT connected to respecting others. Again, bring an example from your personal experience (minimum 50 words).
SEND YOUR FINAL PAPER & YOUR FINAL EXAM IN THE SAME EMAIL! (it reduces the amounts of emails in my mailbox!)
Deadline for sending both final paper and final exam is Thursday, July 9, 2pm.
______________________________________________
FINAL EXAM
1. Is there moral knowledge? Explain your answer from the evolutionary/historic point of view.
2. What does it mean to say that moral facts are "intersubjective"? (same link as above)
3. How do facts become morals norms? Explain in the case of incest. (same link as above)
4. What's the difference between moral norms and etiquette?
5. What is cultural relativism? Are there really that many discrepancies about moral norms between cultures?
6. Addressing ethical egoism, provide an example from real life where your interest would clash with your best interest.
6. Could a utilitarian kill somebody if it produces more overall happiness than unhappiness? Explain.
7. In your own words explain Kant's Categorical Imperative (in your explanation bring forth both Kant's universality and reversibility points).
8. Bring an example from your life when you felt you were treated merely as a means to an end by somebody. What did you learn? (minimum 50 words)
9. The idea of RESPECT is fundamental in Kantian ethics. Explain is SELF-RESPECT connected to respecting others. Again, bring an example from your personal experience (minimum 50 words).
Wednesday, July 24, 2019
final paper guidelines (a biographical narrative paper)
FORM
1. Times New Roman p.12, at least 500 words, double spaced.
2. indented paragraphs,
3. heading (name, class title, #class sequence number, Final Paper)
4. Paper title: centered, bold,
_______________________
Lisa Clair, Phi 2010, #6735, Fall 2021
Final Paper
TITLE HERE
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CONTENT
5. answer these two questions:
Now that you are almost done with this course: WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT PHILOSOPHY? & HOW --DO YOU THINK-- PHILOSOPHY HAS HELPED AND WILL HELP YOU?
6. the content of this paper is a personal narrative about YOU based on your experience of this PHILOSOPHY class.
IT IS ABOUT YOU!
7. bring your own biography and specific life examples.
8. HAVE FUN. SPEAK WITH YOUR VOICE.
8. HAVE FUN. SPEAK WITH YOUR VOICE.
Friday, June 14, 2019
phi 2010 midterm exam, fall 2021
* For every explain question you must provide a minimum of 40 words.
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1. What does it mean to say: "To study for a test is a necessary condition for passing the test." (apply this definition).
2. Identify the following fallacies:
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1. What does it mean to say: "To study for a test is a necessary condition for passing the test." (apply this definition).
2. Identify the following fallacies:
a) God does not exist because every argument for the existence of God has been shown to be unsound.
b) Smoking causes cancer because my father was a smoker and he died of lung cancer.
c) We have no evidence showing that he is innocent. So he must be guilty.
3. Of these 2 deductive arguments, tell if valid or invalid and if valid whether sound or unsound.
3. Of these 2 deductive arguments, tell if valid or invalid and if valid whether sound or unsound.
a) All triangles have three sides. Therefore all pigs have four legs.
b) Socrates is a man. Men are quadrupeds. Therefore Socrates is quadruped.
4. Of these 2 inductive arguments. Tell if they are strong or weak.
4. Of these 2 inductive arguments. Tell if they are strong or weak.
a) As far as we know, every Marmot Day we've had has been held in freezing whether. So, probably, this Marmot Day will be held in freezing whether.
b) The last fifty lottery tickets that Francis purchased have been losers. Therefore, the next one he buys is virtually certain to be a winner.
5. Tell whether these examples are logically, or causally possible (logical @ causal possibility)
5. Tell whether these examples are logically, or causally possible (logical @ causal possibility)
a) Superman is not causally possible.
b) A squared circle is logically impossible, though it is causally possible.
c) Aliens are not logically possible.
d) A line without points is logically possible.
For the following questions, click here for my lecture.
For the following questions, click here for my lecture.
6. What does it mean to say that Plato is an idealist? Explain.
7. Within the program of skepticism, is there an advantage in suspending judgment?
8. Explain the role of "doubt" in Descartes' Rationalism.
9. Is the read apple red if no one sees it? Explain using Locke's ideas of primary and secondary qualities.
10. Why is Kant a synthesis between Rationalism and Empiricism? Explain.
7. Within the program of skepticism, is there an advantage in suspending judgment?
8. Explain the role of "doubt" in Descartes' Rationalism.
9. Is the read apple red if no one sees it? Explain using Locke's ideas of primary and secondary qualities.
10. Why is Kant a synthesis between Rationalism and Empiricism? Explain.
Thursday, June 13, 2019
Sunday, June 9, 2019
Monday, June 3, 2019
homework 1 (branches of philosophy)
take a look at this video,
what are the main branches of philosophy?
which of these branches is your favorite? why? (what do you think that says about yourself?)
what is the principle of charity? why is it useful?
(write these questions in a blank page and send it to me by Friday)
what are the main branches of philosophy?
which of these branches is your favorite? why? (what do you think that says about yourself?)
what is the principle of charity? why is it useful?
(write these questions in a blank page and send it to me by Friday)