Exam 1: Why Philosophy

An argument of this form-If p, then q; p; therefore, q-is called modus ponens.

The four main divisions of philosophy are metaphysics, epistemology, logic, and __________.

The study of reality in the broadest sense, an inquiry into the elemental nature of the universe and the things in it, is known as __________.

The fallacy of __________ is arguing erroneously that what can be said of the whole can be said of the parts.

In the type of fallacy known as __________, we argue that a particular actions should not be taken because it will lead inevitably to other actions resulting in some dire outcome.

This argument form known as modus tollens is valid.

According to Aristotle, it is owing to __________ that people begin to philosophize.

When we arrive at a generalization about an entire group of things after observing just some members of the group, we are making a(n) __________.