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| Preface | |
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| Philosophy, Philosophers And Arguments: What Is Philosophy? | |
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| Introduction How Does One Do Philosophy How Do We Proceed | |
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| Deductive Argumentation What Are Some Common Deductive Arguments? How Are Deductive Arguments Evaluated? Doesn't the Content of the Argument Matter? | |
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| Logic Exercises I: Deductive Arguments | |
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| Nondeductive Argumentation How Do Inductive Arguments Compare with Deductive Arguments? What Are Some Common Inductive Argument Forms? How Does Abduction Differ from Induction? | |
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| Logic Exercises II: Inductive Arguments | |
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| Philosophical Analysis and Objectivity How Can We Determine Whether Philosophy Is Subjective? But Isn't It Just Obvious That Philosophy Is Subjective? Is the Law of Noncontradiction an Objective Philosophical Truth? | |
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| Readings and Movies (and Further Exercises) | |
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| Extracting and Recasting Arguments | |
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| Extracting and Assessing Socratic Arguments | |
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| Extracting and Recasting a "Russellian" Argument | |
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| Synthesis and Self-Analysis | |
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| Additional Narratives | |
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| Epistemology And Skepticism: What Can We Know? The Matrix (1999) | |
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| A Definition of Knowledge What Is Epistemology? What Is Required for Propositional Knowledge? | |
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| Justification, Perception, and the Problem of Knowledge What Is the Problem with Being "Completely Justified"? Are Our Senses Adequate Sources for Knowledge? | |
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| The Importance of Studying Epistemology Why Should Anyone Care About Any of This? What Do Philosophers Think about Knowledge and Certainty? | |
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| Readings and Movies Plato: A Study of Knowledge: The Theaetetus Chuang Tzu: Butterflies, Sextus Empiricus: The Criterion Problem, Rene Descartes: Meditations I, II and VI 12 Angry Men (1957) | |
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| Synthesis and Self-Analysis | |
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| Alternative Narratives | |
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| God, Creation, And Evil: Does God Exist? Bruce Almighty (2003) | |
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| Philosophy and Religion How Does One Do Philosophy about Religion? Can We Know Anything about God? | |
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| Ineffability and the Divine Nature What If the Ineffability Thesis Were True? What Can We Know about God? How Do We Know God? What Is God Like? Must We Refer to God as "He" or "Him"? | |
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| The Ontological Argument Is it Impossible for God Not to Exist? Are There Any Ontological Argument Detractors? | |
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| The Cosmological Argument Is the Universe Evidence of God's Existence? How Does Aquinas Argue for God's Existence? Can Aquinas Appeal to PSR Versions? Must the First Cause Be God? | |
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| The Design Argument Does Nature Provide Evidence of a Designer? Is the Design Argument Successful? How Is Darwinian Evolution Relevant to the Design Argument? Has the Design Argument Been Defeated? | |
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| The Problem of Evil Is the Argument from Evil Sound? How Do Theists Respond to the Problem of Evil? What Kind of Theodicies Are There? What Is the Inductive Problem of Evil? | |
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| Readings and Movies | |
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| Synthesis and Self-Analysis | |
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| Alternative Narratives | |
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| Mind, Body And Consciousness: What Kind of Thinking Thing Are We? Being John Malkovich (1999) | |
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| The Mind-Body Problem What Does This Have to Do with the Mind-Body Pro | |