23 June 2005

Logic (PHIL 2311)

Handouts:

Syllabus

Validity and Truth

Truth, Validity, and Soundness

Truth, Validity, and Soundness (Solutions)

Validity, Truth, Knowledge, and the Good Life

Exercises, Part I

Exercises, Part II

Sample Examination Exercises

Existential Import

A Typology of Arguments

Refutation by Logical Analogy

Why Standard Form Matters

Methods of Proving the Validity or Invalidity of SFCSs

A Typology of Statements

A Dialogue with Beau

Basic Argument Forms

Truth Tables

Elegant and Inelegant Proofs

Two Interesting Proofs

A Proof That Keith (Your Humble Professor) Is God

Inconsistency, Validity, and Unsoundness

More on Consistency and Validity

Logical Systems

Symbolization and Translation Exercises

Symbolization and Translation Exercises (Solutions)

Required Book:

Irving M. Copi and Carl Cohen, Introduction to Logic, 12th ed. (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005)

Solutions Manual:

Chapter 1

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Note to students: There's an error in exercise 4 of part I of section 7.4. Two fallacies (rather than just one) are committed. They are the fallacy of exclusive premises and the fallacy of illicit major. Thanks to Robert for pointing this out.

Chapter 9

Chapter 10, Part 1

Note to students: On page 364, exercise 9, the justification for line 8 (in the solutions manual) should be "7, Simp". The justification for line 10 should be "9, Add".

On page 365, exercise 13, line 3 of the solutions manual should be "K -> (K & L)", not "K -> (K -> L)".

On page 367, exercise 3, the conclusion (in the solutions manual) should be "~O", not "-> O". Also, the justification for line 5 should be "3,4, Conj" and the justification for line 7 should be "6,4, MT".

Thanks to Dusti for pointing these out.

Chapter 10, Part 2

Chapter 11

Personal Websites:

Irving M. Copi

Carl Cohen

Ethics (PHIL 2312)

Handouts:

Syllabus

Act-Utilitarianism

Basic Argument Forms

Validity and Truth

Sample Examination Exercises

The Motivation Argument

Required Book:

Fred Feldman, Introductory Ethics (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1978), ISBN 0-13-501783-1

Encyclopedia Entries:

Roger Crisp, "Ethics," Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Miscellanea:

Fred Feldman

Seminar in Research Methods and Philosophical Writing (PHIL 3307)

Handouts:

Syllabus

Reading List

Readings

Required Book:

Zachary Seech, Writing Philosophy Papers, 4th ed. (Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thomson Learning, 2004)

Miscellanea:

Zachary Seech

Philosophy of Religion (PHIL 3316)

Handouts:

Syllabus

Lecture Schedule

A Taxonomy of Religions

Swinburne's Typology of Religious Experience

Anselm's Ontological Argument

The Reductio ad Absurdum

Gaunilo's Criticism of Anselm's Ontological Argument

Refutation by Logical Analogy

Study Questions, Midterm Examination

Model Essay, The Ontological Argument

Plantinga's Reformed Epistemology: A Flowchart

Mackie's Argument from Evil

Rowe's Argument from Evil

Study Questions, Final Examination

Required Book:

Michael Peterson et al., eds., Philosophy of Religion: Selected Readings, 3d ed. (New York: Oxford University Press, 2007)

Personal Websites:

Michael Peterson

William Hasker

Bruce Reichenbach

David Basinger

Encyclopedia Entry:

Eleonore Stump, "Philosophy of Religion," Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Miscellanea:

Adherents.com

Roger Trigg

Michael Martin

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)

Pascal's Wager

Zoroastrianism in the News

William Kingdon Clifford (1845-1879)

William James (1842-1910)

C. Stephen Evans

Nelson C. Pike

Nicholas Wolterstorff

Saint Anselm (1033-1109)

Ontological Arguments

Gaunilo

Gaunilo

Keith Burgess-Jackson, "Anselm, Gaunilo, and Lost Island," Philosophy & Theology 8 (spring 1994): 243-9

Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274)

Cosmological Argument

J. L. Mackie (1917-1981)

William Paley (1743-1805)

Teleological Arguments for God's Existence

Knowing the Universe in Detail

How Religious Are America's College and University Professors?

Robert Merrihew Adams

Moral Arguments for the Existence of God

Alvin Plantinga

The Epistemology of Religion

The Problem of Evil

John Hick

Theodicy

William L. Rowe

Antony Flew

Basil George Mitchell

Theology & Falsification: A Golden Jubilee Celebration

David Hume (1711-1776)

Miracles

A Free-for-All on Science and Religion

Richard Swinburne

Henry Habberley Price (1899-1984)

Immortality

Religious Diversity (Pluralism)

Philosophy of Law (PHIL 3320)

Handouts:

Syllabus

Reading List

Study Questions, Midterm Examination

Model Essays

Study Questions, Final Examination

Required Book:

Joel Feinberg and Jules Coleman, Philosophy of Law, 8th ed. (Belmont, CA: Thomson Higher Education, 2008), ISBN 0-495-09505-2

Encyclopedia Entries:

Beverley Brown and Neil MacCormick, "Philosophy of Law," Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Kenneth Einar Himma, "Philosophy of Law," The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Miscellanea:

Lon L. Fuller (1902-1978)

H. L. A. Hart (1907-1992)

Ronald Dworkin (b. 1931)

Antonin Scalia (b. 1936)

Martin Luther King Jr (1929-1968)

John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)

Arthur Ripstein

Gerald Dworkin

Timeline of the War on Terror

Torture Memo

Waldron v. Yoo

Richard A. Posner, "The Supreme Court, 2004 Term—Foreword: A Political Court," Harvard Law Review 119 (November 2005): 31-102

Legal Information Institute (to have Supreme Court syllabi e-mailed to you as they are released, click on "liibulletin" on the left of the site and subscribe to the service)

Robert P. George, "What Is Law? A Century of Arguments," First Things 112 (April 2001): 23-9

Keith Burgess-Jackson, "Teaching Legal Theory with Venn Diagrams," Metaphilosophy 29 (July 1998): 159-77

Frederick Schauer, "(Re)taking Hart," review of A Life of H. L. A. Hart: The Nightmare and the Noble Dream, by Nicola Lacey, Harvard Law Review 119 (January 2006): 852-83

John Rawls et al., "Assisted Suicide: The Philosophers' Brief," The New York Review of Books 44 (27 March 1997)

Washington v. Glucksberg, 117 S.Ct. 2258 (1997)

Rumsfeld v. FAIR, 547 U.S. ___ (2006)

Keith Burgess-Jackson, "Our Millian Constitution: The Supreme Court's Repudiation of Immorality as a Ground of Criminal Punishment," Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics & Public Policy 18 (2004): 407-17

Grutter v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 306 (2003)

Gratz v. Bollinger, 539 U.S. 244 (2003)

Mark Tushnet, "Survey Article: Critical Legal Theory (Without Modifiers) in the United States," The Journal of Political Philosophy 13 (March 2005): 99-112

Social and Political Philosophy (PHIL 3330)

Handouts:

Syllabus

Reading List

Study Questions, Midterm Examination

Study Questions, Final Examination

Required Book:

Louis P. Pojman, ed., Justice: An Anthology (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2006)

Personal Websites:

Louis P. Pojman

Encyclopedia Entries:

David Miller, "Political Philosophy," Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Alex Moseley, "Political Philosophy," The Internet Enyclopedia of Philosophy

Julian Lamont, "Distributive Justice," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Owen McLeod, "Desert," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Plato (c. 429-347 BC):

Richard Kraut, "Plato," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Dorothea Frede, "Plato's Ethics: An Overview," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Eric Brown, "Plato: Ethics and Politics in the Republic," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Aristotle (384-322 BC):

William Turner, "Aristotle," The Catholic Encyclopedia

Richard Kraut, "Aristotle's Ethics," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Fred Miller, "Aristotle's Political Theory," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679):

"Thomas Hobbes," Wikipedia

Sharon A. Lloyd, "Hobbes's Moral and Political Philosophy," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Garrath Williams, "Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) Moral and Political Philosophy," The Internet Enyclopedia of Philosophy

David Hume (1711-1776):

William Edward Morris, "David Hume," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Rachel Cohon, "Hume's Moral Philosophy," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

James Fieser, "David Hume (1711-1776) Moral Theory," The Internet Enyclopedia of Philosophy

Karl Marx (1818-1883):

Jonathan Wolff, "Karl Marx," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Steven Kreis, "Karl Marx, 1818-1883," The History Guide

Karl Marx, Critique of the Gotha Programme (1875)

John Stuart Mill (1806-1873):

Fred Wilson, "John Stuart Mill," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

John Stuart Mill Links

John Stuart Mill, Utilitarianism (1863)

John Hospers (born 1918):

"John Hospers," Wikipedia

Bill Winter, "John Hospers—Libertarian"

John Hospers, "Freedom and Democracy"

Robert Nozick (1938-2002):

Edward Feser, "Robert Nozick (1938-2002)," The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

"Robert Nozick," Liberty Guide

Ken Gewertz, "Philosopher Nozick Dies at 63," Harvard University Gazette

Julian Sanchez, "An Interview with Robert Nozick"

Gerald Allan Cohen (born 1941):

Gerald Allan Cohen

"Gerald Cohen," Wikipedia

"Self-Ownership, History and Socialism: An Interview with G. A. Cohen," Imprints

Jacob Stevens, "G. A. Cohen's Revolution in Morals," New Left Review

Ernest van den Haag (1914-2002):

Biographical Sketch

Ernest van den Haag, "The Ultimate Punishment: A Defense," Harvard Law Review

William F. Buckley, "Obituary," National Review

George H. Nash, "Ernest van den Haag (1914-2002)," The University Bookman

John Rawls (1921-2002):

Ronald Dworkin, "John Rawls," The Harvard Review of Philosophy

Fred D'Agostino, "Original Position," Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Ken Gewertz, "John Rawls, Influential Political Philosopher, Dead at 81," Harvard University Gazette

John Rawls, "John Rawls: For the Record," The Harvard Review of Philosophy

Alasdair MacIntyre (born 1929):

Alasdair MacIntyre

Matthew Ray, "Alasdair MacIntyre"

Edward T. Oakes, "The Achievement of Alasdair MacIntyre," First Things

Alasdair MacIntyre, "The Only Vote Worth Casting in November"

Michael Sandel (born 1953):

Michael Sandel

The President's Council on Bioethics

"Michael Sandel named first Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor," Harvard University Gazette

Michael Sandel, "On Republicanism and Liberalism," The Harvard Review of Philosophy

Susan Moller Okin (1946-2004):

Susan Moller Okin

Lisa Trei, "Okin, Feminist Political Thinker, Dies"

Memorial Resolution

Susan Moller Okin, "Is Multiculturalism Bad for Women?"

Stephen Nathanson (born 1943):

Stephen Nathanson

Stephen Nathanson, "Reconsidering Terrorism"

Stephen Nathanson, "Hostility Toward Students: An Occupational Hazard?"

Stephen Nathanson, "Death Penalty Still Bad Idea in the Post-Sept. 11 World"

Nicholas Rescher (born 1928):

Nicholas Rescher

"Nicholas Rescher," Wikipedia

"Center for Philosophy of Science Honors Nicholas Rescher with Workshop"

Robert B. Talisse, "Liberalism, Pluralism, and Political Justification," The Harvard Review of Philosophy

James Rachels (1941-2003):

James Rachels

James Rachels, Ph.D.

"James Rachels (1941-2003)," U.S. Chess Online

Anahad O'Connor, "James Rachels, 62, Ethicist Who Ignited Euthanasia Debate, Dies"

James S. Fishkin (born 1948):

James S. Fishkin

James Fishkin, "Talk of the Tube"

Bruce Ackerman and James Fishkin, "Righting the Ship of Democracy"

Susan Jakes, "Dabbling in Democracy"

Steven M. Cahn (born 1942):

Steven M. Cahn

Steven M. Cahn, Puzzles & Perplexities: Collected Essays

The Philosopher King

Harvard Law Review

Harvard Law Review

Garrett Hardin (1915-2003):

Garrett Hardin

The Garrett Hardin Society

Garrett Hardin, "The Tragedy of the Commons" (1968)

Ernest Partridge, "Garret[t] Hardin, 1915-2003—A Tribute"

Peter Singer (born 1946):

Peter Singer

Peter Singer (Utilitarian Net)

Peter Singer, "The Singer Solution to World Poverty" (1999)

Peter Singer, "The Pursuit of Happiness," interview by Ronald Bailey, Reason (December 2000)

Keith Burgess-Jackson, "Singer's Argument for Famine Relief"

The Moral and Political Philosophy of Thomas Hobbes (PHIL 6389)

Handouts:

Syllabus

Required Books:

A. P. Martinich, Hobbes: A Biography (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999)

Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, rev. student ed., ed. Richard Tuck, Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought, ed. Raymond Geuss and Quentin Skinner (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996) (Note: There are many editions of Leviathan, which was first published in 1651. You must purchase this edition, because I will be referring to it by page throughout the semester. If you have a different edition, you will not be able to follow the discussion.)

Gregory S. Kavka, Hobbesian Moral and Political Theory, Studies in Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy, ed. Marshall Cohen (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1986)

Miscellanea:

A. P. Martinich

Richard Tuck

Gregory S. Kavka

Popular References to Hobbes:

A. O. Scott