6. Write an example of an argument for each one of these forms: Modus Ponens, Mo
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6. Write an example of an argument for each one of these forms: Modus Ponens, Modus Tollens, and Disjunctive. 7. Can you think of an instance from your own experience in which you at first thought something was real and later decided that it was not? What criteria 8. Show how the allegory of the cave illustrates both Plato's theory of reality 9. Name what is by far the most ancient branch of philosophy, and explain 10. What do you think you can fruitfully learn from the study of philosophy? did you use to make that decision? and his view of the importance of philosophy. what is it about? How can you apply philosophy to your life?Explanation / Answer
6. If x comes, then y does not. This is an example of modus ponens. b) Example of modus tollens: if x is human then x is mortal, x is not mortal, therefore x is not human. This is contradictory to facts and therefore an example of the given argument. Disjunctive: I like tea or coffee. I don't like tea, therefore I like coffee.
7. Yes, indeed this happened many times when I made a decision about something, but later discovered that to be untrue. For instance a prejudice related to skin color was ingrained through societal discreet messages "dark skinned people aren't warm", however, many a times I ended up befriending dark skinned pals and that turned out to be nothing less than a boon. Therefore, the stereotype was broken through personal and hands on experience.
8. The Allegory of the Cave, or Plato's Cave, was presented by the Greek philosopher Plato in his work Republic to compare "the effect of education and the lack of it on our nature". The allegory contains many forms of symbolism used to describe the state of the world. The cave is a symbol of the world and the prisoners are those who inhabit the world. The chains that prevent the prisoners from leaving the cave represent ignorance, meaning they interfere with the prisoners seeing the truth. The shadows cast on the walls of the cave represent what people see in the present world. Last, the freed prisoner represents those in society who see the physical world for the illusion that it is.
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