Philosophical Concepts Quiz

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Philosophical Concepts

Social Progress & Individual Development: A mature, well-functioning mind in every member of a society leads to collective growth. This is a positive outcome of studying philosophy.
Rejecting False Options: Philosophy prevents a society from losing its identity, isolation; instead, it promotes progress. Philosophy strengthens individualism instead of reinforcing isolation
Deductive Reasoning: The statement "All students are successful" can be used to demonstrate deductive logic. A positive outcome of studying philosophy
Philosophers as Social Reformers: Philosophers are seen as social reformers, whose work leads to societal improvements.
Deductive Reasoning Method: The process of deriving a conclusion from one or more premises is called deductive reasoning. Examples include logic and reasoning, such as identifying consequences which are derived from various premises
Logic in Philosophy: A key concept in philosophy is using logic to demonstrate different ideas about a situation, premise and conclusion relations. For example, all smokers are not healthy. Different types of reasoning, such as comparative or contrastative logic, are explored in detail. These illustrate ways to demonstrate different viewpoints on any given subject, premise and conclusion relations.
Philosophical Definitions: A philosopher's definition describes a procedure for reasoning, such as "A mental process that reveals a conclusion from other premises".
Contrasting Philosophies: Opposing philosophical ideas are analyzed by considering contrary viewpoints for example the statement "all smokers are not healthy" can be contrasted with opposite philosophical ideas by changing how you define "health" or "not healthy".