PHILO CH 1

Affirming the consequent is a valid form of argument

False

True or False? A deductive argument is an argument intended to give probable support to its solution.

False

True or False? In an argument form known as inference to the explanation, we reason this fashion: two or more things are similar in several ways; therefore they are probably similar in one further way.

False

True or False? Socrates thought that the primary occupation of a good citizen should be the pursuit of wealth and prestige.

False

the study of reality in it's broadest sense, an inquiry into the elemental nature of the universe and the things in it known as ___

metaphysics

An ____ assertion is that something is or is not case and is therefore the kind of utterance that is either true or false.

Statement.

A question-and-answer dialogue in which propositions are methodically scrutinized to uncover the truth is known as ___

The Socratic method.

Socrates preferred death to exile

True

True or false? According to Socrates, we should always consider in doing anything whether we are right or wrong.

True

Questions like "What is knowledge?" and "What is truth?" are mainstays in the branch of philosophy known as _____.

Epistemology