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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.)

• Online Discussion Forum |  Forum Contribution Worksheet
• Syllabus
• 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) updated circa 9/7/01
2. Arguments (Ch. 2) updated circa 9/10/01
3. Format for Clarifying (Ch. 3) updated 9/17/01
4. Streamlining (Ch. 4) updated 9/20/01
5. Specifying (Ch. 5) updated 9/25/01
6. Structuring (Ch. 6) updated 9/29/01
7. Format for Evaluating (Ch. 7) updated 10/6/01
8. Fallacies (Ch. 8) updated 10/9/01
9. Truth (Ch. 9)  updated 10/11/01
10. Deductive Logic (Ch. 10) updated 10/25/01
11. If-Then Arguments (Ch. 11) updated 11/03/01
12. Either-Or Arguments (Ch. 12) updated 11/06/01
• Secondary Assumptions and the Fallacy of Accident (Handout)
13. Induction & Frequency Arguments (Ch. 13) updated 11/17/01
14. Inductive Generalization (Ch. 14) updated 11/27/01
15. Arguments from Analogy (Ch. 15) posted 11/29/01

PHL126: Introduction to Values (TTh 11:30-12:50)

• Syllabus
• Final Study Guide: Exam "Questions"
• Online Discussion Forum: Forum Contribution Worksheet
• 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
• 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
• Lecture Outlines
• Rachels: Elements of Moral Philosophy (2nd edition)
• What is Morality? (Rachels, Ch. 1)
• 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)

PHL111: Survey of Western Philosophy I (Ancient) (TTh 2:30-3:50)

• Midterm Study Guide
• Syllabus
• Discussion Forums: Forum Contribution Worksheet
• Ancient Philosophy
• Medieval Philosophy
• Model Commentary
• Term Papers
• Guidelines & Suggestions
• Suggested Topics
• Pleasure: The First Good Innate in Us by Reannon Broekema (exemplary student essay)
• Handouts & Images
• Presocratic Monism & Pluarlism: Matter & Change
• The Greek World: Map
• Sophism & Atomism
• Socrates & Plato | Plato & the Forms
• Plato: Physics & Ethics | Plato: Psychology & Theology
• Plato's Cave Allegory Illustrated
• Plato's Chariot Allegory & Tripartite Theory of the Soul
• Aristotle: Metaphysics, Physics, & Psychology
• Aristotle: Reason, Logic, & Ethics
• Epicureans, Stoics, & Sceptics
• Augustine: God, Evil, Time & Creation
• Augustine: Ethics, Nature & Science
• Erigena, Universals, Faith v. Reason
• Aquinas: Metaphysics
• Aquinas: Psychology, Ethics, Politics
• William of Occam
• Midterm Study Guide | Final Study Guide
• Syllabus
• Discussion Forums: Forum Contribution Worksheet
• Ancient Philosophy
• Medieval Philosophy
• Model Commentary
• Term Papers
• Guidelines & Suggestions
• Pleasure: The First Good Innate in Us by Reannon Broekema (exemplary student essay)
• Online Resources
• Onsite
• LH's Philosophy Bookshelf
• LH's Philosophy Resources, Etc.: History of Philosophy
• LH's Mainly Modern Philosophical Glossary
• Search Tools, Summaries, & Such
• The Classic Philosophers: summaries of the views of various philosophers
• Timeline of Western Philosophy
• Aristotle's Ethics: Forum & Resources
• The Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
• Ancient & Medieval Philosophy Search Engine
• Plato Page
• Plato's Cave
• Plato's Cave & Divided Line
• Soulis Greece Resources
• Presocratics
• Ancient Atomists Page
• Images & Maps
• The Greek World: Map
• locater map
• The School of Athens (fresco) by Raphael Sanzio | Plato & Aristotle (detail)
• The Death of Socrates (painting, 1787) by Jacque-Louis David
• Plato's Cave Drawings
• The Cave of Plato (engraving, 1604) by Saenredam after Cornelis Cornelis
• The Ancient Greeks
• Curiosities
• I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine by Bob Dylan (lyrics)
• Timeless: Contemporary Physicist Supports Augustine's Denial of the Reality of Time
• On the Difference Between Democritean and Epicurean Philosophy of Nature by Karl Marx (Doctoral Dissertation)

• 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
• Middle East News Service

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