Welcome Philosophy
Students. Below
you will find a table listing the assigned readings, important announcements,
and links to handouts passed out in class. Check on this page often in
order to keep up with the class.
Last Updated: 10/26
Announcements:
- 9/9: We went over the syllabus today
- 9/25: I passed out the short writing assignment today. It is due on Oct. 2nd.
- 10/1: I have extended the paper due date to Monday October 5th, giving you the weekend to rework your paper and to get it into better shape.
Reading Assignments:
- For 9/11: (a) Chapters 1 & 5 from Vaughn (b) Salmon's "The Scope of Logic" from Cahn.
- For 9/16: Rene Descartes, "Meditation I" in Cahn, pp. 130-134.
- For 9/21: Bertrand Russell, "Appearance and Reality" in Cahn, pp. 73-76.
- For 9/28: Descartes, "Meditation II" in Cahn, pp. 169-175.
- For 9/30: Ryle, "The Ghost in the Machine", pp. 147-151
- For 10/2: Taylor, "The Mind as a Function of the Body", pp. 151-158.
- For 10/5: Nagel, "What is it Like to be a Bat?", pp. 158-162.
- For 10/12: Nagel, "Does God Exist?", pp. 223-231.
- For 10/19: Swinburne, "Why God Allows Evil", pp. 231-242.
- For 10/28: Blackburn, "Pascal's Wager", pp. 249-252.
- For 10/30: Hume, "An Enquiry Concerning Human Undersanding", pp. 270-276.
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