Philosophy 101: Introduction to Philosophy

Russell Marcus, Instructor. Email me.

Queens College, Spring 2005

 

Our Final Exam will be on Wednesday, May 25, 11am - 1pm, in our usual room, Powdermaker 152. Here is some information regarding the final, including the shortened list of questions to study.

 

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Course Material

Syllabus

Lecture Notes

Reading Guides

Handouts

Assignments

 

Links to Sites I Recommend for This Course

Some of the texts we use, in modernized language, by Jonathan Bennett

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Philosophy Dictionary

Aquinas' Five Ways

A nice discussion of the difference between empirical and a priori knowledge

 

Some Philosophy Departments in the New York Area

CUNY Graduate Center

Columbia

NYU

 

A Few More Advanced Links

Thoughts, Arguments and Rants, a Philosophy Blog

Squashed Philosophers

The American Philosophical Association

Cognitive Science at CUNY

Guide to Philosophy on the Net (Links to everything, but many are broken)

Quine

Philosophy of Mind Dictionary

Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Philosophy