PHIL 1010 Ohio University Morris Final Questions And Answers 100% Passed Tests
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PHIL 1010 Ohio University Morris Final Questions And Answers 100% Passed Tests
Explain the point of Descartes' assertion that "I am a thinking thing" as it relates to the question: is there anything that cannot be reasonably doubted? ANS Descartes concludes that because he is a thinking thing he ...
PHIL 1010 Ohio University Morris Final Questions
And Answers 100% Passed Tests
Explain the point of Descartes' assertion that "I am a thinking thing" as it relates to the question: is
there anything that cannot be reasonably doubted? ANS Descartes concludes that because he is a
thinking thing he knows that there is something that cannot be reasonably doubted.
State the Evil Daemon Argument. Explain why Descartes regards it as a stronger argument for global
skepticism than the Dream Argument. ANS If I know S then I know I am not being deceived by
the evil daemon. I do not know S therefore I do not know I am not being deceived by the Evil
Daemon. Descartes considers the Evil Demon Argument as a stronger form of skepticism because it
extends doubt to a broader range of beliefs and challenges the very possibility of having a reliable
foundation for knowledge, including the certainty of our own existence.
State and evaluate at least one of the arguments concerning the existence of God discussed so far in
the class. ANS Ontological: God is perfect therefore god exists. Sound and valid.
State the definition of Validity. Then illustrate how validity is different from truth with a simple
example of either an invalid argument with all true premisses or a valid argument with all false
premisses. (Specify which you provide in your answer). ANS The truth of premises guarantee
truth of conclusion. All birds can fly. Dumbo is a bird. Therefore Dumbo can fly. Valid argument with
false premises but true conclusion.
Give your own original Gettier style counterexample to Plato's Tripartite (JTB) Definition of
knowledge. State Gettier's assumptions about justification and explain how your example shows that,
given those assumptions, justified true belief is insufficient for knowledge. Make sure to clearly
indicate what belief is justified but false, what belief is true and justified but not knowledge, and the
valid argument form by which the latter is inferred from the former. ANS Assumption 1:
Justification does not mean factual. Assumption 2: If you are justified in believing P and P includes Q
and accepts Q as a result you are justified in believing Q.
Josh and Caden live in Treudley Hall
Caden tells Josh he can play guitar
Josh has seen caden play guitar
Someone in Treudley Hall can play guitar
Caden was not actually playing guitar and was just pretending
, There is a guitar at Treudley Hall
Someone in Treudley Hall can play guitar
Justified but false: Caden plays guitar
True and Justified but not knowledge: someone in Treudley Hall can play guitar.
Existential Generalization.
Give an original example of an argument that is based on an equivocation. Explain Russell's criticism
of Berkeley's argument for idealism with reference to your own example of equivocation. ANS
The musician plays bass
Bass are fish
Therefore the musician is playing a fish
The word "bass" has to meanings in this argument. Much like Berkley's argument and the word idea.
State and evaluate Descartes' argument for the existence of God. Explain the role that God's existence
plays in Decartes' theory of knowledge. ANS The idea of god is a perfect being.
It is more perfect to exist than to not exist.
Therefore god exists.
Sound and Valid
According to Descartes, God serves as the guarantor of the reliability of clear and distinct ideas. God
is not a deceiver and has created our minds, we can trust the clear and distinct ideas that God has
endowed us with.
According to Descartes, God is:
a. a deceiver
b. finite
c. perfect
d. non-existent ANS c.
Which is a premise in the evil daemon argument from ignorance
a. there are evil daemons
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