Auguste Rodin's "The Thinker" 1880

(1) Syllabus for Introduction to Philosophy 12:45 -2:10 pm Monday and Wednesday Spring 2015

(1) Syllabus for Introduction to Philosophy 11:10 am -12:35 pm Tuesday and Thursday Spring 2015

(2) Click here to learn replies to the question "What is Philosophy?"

(3) Click here to access the STUDY GUIDE for Introduction to Philosophy

(4a) First Class Discussion Questions for Students

(4b) First Class Discussion Questions for Teacher

(5) Questions About Rules

(6) Logic Handout

(7) Notes on Deductive and Inductive Arguments and Their Properties

(8) Examples of Valid and Invalid arguments

(9) Justified True Belief (JTB) as a Theory of Knowledge and Gettier Problems Handout

(10) St. Thomas Aquinas' Cosmological Argument from Motion to Prove God Exists

(11) Summary of Aquinas' Cosmological Argument from Motion

(12) William Paley's Natural Theology (the Design argument for God's existence)

(13) Darwin's Theory of Evolution by Natural Selection Handout

(14) St. Anselm's Ontological Argument for God's Existence from Proslogium

(15) The monk Gaunilo's Replies to St. Anselm's Ontological Argument for God's Existence

(16) St. Anselm's Ontological Argument for God's Existence Handout

(17) Pascal's Wager from the Pensees

(18) Pascal's Wager Handout

(19) Theories in the Philosophy of Mind Handout

(20) Satan, Cantor, and Infinity by Raymond Smullyan

(21) Infinity Documents

(22) Cantor's Transfinite Numbers

(23) "The Paradoxes of Time Travel" by David Lewis

(23) How To Resolve Time Travel Paradoxes by Dr. David C. Ring