Philosophy - Basic Key words (1)

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  • Created on: 21-01-16 12:00
Knowledge of propositions that can only be known to be true or false through sense experience
aposteriori
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Knowledge of propositions that do not require (sense) experience to be known true or false
apriori
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A reasoned inference from one set of claims - the premises - to another claim, the conclusion.
arguement
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An argument whose conclusion is logically entailed by its premises, i.e. if the premises are true, the conclusion cannot be false
deductive
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An argument whose conclusion is supported by its premises, but is not logically entailed by them, i.e. if the premises are true, the conclusion may be false, but this is unlikely.
inductivc
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Knowledge of propositions that do not require (sense) experience to be known true or false

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apriori

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A reasoned inference from one set of claims - the premises - to another claim, the conclusion.

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An argument whose conclusion is logically entailed by its premises, i.e. if the premises are true, the conclusion cannot be false

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Card 5

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An argument whose conclusion is supported by its premises, but is not logically entailed by them, i.e. if the premises are true, the conclusion may be false, but this is unlikely.

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