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Types of arguments
Understand different types of arguments, their weaknesses and any fallacies
50  cards
Types of arguments: key terminology
A posteriori 1,
A priori 2,
Analytic truth 3
29  cards
Epistemology: Definitions of Knowledge
The three kinds of knowledge The tripartite view: knowledge as justified, true belief Necessary and Sufficient conditions Gettier cases No false lemmas (added condition) Fake Barn County Reliabilism Virtue Epitemology Zagzebski's view Sosa's view Infallibilism Critiques and Advantages of each definition (applying Gettier and Fake Barn County)
58  cards
Epistemology: Perception as a source of knowledge
Direst realism Indirect realism Idealism Definition, key thinkers, pros cons and responses for each view
85  cards
Epistemology: Reason as a source of knowledge
Question: Explore whether it is possible to know anything substantial about the world a priori Innatism The intuition and deduction thesis The limits of knowledge
112  cards
Epistemology: Limits of knowledge
What is normal incredulity 1,
What is philosophical scepticism 2,
What is local scepticism 3
36  cards
Epistemology: Subject Specific Vocabulary
A posteriori 1,
A posteriori knowledge 2,
A priori argument 3
70  cards
Moral philosophy: Utilitarianism
Bentham's utilitarianism Mill's utilitarianism
81  cards
Moral philosophy: Applying utilitarianism
Stealing 1,
Robin hood style stealing ans str...,
Weak rule utilitarian on stealing...
16  cards
Moral Philosophy: Kantian Deontological Ethics
What is unique about kant s appro...,
Summarise kant s view of morality...,
What is the catagorical imperative 3
59  cards
Moral Philosophy: Applying Kantian Deontological Ethics
Stealing and kant s view on freed...,
Example adapted from lawrence koh...,
Kant s view on stealing via copyr...
14  cards
Moral Philosophy: Aristotelian Ethics
Differences between normative eth...,
Aristotle opening to book one of ...,
Aristotle s opening to book one o...
63  cards
Moral Philosophy: Applying Aristotelian Ethics
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1  cards
Moral Philosophy: Meta-ethics
The origins of moral principles i...,
Hobbes and the social contract th...,
Kant moral rationalism 3
31  cards
Moral Philosophy: Subject Specific Vocabulary
Act utilitarianism 1,
Acting merely in accordance with ...,
Acting out of duty kant 3
20  cards

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