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Fall 2001: Alma College

• FAQ: How are the Grades Calculated?
• Answer: Like so.  (Note: the example calculation is from a different course [PHL100, CMU, F00].  Components and their weightings for your course may differ.)

• Syllabus
• Online Discussion Forum |  Forum Contribution Worksheet
• Texts
• Required: A Guide to Good Reasoning, David C. Wilson, McGraw-Hill Inc.
• Recommended: Student Solutions Manual, David C. Wilson, McGraw-Hill Inc.
• Philosophy Comix: Logic & Language
• Lecture Outlines
1. Good Reasoning (Ch. 1) {9/7/02 minor corrections}
2. Arguments (Ch. 2) (9/10/01)
3. Format for Clarifying (Ch. 3) (9/17/01)
4. Streamlining (Ch. 4) (9/20/01)
5. Specifying (Ch. 5) (9/25/01)
6. Structuring (Ch. 6) (9/29/01)
7. Format for Evaluating (Ch. 7) (10/6/01)
8. Fallacies (Ch. 8) (10/9/01)
9. Truth (Ch. 9)  (10/11/01)
10. Deductive Logic (Ch. 10) (10/25/01)
11. If-Then Arguments (Ch. 11) (11/03/01)
• Secondary Assumptions and the Fallacy of Accident (Handout)
• Fallacy of Accident Exercise Answers
12. Either-Or Arguments (Ch. 12) (11/06/01)
13. Induction & Frequency Arguments (Ch. 13) (11/17/01)
14. Inductive Generalization (Ch. 14) (11/27/01)
15. Arguments from Analogy (Ch. 15) (04/02/02)

PHL126: Introduction to Values (MWF 1:30-2:20)

• Syllabus
• Final Study Guide: Exam "Questions"
• Online Discussion Forum: Forum Contribution Worksheet
• Philosophy Comix: Ethics
• Texts
• The Elements of Moral Philosophy 2nd edition, James Rachels, McGraw-Hill Inc.
• Text: Practical Ethics, Peter Singer, Cambridge University Press.
• Model Commentaries: Theses
• On the Golden Rule: Anonymous | Chardin S. Claybourne
• On Cultural Relativism: Karen Brunsting | Christi Boldrey
• Term Paper Guidelines and Suggestions
• Schedule of Presentations & Survey Results
• Student Essays
• Affirmative Action: Should it be Mended or Ended? by Beatrice Chege
• Shallow Ecology, Deep Ecology, and Environmental Action by Adel C. Wentworth
• On Environmental Ethics by Andrew McCracken
• Rich vs. Poor by Allison Treloar
• Insiders and Outsiders by John Gardai
• The Great Immigration Debate by Katie Kooyers
• The Case Against America's War on Drugs by Clark Abel
• Civil Disobedience by Elizabeth Pitts
• Lecture Outlines
• Rachels: Elements of Moral Philosophy (2nd edition)
• What is Morality? (Rachels, Ch. 1) {revised for 4th edition: 9/6/02}
• Cultural Relativism (Rachels, Ch. 2)
• Subjectivism (Rachels, Ch. 3)
• Morality and Religion (Rachels, Ch. 4)
• Psychological Egoism (Rachels, Ch. 5)
• Ethical Egoism (Rachels, Ch. 6)
• The Utilitarian Approach (Rachels, Ch.7)
• Debate Over Utilitarianism (Rachels, Ch. 8)
• Are There Absolute Moral Rules (Rachels, Ch. 9)
• Kant and Respect for Persons (Rachels, Ch. 10)
• The Idea of a Social Contract (Rachels, Ch. 11)
• Feminism and the Ethics of Care (Rachels, Ch. 12)
• The Ethics of Virtue (Rachels, Ch. 13)
• Singer: Practical Ethics
• Equality and Affirmative Action (Singer, Ch. 1-2)
• Equality for Animals (Singer, Ch. 3)
• What's Wrong With Killing (Singer, Ch. 4)
• Killing Animals (Singer, Ch. 5)
• Fetal Rights: Abortion, Stem Cell Research, & Cloning (Singer, Ch. 6)
• Killing Humans: Euthanasia (Singer, Ch. 7)
• Rich and Poor (Singer, Ch. 8)
• Refugees and Immigration (Singer, Ch. 9)
• Environmental Ethics (Singer, Ch. 10)
• Law & Morality: Unjust Laws, Civil Disobedience, Insurrection, & Terrorism (Singer, Ch.11)

PHL305: Philosophy of Science (MW 2:30-3:50)

• Syllabus
• Online Discussion Forum: Discussion Forum Worksheet
• Commentary Submission Guidelines
• Texts & Readings
• An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science, Anthony O'Hear, Oxford University Press
• The Tower of Babel, Robert Pennock, MIT Press.
• "When Faith and Reason Clash: Evolution and the Bible" by Alvin Plantinga.
• Dialogue: includes links to Plantinga's original article, several critical responses, and Plantinga's replies to these critics.
• Study Guides Fall 2002
• Midterm 1: Short Answer; Midterm 1 Essays
• Midterm 2: Short Answer; Midterm 2 Essays
• Sample Term Paper: "Vitalism Revival" by Michelle Sharpe
• Sample Commentary: "Science is a religion because it rests on articles of faith that cannot rationally be justified": Denied. (Andre Kormendi)

• Science as an Intellectual Activity (O'Hear, Ch. 1)
• Induction (O'Hear, Ch. 2)
• Falsification (O'Hear, Ch. 3)
• Science and Non-Science (O'Hear, Ch. 4)
• Observation and Theory (O'Hear, Ch. 5)
• Scientific Realism (O'Hear, Ch. 6)
• Probability (O'Hear, Ch. 7)
• Scientific Reduction (O'Hear, Ch. 8)
• Science and Culture (O'Hear, Ch. 9)

• Bible Gateway: various English translations searchable by chapter & verse and by keyword
• Quantum Indeterminacy:
• The Two-Slit Experiment
• The Two-Slit Experiment II
• Schrodinger's Cat
• Heaven Photographed!
• Karl Popper Web
• Steven Hawking's Universes
• Ptolemy's Universe
• Copernicus' Universe
• Science News Online

• Materials on the Internet: Cautionary Note: Let the Browser Beware!
• Alma Online Forums
• LH's Philosophy Resources, Etc.
• Search Engine(s)
• LH's Philosophy Bookshelf
• APA Guide to Nonsexist Writing
• Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper from James Pryor of Harvard
• Blackwell's Glossary of Philosophical Terms
• LH's Mainly Modern Philosophical Glossary
• Middle East News Service

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