Format: The exam will consist of two parts: short answer and long answer. There will be 6-8 short answer questions of which you pick 4-5. Answers should be anywhere from one to five sentences. There will be 3-5 long answer questions, of which you pick 2. Answers should be about 2 blue-book pages, front and back. The exam is scheduled for Saturday, December 19 at our regular class place, from 9-11am. There will be a brief review in class on the last day of class and on the discussion forum, if you choose to use it.

Some Terms

Deductive Arguments
Valid/Invalid
Sound
Inductive Arguments
Strong/Weak
Cogent
Modus Ponens
Possible Worlds
A Priori
A Posteriori
Leibniz's Law
Transitivity
Symmetry
Reflexivity
Indiscernibility of Idenitcals
Identity of Indiscernibles
Max Black's case
Blob Theories
Layer-Cake Theories


Arguments and Objections

Arguments for Primitive Class Nominalism
Agruments Against
Arguments for Resmblance Nominalism
Arguments Against
Arguments for the Substance-Attributive View
Arguments Against
Arguments for Bundle Theory
Arguments Against
Arguments for Universals as Attributes
Arguments Against
Arguments for Tropes
Arguments Against

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