How to Argue – Philosophical Reasoning: Crash Course Philosophy #2

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Before we dive into the big questions of philosophy, you need to know how to argue properly. We’ll start with an overview of philosophical reasoning and breakdown of how deductive arguments work (and sometimes don’t work).

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  1. A good paradox puzzle example: buy an EA game on steam. Figure that one out in less than 24 hours and without forum help and you may in fact be a god.

  2. That's why philosophy is flawed and Christianity is true, and Jesus Christ must be believed by faith. It really doesn't matter how much evidence you have and how many premises you have faith and believe will take part. It doesn't matter how much evidence you have that a doctor is educated and qualified you still have to believe and have faith in him to take care of you and if he fails, you don't stop going to the doctor, you sue and find another one. Same thing goes with lawyers and pilots.

  3. You know when every time a crash course video ends and they review the lesson and you're just like "actually when did we learn all this stuff…"

  4. Did anyone else consider the barber question? I actually paused the video for a moment to see if i could figure it out. After a few seconds i was like, "um, find a woman to be the town barber?" lol Oh millennials…

  5. So in terms of the "Socrates is mortal" example for deductive reasoning

    If, hypothetically, we had discovered a human who was immortal as opposed to mortal, would the premise of "All humans are mortal" simply not be valid anymore? Would this hypothetical person be considered differently?

    If we were to change the premise to "Most humans are mortal", then would the conclusion simply change to "Socrates is most likely human"?

  6. Guys! I’m a huge Crash Course fan, I’ve watched like 7 of your courses and astronomy and this one TWICE! They’re just really cool! By rewatching this episode I remembered one thing, can you recommend a good book to learn to argue?? Thanks!!

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