reason to study philosophy of the human person

to better know and love God

relationship between faith and reason

difference between deductive and non deductive reasoning

deductive arguments give conclusive support for their conclusions, assuming the truth of their premises, and non deductive arguments give probable, but not conclusive, support for their conclusions.

valid and sound arguments

An argument is valid if its conclusion logically follows from its premises, and it is sound if it is valid and all its premises are actually true.

example of valid deductive forms

Hypothetical syllosism: 1) if A then B 2) if B then C 3) therefore if A then C Modus Ponens: 1) if A then B 2) A 3) therefore B

Hume's argument against the eixistence of self

1) every real idea must arise from some impression 2) there is no impression of the self 3) therefore there is no real idea of the soul

premise on Descarte's "cogito ergo sum"

" i think therefore I am" has many arguments on this matter one being whether what we know is actually true or that an evil being is deceiving him making him think things are not as they seem or are different from what we believe they are to be. another argument of his is how do we know when we are dreaming and when we are awake for all we know we could all be in a state of slumber and not in reality

Locke's psychological account of personal identity

the person/self is a psychologically continuous sphere of consciousness and personal identity is a psychological continuity