Key words - Reason and experience

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Has to be true, can't be false. Descartes thinks 'God exists'
Necessary truth
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Truth that depends on the truth of another truth to be true
Contingent truth
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True by definition, has to be true. e.g. a square has 4 sides - i think therefore i am
Analytic proposition
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Might be true, but doesn't have to be true. Not true by definition e.g. all bachelors are happy
Synthetic proposition
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Arging from general to particular
Deductive arguments
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Arguing from particular to general
Inductive arguments
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Before experience
a priori knowledge
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After experience
a posteriori knowledge
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Card 2

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Truth that depends on the truth of another truth to be true

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Contingent truth

Card 3

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True by definition, has to be true. e.g. a square has 4 sides - i think therefore i am

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Card 4

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Might be true, but doesn't have to be true. Not true by definition e.g. all bachelors are happy

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Card 5

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Arging from general to particular

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