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Current Courses

Introduction to Philosophy

Darwin and the Problems of Philosophy

Past Courses

Ancient Philosophy

Aristotle

Ethics After Darwin

Hellenistic Philosophy

Jesus: Ideas & Myths

Later Greek Philosophy

Plato

Introduction to Philosophy - Phil 100

Syllabus | Readings | Notes | Assignments

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Readings

Class 1
Defence of Socrates - Plato
Euthyphro - Plato

Class 2
The Five Ways - Aquinas
Existence of God - Swinburne
Problem of Evil - Swinburne

Class 3
Design - Ruse

Class 4
Finding Darwin's God - Miller (also available here)

Class 5
Protagoras - Plato
All Animals Are Equal - Singer

Class 6
Democracy I - Popper
Democracy II - Popper

Class 7
Meditations I-II - Descartes

Class 8
Can Computers Think? - Searle (also available here)
The Problem of Consciousness - Searle

Class 9
Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding IX-XII - Hume

Class 10
The Nichomachean Ethics | Book I - Aristotle

Notes
Class 1 - 09.04.08
Class 2 - 09.11.08
Class 3 - 09.18.08
Class 4 - 09.25.08

Assignments
Assignment I
Assignment II