M3 Methods of Philosophizing Flashcards
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INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM
false information and no intended harm
MISINFORMATION
Distinguishing opinion from truth
methods of philosophizing
INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM
false information and intended to harm
DISINFORMATION
INFORMATION ECOSYSTEM
True information and intended to harm
MALINFORMATION
to think or express oneself in a philosophical manner
philosophizing
Trying to discuss a matter from a Philosophical view
PHILOSOPHICAL MANNER
To argue an idea using philosophical theories.
TO PHILOSOPHIZE
etymology of phenomenon?
phainomenon; means appearance
who founded phenomenolgy?
EDMUND HUSSERL
the study of lived experience, consciousness, and phenomena
PHENOMENOLOGY
philosophical belief where we’re each responsible for creating purpose or meaning in our own lives.
existentialism
It is based on the belief that a statement is meaningful only if it is proven
true or false through experimentation.
ANALYTIC TRADITION
what is law of excluded middle?
every statement must be true or false
___ are defects in an argument, They are very common and can be quite convincing.
FALLACY
A fallacy in which someone tries to win support for an argument or idea by exploiting his or her opponent’s feelings of pity or guilt.
APPEAL TO PITY
A fallacy where you assume that what’s true for the parts is automatically true for the whole
FALLACY OF COMPOSITION
When you accept something as the truth because the person who said it holds a high position of authority
APPEAL TO AUTHORITY
This logical fallacy occurs when someone claims that an argument is good or true because an action or belief is traditional.
APPEAL TO TRADITION
A fallacy where someone attacks the person making an argument rather than addressing the argument itself. latin of against the person
AD HOMINEM
When a person in the middle of an argument introduces another topic to distract from what is being discussed
RED HERRING FALLACY
When force, coercion, or even a threat of force is used in place of a reason to justify a conclusion.
APPEAL TO FORCE
You judged something as either good or bad based on where it comes from, or from whom it came
GENETIC FALLACY
This fallacy says that because one event follows another, it must have been cause by the other.
FALLACY OF FALSE CAUSE
when someone argues that one event will inevitably lead to a series of increasingly undesirable events, without providing enough evidence to support this claim. chain reaction of bad events
SLIPPERY SLOPE FALLACY