Unit 4
METAPHYSICS: What's the Universe Like, Really?
Assigned Readings and Lectures:
An Overview of Metaphysics -
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The Basic Problems of Metaphysics:
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Part I: Philosophy of Religion -
What the Question is, and What it is not - (
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Introduction to Philosophy of Religion: 159-166
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The Ontological Argument: 187-190
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The Cosmological Argument: 167-169
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The Teleological Argument: 178-180
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Hume vs. The Teleological Argument: 181-187
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Part II: Philosophy of Mind -
Overview of the Mind/Body Problem -
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Introduction to Philosophy of Mind: 259-264
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Descartes on Substance Dualism: 264-267
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The Mind/Body Problem: 268-278 (Jerome Shaffer)
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An Argument for Mind/Brain Identity: 279-288 (Paul Churchland)
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Unit Four Assignments:
UNIT 4 STUDY GUIDE
Journal Entries
Exam 4