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Administrative Information
Welcome to the online document center for Philosophy 100A, Introduction to Philosophy. Here you will find the syllabus, handouts, studyguides, scheduling information, notes and news, some of the readings, and other information for the class. We will try to keep this site up-to-date. However, we make no guarantee that all the relevant material will be here. We encourage students to check this site, but reading this material is no substitute for attending lectures and discussion sections regularly.
We welcome your suggestions and comments, whether you are a student or just a visitor browsing this site. Please e-mail ffeldman@philos.umass.edu.
Notes and News
Quiz #1
Wednesday, October 3, 2012, 7:00pm.
Schedule Information for Quiz #1 Fall, 2012
Scores on Quiz #1 Fall, 2010
Final, Official Study Guide for
Quiz 1, Fall, 2012
Quiz #2
Wednesday, October 31 , 2012, 7:00pm.
Revised Sandy Edition of Study Guide for Quiz 2, Fall, 2012
Schedule Information for Quiz 2, Fall, 2012
Scores from Quiz 2, Spring, 2007
Quiz #3
Wednesday, December 5, 2012, 7:00pm.
Final, Official Study Guide for Quiz 3, Fall, 2012
Schedule Information for Quiz 3, Fall, 2012
Take Over Day F2012
Information on Takeover Day and Grade
Calculation for F2012
Handouts
Course Introduction
Handout CI-1 (General Introduction to Philosophy)
Handout CI-2 (Arguments, Validity & Soundness)
Handout CI-3 (Logic #1)
Handout CI-4 (Logic #2)
Handout CI-5 (Logic #3)
Freedom and Determinism
Handout FD-1 (The Problem of Freedom and Determinism)
Handout FD-2 (Hard Determinism)
Handout FD-3 (Indeterminism)
Handout FD-4 (Soft Determinism)
Handout FD-5 (Libertarianism)
Philosophical Anthropology
Handout PA-1 (Fundamentals of Philosophical Anthropology)
Handout PA-2a (Objections to Materialism)
Handout PA-3 (Cartesian Dualism)
Handout PA-4 (Arguments Pro and Con Cartesian Dualism)
Philosophical Theology
Handout PT-1 (Fundamentals of Philosophical Theology)
Handout PT-2 (Cosmological Arguments)
Handout PT-3 (The Argument from Sufficient Reason)
Handout PT-4 (Ontological Arguments)
Handout PT-5 (Design Arguments)
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