Metaphysics and Logic Recap
Across
- 4. Claiming something is true because it has not been proven false.
- 11. Study of mind consciousness and mental states.
- 14. Allegory about mistaking appearances for reality.
- 16. Assuming the conclusion is already true in the premises.
- 17. Assuming what is true of the whole must also be true of its parts.
- 21. Philosopher known for the simulation hypothesis.
- 23. Misrepresenting someone’s position to make it easier to attack.
- 24. Study of reality and what exists.
- 25. Using many weak points at once in the hope one appears convincing.
- 27. Thought experiment about knowledge and colour experience.
- 30. Explaining complex things only in terms of simpler parts.
- 31. Claim that whatever begins to exist must have a cause.
- 33. Hypothetical object made of part tree and part dog used in debates about objects.
- 34. Imagined scenario used to test ideas.
- 36. Rewriting an argument clearly into premises and a conclusion.
- 38. Reasoning where the conclusion must follow from the premises.
- 39. The belief that mind and body are fundamentally different kinds of things.
- 41. Study of what kinds of things exist.
- 42. Using the same word with different meanings in one argument.
- 43. Question of why a good and powerful God would allow suffering.
- 45. Principle that the simplest adequate explanation is usually preferred.
- 46. Observation that computing power tends to double regularly over time.
- 47. Claiming two things are alike in important ways because of minor similarities.
- 48. Perfectly good.
- 49. Assuming that because one event follows another, it caused it.
Down
- 1. Claiming a small step will inevitably lead to extreme consequences.
- 2. Introducing irrelevant information to distract from the issue.
- 3. Trying to persuade by provoking anger or moral shock.
- 5. Claiming something is true because many people believe it.
- 6. Thought experiment claiming symbol manipulation is not understanding.
- 7. Arguing about what would have happened if the past had been different.
- 8. Relying on authority instead of evidence.
- 9. Presenting only two options when more possibilities exist.
- 10. The challenge of explaining subjective experience in physical terms.
- 12. Claim that order or design in nature suggests a designer.
- 13. Drawing a broad conclusion from too little evidence.
- 15. Assuming what is true of the parts must also be true of the whole.
- 18. Something with no parts.
- 19. Attacking the person instead of addressing their reasoning.
- 20. Something made up of parts.
- 22. Responding to criticism by accusing the critic of the same fault.
- 26. Allpowerful.
- 28. The difficulty of explaining how a nonphysical mind affects a physical body.
- 29. Claim that the universe’s constants appear precisely set for life.
- 32. The view that everything that exists is physical.
- 35. Extreme exaggeration used instead of careful reasoning.
- 37. The view that every event is caused and therefore inevitable.
- 40. Allknowing.
- 44. Reasoning from specific observations to a general conclusion.