PHILOSOPHY EXAM GREAT SCORES

a priori - ANSWER prior to experience. often used to describe a proposition, argument, or value that we can be certain is true without empirical verification, something derived from pure reason Albert Camus - ANSWER A French existentialist known for essays and novels. He dealt with what he ...

Does Rand think that morality and selfishness are opposites? Why or why not? - ANSWER No. Behaving rationally means putting your own interests first. You have a duty to act selfish. Morality and altruism are opposites. What does she think about being selfish? - ANSWER Self esteem. Live in a...

Deductive argument - ANSWER get inferential force based on form, formal logic or formal reasoning, conclusion definitely follows premises (if it's a valid argument). ex: if A then B. A, therefore B. includes: arguments for mathematics, definitions, hypothetical syllogisms Inductive argument...

principle of sufficient reason - ANSWER everything has a reason or rational explanation. There is no effect without a cause. no brute facts - no fact can be real or existing, and no sentence stating this, unless there is a reason why it should be true and not otherwise. sufficient reason for c...

Kuhn has been accused of making science out to be an irrational enterprise. Explain this criticism in detail. How does Kuhn respond to this? Do you think his response succeeds? Why or why not? - ANSWER -Critics of Kuhn claim that, by his description of the process of theory choice, theory choice is...

What are the three formulations of the principle of utility—what Mill also calls "the greatest happiness principle"—that we discussed? What are the differences between each of them, and why did we modify them to identify what Mill really has in mind with the principle of utility he present...

Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 - ANSWER Regulation of practices within the food and drug industries and provisions to ban false and misleading product labeling were results of which of the following laws? Protect consumers from harmful health and beauty aids - ANSWER The Federal Food, Drug, a...

Intro - ANSWER --------------------------------- Philosophy - ANSWER is to reason about the ultimate questions of life. -our philosophical view depends on our personal commitment and reasoning. logical reasoning - ANSWER where you go from a premises to a conclusion -something is valid...