Recitation sections meet one hour each week. They are not included in the course calendar.
Calendar schedule.
| Ses # |
Topics |
KEY DATES |
| 1 |
Introduction |
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| Reason To Believe: Does God Exist? |
| 2 |
Existence of God: Ontological Argument |
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| 3 |
Problem of Evil I |
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| 4 |
Problem of Evil II |
First argument analysis due one day after session 4 |
| 5 |
Pascal's Wager |
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| Rationality and Belief |
| 6 |
Ethics of Belief: Evidentialism v. Pragmatism |
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| 7 |
Stereotypes and Belief |
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| 8 |
Racism and Belief |
First paper due one day after session 8 |
| 9 |
Scientific Reason or Scientific Faith? |
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| 10 |
More on Science and Faith |
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| Mind and Body |
| 11 |
The Mind-Body Problem |
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| 12 |
Consciousness and Felt Experience |
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| 13 |
Materialist Options |
Revisions of first paper due one day after session 13 |
| 14 |
Robots and Functionalism |
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| Freewill, Determinism, and Responsibility |
| 15 |
Hard Determinism |
Second argument analysis due one day after session 15 |
| 16 |
Compatibilism I |
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| 17 |
Compatibilism II |
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| 18 |
Libertarianism |
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| Morality and Right Conduct |
| 19 |
Moral Variation Across Cultures |
Second paper due one day after session 19 |
| 20 |
Utilitarianism |
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| 21 |
Ethical Egoism |
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| 22 |
Famine |
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| 23 |
Kantianism |
Revisions of second paper due one day after session 23 (only for those who did not revise their first paper) |
| 24 |
Famine, Virtue and Duty |
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| 25 |
Moral Luck |
Third paper due one day after session 25 |
| 26 |
Just War Theory |
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| 27 |
Final Lecture |
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Final Exam |
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