The next two sets of lecture slides have been posted.

Please read "Introduction", pp. 281-283; Peter van Inwagen's "The Powers of Rational Beings: Freedom of the Will", pp. 428-440, both in our text.

IMPORTANT: 2ND PAPER ASSIGNMENT POSTED

The second paper assignment has been posted.

phil1_paper2.pdf

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I forgot to mention the second part of the reading assignment for tomorrow:

Read also Descartes' "Meditation II", pp. 173-176 in our text.

The next set of lecture notes have also been posted.

IMPORTANT: FINAL EXAM TEST DATE

PLEASE NOTE: The final exam will take place on Friday, 9-11-09, in SH 1431, 4-7pm.

Please start reading John Perry's "Dialogue on God, Evil, and the Existence of God", pp. 133-156 of our text.

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The third set of lecure notes, which cover Aquinas, have been posted. Remember to be reading the Aquinas selection in the text, pgs. 80-82.

Hi all,

The first set of lecture notes has been posted.

The first reading assignment is "Introduction", pp. 75-77, and St. Anselm's "The Ontological Argument", pp. 78-79, both in Perry, Bratman, and Fischer.

lecture_1.pdfphil1_syllabus.pdf