Tag: Philosophy

What would you do in the “Thomson’s Violinist” thought experiment? Would you stay connected to the violinist? Why or why not?
What would you do in the “Runaway Trolley Car” thought experiment? Would you flip the switch to save five people but kill one person? Why or why not?
What would you do in the “Fat Man and the Trolley Car” thought experiment? Would you push the fat man to save five people but kill the fat man? Why or why not?
What would you do in the “Cave Explorers” thought experiment? Would you blast “Big Jack” out of the hole? Why or why not?

Is this argument valid or invalid? If invalid, please describe a scenario in which the premises are true and the conclusion is false.

All MIT students love ice cream. Some MIT students like chocolate. No student who loves ice cream likes chocolate. Therefore, no MIT student likes chocolate.

Scenario: The Chariot Thought Experiment
An Indian (Buddhist) though experiment, ca. 150 BCE (King Milinda is a historical figure, and I based the character on coins with his face).

King Milinda asks Nagasena, a Buddhist monk about the no-self theory.
“Surely, it can’t be right that there is no self?

Nagasena asks: Did you come here on foot or by chariot?
King Milinda answers: By chariot

Nagasena: Let’s take a look at your chariot. Is the axle the chariot?
King Milinda: No
Nagasena: Is the flagstaff the chariot?
King Milinda: No.
Nagasena: Is it the yoke? The wheels?

Conclusion: There is no chariot.

Question:
What is a chariot?

1. Imagine you were born disabled, unable to work, and given up for adoption. What do you feel society should help you with if anything at all? Why? Can we really “pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps” or are we more interconnected than we think and things are more a matter of situation and luck? This should not be about what we could agree to do or even would be able to do as a society but more about what we should do.

16. According to Bell, the key character trait an artwork produces in an audience is
(A) a love of wisdom, (B) an understanding of forms, (C) an aesthetic emotion, (D) a transmission of the artist’s emotion, (E) a heightened emotional state.

17. Bell’s theory helped the artworld make better sense of the aesthetic value of
(A) ancient Greek sculpture, (B) the Italian Renaissance, (C) tribal masks from Africa, (D) Absurdist Art, (E) Pop Art.

18. A strength of Bell’s definition of art is that many artworks
(A) express emotion, (B) contain significant form, (C) support moral behavior, (D) imitate well what we see, (E) all of the above.

19. A serious problem with Bell’s definition of art is that
(A) art does not always represent things, (B) art does not always express emotion, (C) some artworks present objects or attitudes counter to significant form, (D) some art does not aim to maximize happiness, (E) some art is beautiful.

20. Another serious problem with Bell’s definition of art is that
(A) significant form is irrelevant to some artworks, (B) much art fails to align with contemporary cultural norms, (C) many artifacts that represent things well are not art, (D) not all art represents things well, (E) some things express emotion effectively yet are not art.

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Use your knowledge of formal and informal fallacies to determine which of the following statements are true. Check all that apply. An arguer’s worldview conditions and renders meaningful the world in which the arguer lives. Informal fallacies are never a function of unexamined presuppositions in the arguer’s worldview. There are many ways that people exhibit fallacious reasoning in ordinary language. The risk of mental carelessness in reasoning can be decreased by realizing how emotions affect people’s reasoning. An arguer’s worldview influences the arguer’s perception of causal connections. When an argument is presented in ordinary language, sometimes the conclusion is not expressed explicitly. Because no two people share exactly the same perspective, it is impossible to establish an adequate context for meaningful communication between reasonable arguers. To avoid fallacies that arise from the influence of worldviews, the arguer must recognize that he or she has a worldview and must then exknowledge and critique the presuppositions that worldview comprises. W Awareness oflone’s emotional states is of no value to good reasoning. A person’s educational background never affects his or lier analyses of arguments. MEmblionel impetus often reinforces mental carelessness Sometimes an arguer may perceive some benefit from employing fallacious reasoning against a listener.

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