Monday, March 30, 2009

TOK Notes 3/30/09

How it worked?
Process of elimination
More symbols to work with

Apriori Knowledge-
used prior experiences to make assumptions
initial assumptions led to certain conclusions
We infer from past experiences led to certain conclusions
We are NOT pure empiricists

Rationalists-
Assumptions=Premise

Deduction-
Apriori Knowledge (in form of general theory)
APPLYING IT

All dogs are mammals
Fido is a dog
therefore Fido is a mammal
above a syllogism

syllogism
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH TRUTH
either valid or invalid
3 terms occuring twice
A quantifer at begining
to be valid conclusion must follow premise

Valid Syllogies

All penguins are black and white
This tv show is black and white
therefore this tv show is a penguin

All panthers are pink
Huey Newton is a Panther
Therefore Huey Newton is Pink

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