Determinism
and Free Will - Review Determinism
and FW -- a review quizDeterminism
and Free Will - Review
Determinism
and FW -- a review quiz
Knowledge
and Skepticism #2 (REVISED)
The APA's statement on Philosophy: A Brief Guide for Undergraduates
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Philosophical Theology, a review
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Outlines: Knowledge and Skepticism, a review
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Basic
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"OLD" EXERCISES / QUIZZES (USE FOR REVIEWS ETC.)
Methodology Exercise #1: Due January 30/31, 2006
Please, type your answers and bring them to class in duplicate (save a copy for your file). No late unexcused answers will be accepted. 1-2 pages, maximum. Please, do not include cover pages (let's save the forest)!
PART I: Describe a realistic example (perhaps something that happened to you or to someone you know), in which a person has a justified belief (i.e., a belief supported by strong evidence) yet this belief is clearly false. Explain this example. That is, make clear why this belief was justified (i.e., what exactly is the evidence supporting this belief) yet clearly false. Also, if necessary, explain why this belief is false.
PART II: Describe a realistic example (perhaps something that happened to you or to someone you know), in which a person has a unjustified belief yet this belief is clearly true. Explain this example.
Good luck!
Methodology
- Exercise #2: Due February 01/02, 2006
Methodology
- Exercise #3
TAKE-HOME TEST #1 -- PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGY
Instructions: Read the instructions very carefully and follow
them strictly. Please type your answers (I think you need at few
pages to fully develop your answer and address all aspect of a
question). Answer exactly one question (either Question #1 or
Question #2, not both).
Question 1:
Explain in your own words Paley's Argument from Design for the
existence of God. Here is a good additional reading, if you need some
help: http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/design.htm
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Subsequently, state, explain, and discuss at least two different objections to this argument. Try to choose the strongest possible objections to Paley (you do not need to agree with those objections, but convince me that you understand them). Relate these objections to the definition of God assumed in traditional western theology (i.e., that God is omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent, purely spiritual, creator ex-nihilo, constantly active in the world, necessary and eternal being, and so on). In particular, discuss the difference between the concept of creation ex nihilo and the concept of design.
Question 2:
Explain in your own words some plausible (or at least sophisticated)
version of the Cosmological Argument for the existence of God.
Explain the main point of the Cosmological Argument. That is, explain
what exactly a theist claims and his opponent, an atheist, denies.
Explain in your own words some plausible (or at least sophisticated)
version of the Cosmological Argument for the existence of God.
Explain the main point of the Cosmological Argument. Identify and
explain crucial yechnical concepts assumed by this argument.
Subsequently, state, explain, and discuss some convincing objections to this argument. Try to choose the strongest possible objections to cosmological argument (you do not need to agree with those objections, but convince me that you understand them). Relate these objections to the definition of God assumed in traditional western theology (i.e., that God is omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent, purely spiritual, creator ex-nihilo, constantly active in the world, necessary and eternal being, and so on).
If you need additional help, please read this: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/cosmological-argument/
Philosophical Theology #1
Phil Theology #2
Test #1 (Phil Theology)K&S #2
K&S #3: According to so called Naive Assumption (NA): Ideas of material objects are caused by the objects they represent and they always accurately represent those objects. A) Using a clear and convincing example, explain NA. (In particular, explain what "ideas" are, and what is entailed by the statement that these ideas always accurately represent material objects.) B) Read Sextus Empiricus, "The Modes of Suspension of Judgment" (in the textbook). Explain one of Sextus's objections to NA. Please, do not use any of the objections already discussed in class or on the outline.
PRACTICE EXERCISE (Posted Oct 12, 2001)
Take home exercise (due Thursday)
