Syllabus

Class Notes

Handouts

Readings

Links

Readings

 

On the syllabus (chronologically):

David Rosenthal, "Philosophy and Its History"

Readings on the Ontological Argument

Themes in the Objections and Replies (handouts)

Leibniz, from Theodicy

Berkeley's Principles, §86 - §156

Berkeley's Principles §34 - §84

 

Additional readings (alphabetically):

Descartes, Letter on the Pineal Gland

Stanley and Williamson, Knowing How

Derk Pereboom, "Mathematical Expressibility, Perceptual Relativity, and Secondary Qualities"

Frankfurt, Alternate Possibilities and Moral Responsibility