This section includes a selection of course lecture notes.
Lecture notes files.
| Ses # |
Topics |
| 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 |