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Upon completion of this chapter you should be able to:
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1. Explain several approaches to what philosophy is all about |
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2. Identify various areas of thought traditionally investigated by philosophers |
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3. Discuss how philosophy is a journey |
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4. Relate the story of Socrates' life and death |
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5. Explain the Socratic method |
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6. Discuss three central theses about living well held by Socrates |
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7. Interpret various levels of meaning in Plato's Allegory of the Cave |
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8. Apply six criteria for evaluating philosophical claims and theories |
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9. Define an argument in the philosophical sense |
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10. Distinguish the three kinds of arguments: deductive, inductive, inference to the best explanation. |