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1.Explain Some Of The Benefits A Student May Gain By Studying

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1. Explain some of the benefits a student may gain by studying philosophy.
Students gain various benefits by studying philosophy. One of the benefits is that by the end of the course a student is put in the position to examine their own beliefs. This helps students realize what is true and was is not, which may be something most people don’t give much thought. The study of philosophy displays different ways to think, reason, and evaluate ideas that may be unknown to someone who has no knowledge of philosophy. Philosophy is everywhere in the world around us so, it would be wise not to be ignorant towards it.
2. Explain the Socratic Method of Teaching. Is this a useful way for students to learn?
The Socratic Method is one of the oldest and …show more content…

Abduction is the process of reasoning that is a type of non-deductive inference where based on the evidence at hand we draw an inference to the best explanation. For example, if we know there was a football game today, but we did not see the score, but we see a picture of all the fans belonging to one of the teams sad and crying, it is safe for us to conclude that the team has lost and the other team has won (pg. 7-10).
5. Explain some of different areas of philosophy which will be discussed in this course.

Some of the different areas of philosophy are logic, Metaphysics: Nature of Existence, Epistemology: Theory of Knowledge, Philosophy of Religion, Aesthetics, and Ethics: Study of Right and Wrong, Political Philosophy (pg.6).

6. Compare and contrast various views on substance such as materialism, dualism and idealism.

Materialism, dualism, and idealism are all alike in the sense that they all state what is considered real. Idealism claims that reality is immaterial, something other than matter. Materialism claims that reality, or Being, consists of physical objects and their components. Substance Dualism claims that both the immaterial and the material objects exist.
7. Evaluate the 4 views as to the nature of universals and particulars.

The 4 views are extreme or platonic realism, exaggerated realism, conceptualism and extreme nominalism. For extreme or platonic realism, Plato argues that reality

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