Intro to Philosophy Week One: Recent Episodes

Travis Rodgers

These are the Podcasts for Week One of my Summer Intro to Philosophy course at UCF.

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I lay out an argument in favor of CMR then offer some criticisms of the argument.

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A brief explanation of the differences between arguments (premise > conclusion) and explanations (explanans > explanandum).

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A brief intro to arguments.
What makes an argument?
What makes a good argument?

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Listen to this podcast first - before you have done any other material for the course.

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Cultural Relativism: says cultures disagree.
Cultural Moral Relativism: says that cultures are the standard for good/bad, right/wrong.

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Normative statements: are centrally value judgments. Descriptive statements: are any other statements. Are normative statements JUST opinions? I ask you to resist the urge to think of them in that way. I'll say more later on why.