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PHILOSOPHY 105: Philosophical Thinking

[Liberal Studies Division D] (4 credits)
This course stresses critical reflection about selected philosophical topics from such areas as religion, society, human nature, morality, and knowledge. This is a writing intensive course. Major emphasis on development of skills in philosophical writing. Students will write five essays (ranging from 3 to 6 pages in length) for this course.


Syllabus Spring 2004 

Reading Assignments 2004 

Essay Assignments 


Related Links for this course:
Fallacies, fallacies, and more fallacies  
A guide to writing a critique of an argument 
A sample critique essay 
Jim Pryor's 
Guidelines on writing a philosophy paper
 
Jim Pryor's 
Philosophical glossary for beginners
 
How to write a compare & contrast paper 
Writing tools at Harvard University 
Strunk's The Elements of Style 

Need Help with Punctuation? 

Citing Sources (University of California site)
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy 
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy 
   Specific Topics: 
The three theories of truth compared (very basic)
The Coherence Theory of Truth 
Theories of Truth (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
The Problem of Evil Summarized 
Leibniz on the Problem of Evil 
Plato's Phaedo (edited for classroom use) 
Outline of Plato's Phaedo  
Who was Protagoras? 
Plato's Theaetetus (edited for classroom use) 
An outline of some arguments in the Theaetetus 
What else do you want to know about Plato? 
Aristotle's Poetics   

Defining God  
(Just what is the traditional view?)

David Hume on the problem of natural evil 

Absolutism and relativism 
My handout on relativism 
What do you want to know about free will? 
John Stuart Mill: Selections from On Liberty 

Capital Punishment of the mentally retarded? 

Lu Chi's Wen Fu  (The Art of Writing)   

Study Guide for Martin Luther King, Jr.  

Syllabus 2003 

 

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