Metaphysics and Logic Recap

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