Chapter 4 Personal Identity
1. Qualitative Identity, numerical identity.
Animalism
b) Siamese Twins
2. Memory Theory
a) Reid’s Tale of the Brave Officer
b) Direct and indirect memories
c) Real memory, apparent memory, quasi-memory
3. Psychological Continuity Theory
4. The Reduplication Problem
a) William’s Reincarnation of Guy Fawkes
b) Williams’ Reduplication Argument
c) Parfit Teletransporter
5. Revised Body Theory
6. Split Brains: Brain Theory
a) Parfit’s Division
7. Identity and what matters in survival and responsibility
8. Slef as "process."
Chapter 5 Ethics
1. Subjective Absolutism; Counterarguments
2. Subjective Relativism; Counterarguments
3. Emotivism; Blanshard’s Rabbit
4. Cultural relativism; Counterarguments
5. Logical Structure of Moral Arguments
6. Are there universal moral principles?
7. Consequentialist Theory; Formalist Theory
8. Intrinsic and Instrumental Values
8. Ethical egoism
9. Act Utilitarianisma) Mc Closkey’s informantb) Brandt’s Heir
10. Rule Utilitarianism; Organ Transplants
11. Kant’s Categorical Imperative
12. Universalizability, reversibility
13. Perfect and imperfect dutiesa) Hare’s Nazi fanaticb) Ross’ Good Samaritan19. Second Formulation
14. Ross’ Prima Facie Duties; actual duties. You most know hierarchy and each one of these duties
15. Pluralistic formalism
Chapter 6
6.1
Cosmological, teleological and ontological arguments:
1. Theism, agnosticism, atheism, deism, fideism
2. Aquinas’ Cosmological Arguments with C/A
3. Watch-watchmaker analogical argument with C/A
4. Best Explanation Argument with C/A and Intelligent Design
5. Argument from Religious Experience with C/A
6. Anselm’s Ontological Argument with C/A
7. Descartes variation of Anselm’s argument with C/A
8. Pascal’s Wager
6.2
Theodicies:
1. Ontological Defense with C/A
2. Knowledge Defense with C/A
3. Free-Will Defense with C/A
4. Ideal-Humanity Defense with C/A
5. Character building defense with C/A
6.3
1. Kierkegaard’s leap of faith with C/A
2. Importance of evidentialism
3. World without God: Existentialism
Prof. Triff,
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Prof. Triff,
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ReplyDeleteProfessor Triff, this is Alexandra from your Honors Class, I wanted to thank you for posting the topics. I also wanted to know if we needed to bring our own scantrons (like usual) and I wanted to confirm the room and time for the test. Thank you.
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ReplyDeleteIs the paper for PHI2604 due tomorrow night april 18 or the following week april 25?