Phil 12 Exam 1 Questions & Answers
2024/2025
prediction - ANSWERSSpecific detectable phenomena that we can infer from a hypothesis and to which
the hypothesis is committed. Can be in past, present, and future
conjecture - ANSWERSan opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information
(hypothesis)
Theory - ANSWERSa system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of hypotheses (i.e. Freud's Psycho-
dynamic Theory of ID, Ego, and Superego)
statement - ANSWERSatom (indivisible); a sentence that is either true or false
And - ANSWERSBoth true
Or - ANSWERSTrue when at least one is true
If then - ANSWERStrue unless first is true and second is false
Not - ANSWERStrue if false
contingent - ANSWERSdependent on something else (the world)
contradict - ANSWERSfalse not matter what the truth (add AND or BUT to statement)
Tautologies - ANSWERStrue no matter what
2024/2025
prediction - ANSWERSSpecific detectable phenomena that we can infer from a hypothesis and to which
the hypothesis is committed. Can be in past, present, and future
conjecture - ANSWERSan opinion or conclusion formed on the basis of incomplete information
(hypothesis)
Theory - ANSWERSa system of interrelated ideas used to explain a set of hypotheses (i.e. Freud's Psycho-
dynamic Theory of ID, Ego, and Superego)
statement - ANSWERSatom (indivisible); a sentence that is either true or false
And - ANSWERSBoth true
Or - ANSWERSTrue when at least one is true
If then - ANSWERStrue unless first is true and second is false
Not - ANSWERStrue if false
contingent - ANSWERSdependent on something else (the world)
contradict - ANSWERSfalse not matter what the truth (add AND or BUT to statement)
Tautologies - ANSWERStrue no matter what
