Philosophy Answers

What do you think are elements essential to the building of society? Why do you think they are important?

Symbolic Logic

Symbolize the following sentences below, using the abbreviations that have been provided. D == I diet; E == I exercise; G == I gain weight; M == I am motivated; T == I get too tired; P == I am depressed; L == I am lazy; S == I swim; R == I run; W == I drive to work.

1.      I gain weight if and only if I don't diet, provided I am not motivated and neither swim nor run.

2.   Unless I am depressed or lazy, I diet or exercise if I gain weight, provided I am motivated and don't get too tired

Symbolic Logic

Instruction: Determine which of the following sentences below are truth-functionally compound

1. John was married before Mary, but after Stephen.

2. Ted will not bring a cake with candles if no one is having a birthday, unless he thinks that candles taste good for dessert.

Instruction: Symbolize the following below, which require frequent use of the horseshoe. Use only the abbreviations provided. J == John will make supper; W == Mary is working late; M == Mary will make supper; L == John is working late; H == John is very hungry; B == John's boss requires his working late; 0 == It is a holiday; D == John washes the dishes.

Question

3. John or Mary will work late, but not both.

4.  Only if John works late and it is not a holiday will Mary make supper

Develop Plato's ethical thoughts

What are the benefits/deficiencies of Plantinga Alvin’s contribution to contemporary epistemology?

How would you explain Plantinga, Alvin’s view on induction compare to others?

What do you think of the explanation of assent? The verbum? According to Wilhelmsen, Frederick D.

Does Plantinga successfully overcome objections to reliabilism in general? to his version?

 Give detailed reason/s for your response.

What do you think of the role assigned intuition/common sense judgments by Bonjour Laurence? Are they capable of adjudicating between philosophical positions? 

Which statement does NOT represent Socrates' beliefs about death, as they are expressed in the "Phaedo?"