PHIL 200 Crossword
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
 
 
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Down: 1)  If a claim violates background information, we are not likely to take it seriously. That is, unless we are willing to revise our background info. Across: 1) 1/2 People are really bad at calculating probabilities. How do we calculate that This does not come naturally for people. 2) Absorbent tampons 30% more absorbent3) How one thinks and what one thinks4) The fact that he is menacing is what impresses on us psychologically 5) Our cherished beliefs are beliefs that we really cherish. We have too much invested in having what we believe be true. Religious belief Political belief Belief that my husband is not cheating on me—this leads to cognitive dissoance Belief that my child is really smart—this leads to explain away information that he’s not really that smart 6) Deductive inference—logically conclusive support Inductive inference—probable support 7) We do not form sound judgments about those things. So we often are in error. Forming false beliefs is not a solid foundation on which to build anything. 8) Yes. P1: All men are at least 100 feet tall P2: All things that are at least 100 feet tall are mortal. C: All men are mortal. 9) One of the premises must be false. 10) Reliable news is expensive and time and pain staking Reliable news is not priority Maximizing viewership is 11) He needed to believe that he didn’t have HIV So he rejected very powerful evidence that he did have HIV. 12) a. if P then Q b. P Therefore: Q 13) This astronomer anticipated seeing canals, and thus “saw” them even though they were not there. The brain constructed those canals and put them into his perceptual experience. 14) Instead of critically assessing the evidence or arguments for a moral claim, we simply say that its truth is relative. 15) We ignore and exaggerate evidence16) We naturally have an overriding interest in our own wellbeing. This then gets in the way of critical thinking 17) It operates according to how well beliefs are supported by reason. 18) A. That would mean that subjects were infallible with respect to moral claims. That cannot be correct. B. The position is self defeating 19) The nature of the inference. Deductive arguments make deductive inferences. Inductive arguments make inductive inferences. 20) We can try to persuade in many ways other than by presenting an argument Those who oppose gay marriage are bigots. Therefore we should support it. The most interesting man in the world—drink Dos Equis 21) The way in which thinks has a negative effect on our ability to think critically. For instance, if I am only interested in outcomes that benefit me, then I am not going to take all the negative evidence against that outcome into account. I am going to put more stock in evidence which supports the outcome than the evidence calls for. Also, if I too concerned with making sure my beliefs align with the beliefs of a group to which I belong, I will ignore evidence which suggest that the entire group is wrong. 22) Instead of critically assessing a statement and the arguments in favor or against it, we simply conclude…well, nothing is really knowable. 23) If one had an unusually high standard for knowledge 24) A qualified yes. Yes unless there is good reason to doubt that it. 25) He is not an expert. He doesn’t know much more than the average person on the street.
 

 

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