Identify a belief. For example, you might choose a religious belief, a moral value, or a political position.

Identify a belief. For example, you might choose a religious belief, a moral value, or a political position. It can be a belief you yourself hold or one you have seen professed by other people.

• Provide reasons for that belief. You may need to do additional research in order to identify persuasive reasons. Personal experience and beliefs are relevant when developing an argument, but a good argument also requires reasons with persuasive authority. A fact, statistic, or expert opinion will likely have persuasive authority; a personal opinion, religious belief, or disputed social norm will have less persuasive force.

• Explain the Socratic Method. Cite support from the Platonic dialogue selections from the weekly reading as well as authoritative secondary sources such as the course text and online lectures.

• Analyze the reasons using the Socratic Method, as Socrates does with Thrasymachus’ views on justice in the Republic. Refer to the list of fallacies in the textbook to see if the reasons include any logical inconsistencies that might be used to challenge the belief. For a student example of such a dialogue, see the end of the chapter in the textbook.

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chapter 1 what is philosophy?: THINKING PHILOSOPHICALLY ABOUT LIFE
What do you hope to learn?

These monolithic figures from Easter Island suggest the contemplative nature of philosophy, which can help you grapple with the big questions of life. This chapter introduces the scope and methods of the discipline.
Defining Philosophy
• • Pursuit of wisdom
• • Begins with wonder
• • Is a dynamic process
• • Ultimate aims
Becoming a Critical Thinker
• • Qualities of a critical thinker: Open-minded, curious, selfaware, analytical, creative, knowledgeable
• • The critical-thinking model
Understanding Arguments

• • Structure of arguments
• • Evaluating arguments
• • Types of arguments:
o Deductive and Inductive
• • Informal fallacies
Branches of Philosophy
• • Metaphysics
• • Epistemology
• • Ethics
• • Aesthetics
• • Logic

 

 

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