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Introduction to Philosophy

VP: Introductory Presentations (Phil 100/200)

These are the webpages supporting the blocks of the course I sometimes do. This year (2004-5) I am doing the first two blocks only, but I'm leaving in my stuff for the Ethics block in case it is any use.

Freedom and Determinism

Identity and Knowledge

Ethics: three introductory presentations

Freedom and Determinism

Freedom Causality and Determinism	Presentation	Notesheet Assignment 1
The human being 'as a subject for science'	Presentation	Notesheet
The attempt to reconcile freedom and determinism	Presentation	Notesheet
Causality	Presentation	Notesheet
Documents	Assignment 1 Freedom Causality and Determinism: Where should I have got?	Contents of presentations on Determinism with links Summary of presentations on determinism

Identity and Knowledge

Identity 1 - Tracking bodies through time and space	Presentation	Notesheet Assignment 3
Identity 2 - Personal Identity	Presentation	Notesheet
The Problem of Perception	Presentation	Notesheet
Do we know anything at all?	Presentation	Notesheet
	Assignment 3	Summary of presentations on Identity and Knowledge

Ethics

Introductory presentation on Kant's theory of ethics	Presentation	Notesheet
Introductory presentation on Aristotle's Ethics	Presentation	Notesheet
Introductory presentation on Ethical Relativism	Presentation	Notesheet

General stuff

Outline of whole course

Advice on consolidation

Revised 13:10:03

Prepared by VP