Phil 125 S11 (Short): Exam 1 Study Guide

You should know the definitions of the following terms:
  • Epistemology
  • Pseudoscience
  • Video News Release
  • Pseudo-event
  • Front Group
  • Denotation
  • Connotation
  • Antecedent
  • Conditional
  • Conjunction
  • Conjunct
  • Connotation
  • Consequent
  • Denotation
  • Disjunction
  • Disjunct
  • Invalid
  • Negation
  • Valid
You should know the truth tables for the four logical connectives we studied in class:
  1. Negation (~)
  2. Conjunction  (•)
  3. Disjunction (∨)
  4. Conditional  (⊃)
  • You should be able to provide a truth table for a proposition.
  • You should be able to use a truth table to determine the validity or invalidity of an argument.
  • You should be able to articulate and explain the two reasons Baillargeon gives for why he wrote A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense.
  • You should be able to explain and give examples of the five functions of language.
  • You should be able to articulate and give examples of the four functions of definitions.
  • You should be able to articulate and give examples of the three ways to define.
  • You should be able to identify and explain the following deceptive features of language:
      1. Euphemism
      2. Dysphemism
      3. Vagueness
      4. Equivocation
      5. Amphibology
      6. Accentuation
      7. Eduction
      8. Weasel Words
      9. Jargon
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