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2020-09-13

phil-1101

  • Who gets to decide when a philosophical assumption/belief is correct?
  • Are worldviews just a result of cultural influence?
    • If so, maybe philosophical education is just indoctrination
  • Philosophy is like any area of rational inquiry
    • Can weigh evidence (for/against) positions using objective standards for good arguments
      • What is a good argument?
        • Has proper premises leading to a conclusion
  • Intro to Arguments
    • Concepts
      • Premise
        • Statement given to support another statement
      • Conclusion
        • Statement that premises are used to support
      • Argument