| Introduction to the Philosophical Journey: Where Are We Going and How Will We Get There? | |
| Overview of the Journey Philosophy and Aerobics Philosophy and Love Philosophy and Peanut Butter Philosophy and Colds What Do Philosophers Study? | |
| What is the Practical Value of Philosophy? | |
| Philosophy as a Journey Guideposts for your Journey Scouting the Territory Charting the Terrain - What are the Issues? | |
| Choosing a Path - What are my Options? | |
| What Do I Think? | |
| Key to the Questionnaire Leading Questions Surveying the Case For | |
| A Reading From... Looking Through X''s Lens Examining the Strengths and Weaknesses Of X Boxed Exercises | |
| Socrates and the Search for Wisdom Socrates'' Life and Mission Reading: Plato, from Apology Socrates'' | |
| Method Reading: Plato, from Republic Socrates'' Teaching | |
| Plato''s Allegory of the Cave Reading: Plato, from Republic Evaluating Philosophical Claims and Theories The Nature of Arguments Review for Chapter 1 | |
| The Search for Knowledge | |
| Overview of the Problem of Knowledge Scouting the Territory: What Can I Know? | |
| Charting the Terrain of Knowledge: What Are the Issues? | |
| Choosing a Path: What Are My Options Concerning Knowledge? | |
| What Do I Think? | |
| Questionnaire on Knowledge, Doubt, Reason, and Experience Key to the Questionnaire on Knowledge | |
| Skepticism Leading Questions: Skepticism Surveying the Case for Skepticism Early Greek Skeptics Rene Descartes (1596-1650) | |
| Reading: Rene Descartes, from Meditations on First Philosophy (1) | |
| Reading: Rene Descartes, from Meditations on First Philosophy (2) | |
| Reading: David Hume, from Enquiry | |
| Concerning Human Understanding (1) Reading | |
| Concerning Human Understanding (2) Reading | |
| Concerning Human Understanding (3) Reading | |
| Nature Looking Through the Skeptic''s Lens Examining the Strengths and Weaknesses of Skepticism | |
| Rationalism Leading Questions: Rationalism Surveying the Case for Rationalism | |
| The Three Anchor Points of Rationalism | |
| The Rationalists'' Answers to the Three Epistemological Questions Socrates (c. 470-399 B.C.) Plato (c. 428-348 B.C.) | |
| Reading: Plato, from Phaedo Renee Descartes Reading: Rene | |
| Descartes, from Meditations on First Philosophy Looking Through the Rationalist''s Lens Examining the Strengths and Weaknesses of Rationalism | |
| Empiricism Leading Questions: Empiricism Surveying the Case for Empiricism | |
| The Three Anchor Points of Empiricism | |
| The Empiricists'' Answers to the Three Epistemological Questions | |
| Reading: John Locke, from An Essay Concerning Human Understanding | |
| Reading: George Berkeley, from A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge Knowledge David Hume David Hume, from | |
| An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding | |
| Summary of Rationalism and Empiricism Looking Through the Empiricist''s | |
| Lens Examing the Strengths and Weaknesses of Empiricism | |
| Kantian Constructivism Leading Questions: Constructivism | |
| Surveying the Case for Kantian Constructivism | |
| Reading: Immanuel Kant, from Critique of Pure Reason (1) Reading: Immanuel Kant, from Critique of Pure Reason (2) | |
| Looking Through Kant''s Lens Examining the Strengths and Weaknesses of Kantian Constructivism | |
| Epistemological Relativism Leading Questions: Epistemological | |
| Relativism Surveying the Case for Relativism Reading: Friedrich | |
| Nietzsche, from Beyond Good and Evil Epistemological Cultural | |
| Relativism: Carlos Castaneda Reading: Carlos Castaneda, from | |
| The Teachings of Don Juan Preview of Coming Attractions Looking Through the Relativist''s | |
| Lens Examining the Strengths and Weaknesses of Relativism | |
| Rethinking the Western Tradition: Pragmatism Leading | |
| Questions: Pragmatism Surveying the Case for Pragmatism Reading: William James, from Pragmatism''s | |
| Conception of Truth Looking Through the Pragmatist''s Lens | |
| Examining the Strengths and Weaknesses of Pragmatism | |
| Rethinking the Western Tradition: Feminist Epistemology | |
| Leading Questions: Feminist Epistemology Surveying the Case for Feminist Epistemology | |
| Reading: Ann Garry and Marilyn Pearsall, from Women, Knowledge, and Reality Issues and Themes in Feminist Epistemology Feminist | |
| Epistemology and the Problem of Relativism Reading: Lorraine Code, from What Can She Know? | |
| Looking Through the Lens of Feminist Epistemology Examining the Strengths and Weaknesses of Feminist Epistemology Review for Chapter 2 | |
| The Search for Ultimate Reality | |
| Overview of Metaphysics Scouting the Territory: What is Reality? | |
| Charting the Terrain of Metaphysics: What are the Issues? | |
| Choosing a Path: What Are My Options Concerning Metaphysics? | |
| Conceptual Tools: The Basics of Metaphysics What Do I Think? | |
| Questionnaire on What is Most Real | |
| Overview: The Mind-Body Problem Scouting the Territory: What is the Mind? | |
| What is the Body? Reading: Hugh Elliot, from Tantalus Charting the Terrain of the Mind-Body | |
| Problem: What Are the Issues? | |
| Choosing a Path: What Are My Options Concerning the Mind and the Body? | |
| What Do I Think? | |
| Questionnaire on Mind and Body Key to the Mind-Body Questionnaire | |
| Dualism Leading Questions: Dualism Surveying the Case for Dualism Descartes''s | |
| Arguments for Mind-Body Dualism Reading: Rene Descartes, from Discourse on the Method | |
| Reading: Rene Descartes, from Meditations on First Philosophy (1) | |
| Reading: Rene Descartes, from Meditations on First Philosophy (2) | |
| Looking Through the Dualist''s Lens Examining the Strengths and Weaknesses of Dualism | |
| Physicalism Leading Questions: Physicalism Surveying the Case for Physicalism | |
| Reading: Jeffrey Olen, from Persons and Their World Looking Through the Physicalist''s | |
| Lens Examining the Strengths and Weaknesses of Physicalism | |
| Functionalism and Artificial Intelligence Leading | |
| Questions: Functionalism and Artificial Intelligence | |
| The Amazing Chess-Playing Machine Surveying the Case for Functionalism | |
| Reading: Jerry Fodor | |
| The Mind-Body Problem Surveying the Case for Artificial Intelligence Reading: Marvin Minskey, Why People Think Computers | |
| Can''t Looking Through the Lens of Functionalism and Strong | |
| AI Examining the Strengths and Weaknesses of Functionalims and Strong AI | |
| Overview: Freedom and Determinism Scouting the Territory: Freedom and Determinism | |
| Charting the Terrain of Freedom and Determinism: What Are the Issues? | |
| Conceptual Tools: Thinking About Freedom Choosing a Path: What Are My Options Concerning Human Freedom? | |
| What Do I Think? | |
| Questionnaire on Freedom and Determinism Key to the Questionnaire on Freedom and Determinism | |
| Hard Determinism Leading Questions: Hard Determinism | |
| The Debate Over Determinism Reading: B.F. Skinner, from Walden | |
| Two Surveying the Case for Hard Determinism The Problems with Libertarianism | |
| The Positive Case for Determinism | |
| The Denial of Moral Responsibility Reading: Samuel Butler, from Erewhon Reading: Clarence Darrow, from The Leopold and Loeb Trial Benedict (Baruch) Spinoza (1632-1677) | |
| Reading: B.F. Skinner, from A Lecture on ''Having'' a Poem | |
| Looking Through the Hard Determinist''s Lens Examining the Strengths and Weaknesses of Hard Determinism | |
| Libertarianism Leading Questions: Libertarianism Surveying the Case for Libertar | |
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