Philosophy 101: Introduction to Philosophy

Russell Marcus, Instructor. Email me.

Queens College, Spring 2006

 

Our last quiz will be on Monday, May 15.

Preparatory information for the final

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Course Material

Syllabus

Lecture Notes

Reading Guides

Handouts

Assignments

 

Links to Sites I Recommend for This Course

The Queens College Writing Center

Some of the texts we use, in modernized language, by Jonathan Bennett

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Philosophy Dictionary

Introductory Resources, from Molloy College, including texts and commentaries

Aquinas' Five Ways

On the Ontological Argument

A nice discussion of the difference between empirical and a priori knowledge

Non-veridical ideas of primary qualities, examples

The Standard Meter and a nice History of Measurement

 

Some Philosophy Departments in the New York Area

CUNY Graduate Center

Columbia

NYU

Rutgers

Princeton

 

A Few More Links

Thoughts, Arguments and Rants, a Philosophy Blog

Brian Leiter's Blog

Squashed Philosophers

The Guerilla Radio Show: Philosophy Radio on the Web

The American Philosophical Association

Cognitive Science at CUNY

Guide to Philosophy on the Net (Links to everything, but many are broken)

Quine

Philosophy of Mind Dictionary

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy