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Taking Notes on Philosophical Texts
A guide to effective notetaking. By Peter Suber, a philosophy professor at Earlham College in Indiana.Meditation One Arguments
Two arguments from the First Meditation from our class discussion.Meditation Two Arguments
A recap of the Substance Theory and the Bundle Theory and the relation of those theories to Descartes' "Cogito" proof in the Second Meditation.Study Guide for Meditation III
The Third Meditation is really hard, and this study guide will help you as you work your way through it.First Paper Assignment
The assignment for the first, short, paper which is due in class on 25 January 2002Sixth Meditation Argument for the Real Distinction between the mind and the body
From the class discussion.The Take-Home Midterm
This is due to Prof. Mills by Tuesday 12 February at 4:00 p.m.Second Paper Topics
A list of the paper topics for the second paper, which is due on 1 March 2001Introductory Notes on Berkeley's Three Dialogues
A copy of the class handout.Berkeley's Arguments regarding the Secondary Qualities from the First Dialogue
A copy of the arguments we covered in class.Berkeley Limericks
There's not much by way of philosophical humor, but a large part of such that there is comes in the form of nonsense poetry. Here are some limericks inspired by Berkeley. We shall talk about these in class.Hume on Liberty and Necessity
The central pasages from this section of Hume's Inquiry.