May 24:
The Teleological Argument
(handout), David Hume's
Dialogues
Concerning Natural Religion:
Part II
(pay particular attention to the fifth paragraph +)
May 25: Dostoyevsky's "Rebellion" in
The
Grand Inquisitor (which is in
The
Brother's Karamozov)
May 26:
The Problem of Evil (handout),
J.L.
Mackie's Evil and Omnipotence [optional!]--
note: you will
need access to jstor to follow this link, which you can get
anywhere on campus, or through the university's
proxy server.
May 26, 27, & 28: Nietzsche's
On
the
Genealogy of Morals,
Nietzsche:
On the Genealogy of Morals (handout)
Week 3
May 30: No Class!!! Memorial Day!!
May 31: Descartes'
Meditations
of First Philosophy (First and Second Med.),
Descartes Meditations 1 & 2 (handout)
June 1: Hume's
An Enquiry Concerning
Human Understanding Section
IV
June 2 & 3: Descartes'
Meditations
of First Philosophy (Third Med.), Lewis' "Elusive Knowledge"
(hard copy given out in class)
*First
Paper Due: Friday June 3!!!*
Week 4
June 6-7: Daniel Dennett's
"Where Am
I?"
June 7-10: Perry's
A Dialogue on
Personal Identity,
Perry: Personal Identity
(handout)
Week 5
*Second
Paper Due: Moday June 13!!!*
June 13-17: Plato's
Symposium,
Love
Week 6
*Third Paper Due: Monday June 20!!!*
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