Philosophy Week 2

• Appeal to Pity, Persuading somebody out of emotion sympathy or
• Ad Hominem, Directly attacking the person to destroy his/her arguments
• Baculum, applying force/position to escape from answering the argument directed towards him/her
• Hasty Generalization, the conclusion given to an argument is lacking and is illogical and bareless
• Post Hoc, determining and argument using false cause and effect between different events
• Ad populom, the argument is acceptable since many are doing it
• False Analogy, Comparing two similar terms ideas but has wrongful usage/meaning
• Fallacy of Composition, one thinks that what is true to a part is true to the whole
• Fallacy of Division, one thinks that what is true to the whole is true to a part
• Dicto Simpliciter, assuming that something true in general is true in every possible care
• Petitio Principii, It is a fallacy that treats matter under debate as already establish and assumes that the things or ideas to be proven is true
• In searching for the truth, you are already philosophizing
• Truth, is defined as something which can be proven and justified using one's faculties or senses that follow the order of logic which is factual and valid under the normal reason
• Logic, came from the word "Logike" which pertains to the art of reasoning. It is also a science since it deals with the systematic process of reasoning in order to arrive at something
• Common Sense, common sense as a sound and prudent judgment based on a simple perception of the situation or facts
• Knowledge, as something which we deem to understand or grasp fully
• Opinions, are basically the product of our own belief and self-expression about something
• Arguments, are the statements which provide reasons to persuade someone that your point is truthful
• Fallacies, are defined as statements which are misleading and eroneous