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PHILOSOPHY 160: INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS

• Syllabus for Philosophy 160 (includes semester's reading assignments)
• Reading assignments
  • Chapter 1: moral philosophy
  • Chapter 2: abortion
    
  • Chapter 3: euthanasia
    
  • Chapter 4: drugs
    
  • Chapter 5: capital punishment
    
  • Chapter 6: the environment
    
  • Chapter 7: animals
    
  • Chapter 8: sex
    
  • Chapter 9: war
    
  • Chapter 10: censorship
    
  • Chapter 11: discrimination (not yet available)
    
  • Chapter 12: genetics (not yet available)
• Short outline of chapters
• Sample Exam from an old Class
• Short videos
• Attendance entertainment

PHILOSOPHY 410: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

• Syllabus for Philosophy 410
• Key Concepts in Political Philosophy
• Overview essay on Political Philosophy (supplemental outline)
• Overview essay on Philosophy of Law (supplemental outline)
• Phil 410 Writing Assignments
• Classics in Political Philosophy (course textbook)
• Short outline of textbook

PHILOSOPHY 490: PHILOSOPHY AND FILM

• Syllabus for Philosophy and Film Class
• Reading assignments:
  • Thomas Wartenberg: "Philosophy and Film"
  • Richard A. Gilmore: Doing Philosophy at the Movies:
    • Read online through UTM library catalog, or at Google books, or PDF of Chapter One at Suny Press. (See also book review)
  • Christopher Falzon: Philosophy Goes to the Movies:
    • Read online through UTM library catalog, or a at Google books. (See also book review)
  • Errol Morris interview: The Interrotron
• Outline of Falzon's Philosophy Goes to the Movies
• Additoinal Reading Outlines
• Assignment and Screening Schedule
• Writing Assignments
• Philosophical Films Web Site
• Discussion questions

PHILOSOPHY 120: ADVENTURE OF IDEAS (Part 2)

• Syllabus for Philosophy 120 (includes semester's reading assignments)
• Chapters (all readings are online here):
  • 1: Elementary Logic
  • 2: The Meaning of Life
    
  • 3: God
    
  • [first exam]
  • 4: Mind
    
  • 5: Free Will
    
  • 6: Knowledge
    
  • [second exam]
  • 7: Ethics
    
  • 8: Political Philosophy
    
  • 9: Social Philosophy
    
  • [Third exam]
• Lecture Outlines
  • Outline for Chapters 1-8
  • No outline available for Chapter 8 on Logic
  • Outline for Chapter 9 on Social and Political Philosophy
• Audio files of Lectures (WMA format)
• Sample illustration for course text book

PHILOSOPHY 315: HISTORY OF MODERN PHILOSOPHY

• Syllabus for Philosophy 315
• Course Readings (in single MS Word document file)
  • 1. Renaissance Philosophy
  • 2. Descartes
  • 3. Rationalism
  • 4. Empiricism
  • 5. Late Modern
• Reading Outlines
  • Spinoza Outline
  • Malebranche Outline
  • Leibniz Outline
  • Locke Outline
  • Berkeley Outline
  • Hume Outline
  • Kant Outline
• Writing Assignment

PHILOSOPHY 110: ADVENTURE OF IDEAS (Part 1)

• Syllabus for Philosophy 110 (includes semester's reading assignments)
• Chapters
  • Presocratic Philosophy
  • Classical Greek Philosophy
  • [first exam: Wednesday, February 13]
  • Hellenistic Philosophy
  • Classical Eastern Philosophy
  • Medieval Philosophy
  • [second exam: Wednesday, March 26]
  • Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy
  • Continental Rationalism
  • British Empiricism
  • [third exam: finals week]
• Lecture Outlines
  • Lecture Outline: Part 1 (up through first exam)
  • Lecture Outline: Part 2 (up through second exam)
  • Lecture Outline: Part 3 (up through final exam)
• Bluebook assignments:
  For each chapter answer (a) all questions for review and (b) one question for analysis of your choice. Hand write answers in a blue book and turn in on exam day.
• Optional reading:
  Brief Sourcebook of Philosophy (famous passages by philosophers discussed in the assigned chapters)

PHILOSOPHY 410: POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

• Syllabus for Philosophy 410
• Key Concepts in Political Philosophy
• Overview essay on Political Philosophy (supplemental outline)
• Overview essay on Philosophy of Law (supplemental outline)
• Pojman's Global Political Philosophy texbook outline
• Phil 410 Writing Assignments
• Film assignment: Why We Fight (2006), web video at video.google.com

PHILOSOPHY 490: ETHICS AND VALUE THEORY

• Course Syllabus
• Course Reading Material
  • Essay on Ethical Theories (first reading assignment); Outline of Essay on Ethical Theories (supplement to first reading assignment)
  • Readings Packet 1: Pojman, Locke, Mill, Rawls
  • Readings Packet 2: War
  • Readings Packet 3: Abortion, Biotechnology, Free Expression
  • Readings Packet 4: Euthanasia, Racism
  • Readings Packet 5: Moral Philosophy through the Ages (four chapters)
• Outline of Articles
• Outline of MPTA Ethics Chapters
• Instructions for Term Papers
• Internet Items
  • Candidate Calculator
  • Poll Tracker

PHILOSOPHY ON THE INTERNET

• General Resources
  • Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  • Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
  • Epistemelinks.com (philosophy link list)
  • Internet Archive (biggest selection of online books, including philosophy)
• Philosophy Talk Shows
  • Philosophy Talk
  • Philosophy Bites
• Videos
  • John Searle: Beyond Dualism (Almaden Institute Lecture on AI); Phone Interview on AI (Sci Phi Show Outcast)
  • Daniel Dennet: The Magic of Consciousness (Colgate University Lecture); Can we Know our Own Minds? (TED Lecture); On Religion and Philosophy of Mind (Interview with Robert Wright);
  • Jeff Hawkins: AI (Wired Science Interview); Brain science and Computing (TED Lecture); AI (Almaden Institute Lecture)
  • Intelligent Design on Trial (explores philosophy of science issues)
  • Introduction to Philosophy
• Interactive Programs
  • A.L.I.C.E. online A.I. program
  • Prisoner's Dilemma program
• Software
  • Text to Speech Reader (enables your computer to read e-texts out loud to you)

PHIL 460: CONTEMPORARY METAPHYSICS AND EPISTEMOLOGY

• Syllabus for Philosophy 460
• Outline of John Heil's Philosophy of Mind
• Outline of Assigned Articles
• Writing Assignment
• Articles online
  • Epistemology Article (SEP)
  • Metaphysics Article (SEP)
  • Time Article (IEP)
  • Analytic Philosophy Article (IEP)

PHILOSOPHY 320: TRACES OF GOD

• Syllabus
• Basic Religious Concepts
• Course Reading Packet in MS Word Document
• Common Arguments Against Hume's view of Miracles
• Fieser/Collins Debate on the Fine Tuning Argument
• Religious Diversity and Pluralism: Key Concepts

EXTRAS

• Hart
• Salt
• Feinberg
• Maccallum

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