COURSE MATERIAL FOR FIESER'S CLASSES

PHILOSOPHY 110: ADVENTURE OF IDEAS (Part 1)

• Syllabus for Philosophy 110 (includes semester's reading assignments)
• Chapters in Web Page Format:
  • Presocratic Philosophy
  • Classical Greek Philosophy
  • [first exam: Wednesday, February 15]
  • Hellenistic Philosophy
  • Classical Eastern Philosophy
  • Medieval Philosophy
  • [second exam: Wednesday, March 28]
  • Renaissance and Early Modern Philosophy
  • Continental Rationalism
  • British Empiricism
  • [third exam: finals week]
• Chapters in ebook formats for mobile devices: ePub and Kindle
• Short Outline of Chapters
• 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)
• Attendance entertainment

PHILOSOPHY 395: PHILOSOPHY AND FILM

• Course Requirements
  • Syllabus for Philosophy 395
  • Reading and Viewing Schedule
  • Writing Assignments
• Online Reading and Viewing:
  • Thomas Wartenberg: "Philosophy and Film"
  • Thorsten Botz-Bornstein: "Philosophy of Film: Continental Perspectives"
  • NPR Story: "The Art Of The Modern Movie Trailer"
  • Filmmaking Technique: Student Video
  • Drew Berry: "Animations of unseeable biology"
  • Dark Star: Bomb Philosophy
  • Netflix: Instant Viewing
• Outlines
  • Outlines of Articles
  • Outline of Falzon's Philosophy Goes to the Movies
• Class Discussion
  • 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: The Meaning of Life
    
  • 2: Elementary Logic
  • 3: God
    
  • [first exam]
  • 4: Mind
    
  • 5: Free Will
    
  • 6: Knowledge
    
  • [second exam]
  • 7: Ethics
    
  • 8: Political Philosophy
    
  • 9: Social Philosophy (not assigned)
    
  • [Third exam]
• Chapters in ebook formats for mobile devices: ePub and Kindle
• Lecture Outlines
  • Outline for Chapters 1-8
  • No outline available for Chapter 8 on Logic
• Videos

PHILOSOPHY 210: ELEMENTARY LOGIC

• Syllabus for Philosophy 210
• Outline of Chapters
• Propositional Logic Chart of Inference Rules
• Propositional Logic Exercises
• Categorical Logic Chart Syllogism Rules
• Categorical Logic Exercises
• Predicate Logic Chart of Quantification Rules
• Predicate Logic Exercises
• Online Logic Resources
  • Computerized practice exercises from The Power of Logic
  • Video Lectures on Logic by Prof. Randy Mayes

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 160: INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS

• Syllabus for Philosophy 160 (includes semester's reading assignments)
• Reading assignments
  • Chapter 1: ethical theory
  • Chapter 2: sex
    
  • Chapter 3: drugs
    
  • Chapter 4: censorship
    
  • Chapter 5: abortion
    
  • Chapter 6: euthanasia
    
  • Chapter 6: capital punishment
    
  • Chapter 8: war
    
  • Chapter 9: animals
    
  • Chapter 10: the environment
    
• Chapters in ebook formats for mobile devices: ePub and Kindle
• Short outline of chapters
• Sample Exam from an old Class
• Short videos

PHILOSOPHY 300: QUESTIONS OF RIGHT AND WRONG

• Course Syllabus
• Course Reading Material
  • Ethical Theory Overview (first reading assignment)
  • Classics in Ethics
  • Applied Ethics Packet 1
  • Applied Ethics Packet 2
• Outlines of Course Reading Material
  • Outline of Ethical Theory Overview (read only Unit 1 section)
  • Outline of Classics in Ethics
  • Oultine of Applied Ethics Packets
• Term Paper Instructions

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

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)
• 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

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

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
• Software
  • Text to Speech Reader (enables your computer to read e-texts out loud to you)

EXTRAS

• Hart
• Salt
• Feinberg
• Maccallum