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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 Rules of usage Basics Principles of composition 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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