philosophical argument
C15246
concept
A philosophical argument is a structured set of claims in which premises are offered to logically support a conclusion about a conceptual, ethical, or metaphysical issue.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| philosophical argument canonical | 14 |
| Scholastic argument | 1 |
| a priori argument | 1 |
| alleged logical fallacy | 1 |
| ancient Greek philosophical argument | 1 |
| anthropic reasoning | 1 |
| argument in metaphysics | 1 |
| argumentative move | 1 |
| deductive argument | 1 |
| metaethical argument | 1 |
| metaphysical argument | 1 |
| philosophical argumentative strategy | 1 |
| philosophical objection in statistical mechanics | 1 |
| pragmatic argument | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
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Instruction
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Input
Class: philosophical argument
Generated description
A philosophical argument is a structured set of claims in which premises are offered to logically support a conclusion about a conceptual, ethical, or metaphysical issue.
Instances (20)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Gödel's ontological proof | — |
| open-question argument | — |
| Moorean shift | philosophical argumentative strategy |
| Pascal's wager | — |
| anthropic principle | anthropic reasoning |
| Cartesian circle | alleged logical fallacy |
| Paradoxes of plurality | argument in metaphysics |
| Arrow paradox | ancient Greek philosophical argument |
| Metaphysical Deduction of the Categories | — |
| Zermelo recurrence objection | philosophical objection in statistical mechanics |
| no miracles argument | — |
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quinque viae
surface form:
Quinque viae
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— |
| Five Ways | — |
| argument from degrees of perfection | — |
| simulation argument | — |
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The Kalam Cosmological Argument
surface form:
Kalam Cosmological Argument
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| Münchhausen trilemma | — |
| Ontological argument for the existence of God | — |
| five ways to prove the existence of God | — |
| poverty of the stimulus argument | — |