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Calendar
| Week |
Topic |
Readings |
Key Dates |
| 1 |
Introduction to Philosophy
Logic |
Plagiarism Guidelines
Cahn, "The Elements of Argument"
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Philosophy of Religion
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| 2 |
Ontological Argument |
Davis, "Surprise! It's Judgment Day" (Philosophy: An Introduction [PI] 66-74)
Davis, "God and Suffering: Discussion" (Selections) (PI 74-75)
Feinberg and Shafer-Landau, "Reason and Religious Belief: Introduction" (Reason and Responsibility [RR] 2-6)
Anselm, "The Ontological Argument" from Proslogion (RR 6-7 or Anselm: Proslogion (Selections))
Gaunilo, "On Behalf of the Fool" (RR 8-11 or Gaunilo: In Behalf of the Fool (Selections))
Rowe, "The Ontological Argument" (RR 11-21)
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Cosmological Argument
Teleological Argument
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Davis, "God and Suffering: Discussion" (Selections) (PI 75-79)
Clarke, "A Modern Formulation of the Cosmological Argument" (RR 22-23)
Rowe, "The Cosmological Argument" (RR 23-32)
Paley, "The Argument from Design" (RR 32-37 or Paley: Natural Theology (Selections))
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| 4 |
Problem of Evil
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Davis, "God and Suffering: Discussion" (Selections) (IP 82-89)
Johnson, "God and the Problem of Evil" (RR 85-89)
Swinburne, "Why God Allows Evil" (RR 89-97)
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Paper 1 Due |
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Mind and Freedom
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| 5 |
Philosophy of Mind |
Davis, "Strange Behavior" (IP 151-157)
Davis, "The Nature of Mind: Discussion" (Selections) (IP 157-160)
Swinburne, "A Defense of Substance Dualism" (RR 263-267)
Carruthers, "The Mind Is the Brain" (RR 276-284)
Churchland, "Behaviorism, Materialism and Functionalism" (Selections) (RR 286-288)
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| 6 |
Philosophy of Mind |
Davis, "The Nature of Mind: Discussion" (Selections) (IP 160-171)
Jackson, "The Qualia Problem" (RR 267-270)
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| 7 |
Freedom |
Davis, "Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends" (IP 1-11)
Davis, "Freedom and Responsibility: Discussion" (Selections) (IP 18-28)
Feinberg and Shafer-Landau, "Determinism, Free Will, and Responsibility: Introduction" (RR 386-392)
Holbach, "The Illusion of Free Will" (RR 392-397)
Honderich, "A Defense of Hard Determinism" (Selections) (RR 397-401)
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Midterm Exam |
| 8 |
Freedom |
Davis, "Freedom and Responsibility: Discussion" (Selections) (IP 29-32)
Stace, "The Problem of Free Will" (RR 413-418)
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Paper 2 Due |
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Ethics
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| 9 |
Relativism
Divine Command Theory
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Davis, "The Land of Certus" (IP 91-96)
Davis, "Moral Principles: Discussion" (Selections) (IP 108-117)
Rachels, "The Challenge of Cultural Relativism"
Quinn, "God and Morality" (RR 564-578)
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| 10 |
Utilitarianism |
Davis, "The Sheriff's Wife" (IP 100-106)
Davis, "Moral Principles: Discussion" (Selections) (IP 117-123)
Mill, "Utilitarianism" (RR 594-607 or Mill: Utilitarianism (Selections))
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| 11 |
The Ethics of Assistance |
Singer, "Famine, Affluence, and Morality" (RR 631-639)
Rachels, "Ethical Egoism" (RR 488-495)
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Epistemology
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| 12 |
Descartes |
Davis, "The Fantasy Machine" (IP 178-183)
Davis, "Why Don't You Just Wake Up?" (IP 184-187)
Descartes, "Meditations on First Philosophy" (Selections) (RR 145-153 or Descartes: Meditations I and II)
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Paper 3 Due |
| 13 |
Descartes
Locke
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Davis, "Appearance and Reality: Discussion" (IP 188-199)
Descartes, "Meditations on First Philosophy" (Selections) (RR 153-160 or Descartes: Meditation III)
Locke, "The Causal Theory of Perception" (RR 177-185 or Locke: An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (Selections))
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| 14 |
Berkeley |
Berkeley, Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (First Dialogue) See Berkeley: Three Dialogues I
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| 15 |
Berkeley |
Berkeley, Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (Second Dialogue) See Berkeley: Three Dialogues II
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Paper 4 Due
Final Exam
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