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Homework answers / question archive / University of Houston, Downtown PHIL 1301 1)When Euthyphro asks Socrates who is prosecuting him, Euthyphro cannot tell just from the definition of the phrase 'prosecuting Socrates' what the answer is

University of Houston, Downtown PHIL 1301 1)When Euthyphro asks Socrates who is prosecuting him, Euthyphro cannot tell just from the definition of the phrase 'prosecuting Socrates' what the answer is

Philosophy

University of Houston, Downtown

PHIL 1301

1)When Euthyphro asks Socrates who is prosecuting him, Euthyphro cannot tell just from the definition of the phrase 'prosecuting Socrates' what the answer is. This means that the proposition 'Meletus is prosecuting Socrates' is what kind of proposition?

 

  1. What is the minimum number of premises an argument must contain?

 

  1. What is the maximum number of propositions an argument may contain?

 

  1. Can an argument be false?

 

  1. Here is an argument from Socrates.

A - If piety is what the gods love, the gods should not disagree. B - The gods do disagree.

C - Piety is not what the gods love.

What are A and B called in this argument?

 

  1. What is C called in the argument?

 

  1. Here is Euthyphro's response.

A - If piety is what the gods love, there must be some actions they all love. B - All the gods love it when people prosecute murderers. (There are some actions all the gods love.)

C - Piety is what the gods love.

If there is a false premise in the argument linked to 7, can the argument still be valid?

 

  1. Euthyphro thinks premise A in the argument from Socrates is false. That means Euthyphro must think the argument linked to 5 is what?

 

  1. What is the minimum number of propositions an argument must contain?

 

  1. Which of these can be true or false? A - An argument; B - a proposition

 

 

  1. If we ask how the world is, what sort of question are we asking?

 

  1. "I must go now" can be true or false. That means it is called what?

 

  1. Here is an argument from Socrates:

 

A - If prayer and sacrifices make sense, then the Gods can benefit from prayer and sacrifice.

B - The Gods cannot benefit from our actions. C - Prayer and sacrifices do not make sense.

If A and B are true, and the argument is valid, must C be true?

 

  1. The conclusion in that argument (the one linked to 13) must follow from the premises. That means the argument is what?

 

  1. A proposition whose truth value can be settled only by observation must be what kind of proposition?

 

  1. Suppose there is a false premise in the argument. That means it is what?

 

  1. Suppose we cannot determine whether piety is what the gods love just by knowing what the words in the proposition mean. That means the proposition "Piety is what the gods love" is what kind of proposition?

 

 

  1. "If it rains, I'll get wet." What is the antecedent in this proposition?

 

  1. What is the consequent in the proposition linked to 18?

 

  1. Can a question-begging argument be valid?

 

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