Lecture Notes
This section includes a selection of course lecture notes.
Ses # | Topics | |
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1 | Introduction | |
Reason To Believe: Does God Exist? | ||
2 | Existence of God: Ontological Argument (PDF) | |
3 | Problem of Evil I (PDF) | |
4 | Problem of Evil II (PDF) | |
5 | Pascal's Wager (PDF) | |
Rationality and Belief | ||
6 | Ethics of Belief: Evidentialism v. Pragmatism (PDF) | |
7 | Racism and Belief (PDF) | |
8 | Stereotypes and Belief (PDF) | |
9 | Scientific Reason or Scientific Faith? (PDF) | |
10 | More on Science and Faith (PDF) | |
Mind and Body | ||
11 | The Mind-Body Problem (PDF 1) (PDF 2) | |
12 | Consciousness and Felt Experience | |
13 | Materialist Options | |
14 | Robots and Functionalism (PDF) | |
Freewill, Determinism, and Responsibility | ||
15 | Hard Determinism (PDF) | |
16 | Compatibilism I (PDF) | |
17 | Compatibilism II (PDF) | |
18 | Libertarianism (PDF) | |
Morality and Right Conduct | ||
19 | Moral Variation Across Cultures (PDF) | |
20 | Utilitarianism (PDF) | |
21 | Ethical Egoism (PDF) | |
22 | Famine (PDF) | |
23 | Kantianism | |
24 | Famine, Virtue and Duty | |
25 | Moral Luck | |
26 | Just War Theory | |
27 | Final lecture |