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Intro. to Philosophy: Required and Suggested Readings

Required Readings

Reason and Responsibility, Feinberg & Shafer-Landau, 12th ed.
A Rulebook for Arguments, 3rd ed., Weston

Suggested Readings

Knowledge of the External World
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Locke
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Hume
Abusing Science, Kitcher
Living with Darwin: Evolution, Design, and the Future of Faith, Kitcher

Free Will and Determinism
A Contemporary Introduction to Free Will, Kane
The Illusion of Conscious Will, Wegner
Are We Free? Psychology and Free Will, Baer
The Myth of Free Will, Evatt

Theories of God's Existence and Problem of Evil
Philosophy of Religion: An Introduction, Rowe
Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works
Thomas Aquinas: Selected Writings
Natural Theology, Paley
An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding, Hume
Pensees and Other Writings, Pascal
Dialogue on Good, Evil, and the Existence of God, Perry
The Existence of God, Swinburne
God and the Problem of Evil, Rowe

Personal Identity
Personal Identity (Topics in Philosophy), Perry
Personal Identity (Great Debates in Philosophy), Shoemaker
Thomas Reid's Inquiry and Essays
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, Locke
A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality, Perry
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Hume

Other Fun Stuff
Plato and a Platypus Walk Into a Bar...: Understanding Philosopy Through Jokes
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic
The Seven Deadly Sins Set: Consisting of Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Lust, Sloth, Anger, and Pride


 

 
 

 

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