PHIL 230 Introduction to Philosophical Methods Conceptual analysis PDF

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Intro to philosophy, Long...

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PHIL 230 Introduction to Philosophical Methods: Conceptual analysis CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS (philosophical theory) - Understand parts that make it up and how they relate to each other to make the whole thing - Analyzing concepts that interest us but are puzzling to us and can’t be explain with empirical investigation - Knowledge, wisdom, goodness - Consider this: belief, truth, and justice are all necessary to understand knowledge - If you have the complete list of necessary components, then you fully understand the concept ARGUMENT 1: | Something S is a person || if and only if || S is an organism with green skin.| - There are 3 parts - Something S is a person only if S is an Earth organism with green skin - Being an Earth organism with green skin is a necessary condition for being a person - Both sides of “if and only if” are sufficient of each other LOOK FOR: - Necessary conditions - Sufficient conditions - Counter-examples - All you need is one counter example! - Ex. we are a counter example to ARGUMENT 1 - Ex. being an Earth organism with green skin is a sufficient condition for being a person - But a green lizard is not a person...