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Arts & Humanities: Philosophy: “Question: What is the best way to study for philosophy?” plus 5 more

Arts & Humanities: Philosophy: “Question: What is the best way to study for philosophy?” plus 5 more


Question: What is the best way to study for philosophy?

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 08:55 AM PST

In a class where you are assigned readings, given slides and than asked questions on a midterm?

Is it better to: Memorize the slides or understanding everything? or both?

Question: Would you choose to bring a loved one back from the dead but at the cost of realizing they are not same person who you loved and cared for?

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 07:49 AM PST

I'm not sure what you mean by not the same person. Amnesia,with no memory of the past? A radically different personality? Reincarnated somehow?

In answer to your question- probably not. I would prefer to remember them the way they were. Death comes to us all, it's life that's hard.

Question: Need help with philosophy homework.?

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 06:09 AM PST

Irrelevant premise is your mother's opinion.
The argument is not sound. In logic (argumentation) 'sound' means factual. 'Valid' means an argument by the rules of logic, but in it's current form it follows no rules.

In other words validity us a property of arguments, i.e., that they have a good structure. http://philosophy.lander.edu/logic/tvs.h...

The same site says "soundness: a property of both arguments and the statements in them, i.e., the argument is valid and all the statement are true.
Sound Argument is: (1) valid, (2) true premisses (obviously the conclusion is true as well by the definition of validity).

Question: When enough is enough? When reality keeps demanding your attentions to service it, good and bad?

Posted: 09 Nov 2015 04:28 AM PST

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