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Skepticism, Faith, Evidence, and Rationality

Phil. 263

Fall 2020
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 1:00-2:15
KDR office hour:
Th (on which classes meet) 9:45-11:00
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  • syllabus (updated 11/17): pdf .
  • Books and other readings: pdf .
  • handout, 9/1: pdf .
  • powerpoint, 9/1: ppt .
  • handout, 9/3: pdf.   hands: pdf.   more Moore: pdf .
  • handout, 9/8: pdf .
  • handout, 9/10 (with slight revision added just before class: pdf .
  • First Paper: Info and Topics: pdf .
  • handout, 9/17: pdf .
  • handout, 9/22 (updated [cross-outs in red], 9/24): pdf .
  • Berkeley outline, 9/22: pdf .
  • few pages from Nagel’s The View from Nowhere: pdf .
  • cartoons, 9/24: pdf . with SQAR reasoning added: pdf .
  • Berkeley charts for items 2 and 5 on the outline: pdf .
    • updated on 10/6 with third chart (conceivability table): pdf .
  • handout, 10/6: pdf .
  • handout, 10/8: pdf .
  • Just for the interested: Descartes “Eternal Truths” passages: pdf .
  • handout, 10/15: pdf .
  • handout, 10/20: pdf .
  • handout, 10/22: pdf .
  • pp. 25-29 of 3H, on appearances and Phenomenal Conservatism: pdf .
  • handout, 10/27: pdf .
  • handout, 10/29: pdf . -w pages from “The Impossibility…” added 11/12: pdf .
  • Second papers (and paper proposals), info and topics: pdf .
  • handout, 12/3 (updates 12/1, 11/19, 11/17, 11/12, 11/10, and 11/5 handouts): pdf .
  • Final exam: directions and questions (updated 12/4, updated and now complete 12/7, end of last question added 1:05pm): pdf .
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