Knowledge, Reality, and Value: A Mostly Common Sense Guide to Philosophy

“metaphysical possibility”. In this broad sense, things can be “possible” even if you know they are false, and even if they contradict the laws of nature.

Premises: The premises of an argument are the statements that are used to support the other statements.

Inference to the best explanation

Some propositions are compound, meaning that they have other propositions as components.

Challenge yourself.

epistemic possibility (which applies to things that are consistent with everything we know)

is morally wrong to adopt irrational beliefs. This view is sometimes labelled “evidentialism”.[9]

Epistemology: Studies the nature of knowledge, whether and how we know what we think we know, and whether and how our beliefs are justified.

Conclusion: The conclusion of an argument is the statement that the argument is meant to justify.