Philosophy Study Guide

Philosophy Study Guide

Day 1: Saturday, December 3rd

• Descartes' Argument
• - Scepticism
• - Free will
• - Voluntarism about belief
• - Cogito ergo sum
• - Dualism

Day 2: Sunday, December 4th

• Arguments for/against God
• - The ontological argument
• - The cosmological argument
• - Pascal's Wager
• - The argument from design
• - Evolution and natural selection
• - Certainty

Day 3: Monday, December 5th

• 1) Belief and Knowledge
• 2) Gettier cases and the causal theory of knowledge
• 3) Truth as correspondence

Day 4: Tuesday, December 6th

• 1) Pragmatist theories of truth
• 2) Representation in art, in theory
• 3) Representation in art, in history

Day 5: Wednesday, December 7th

• 1) Platonism
• 2) Nominalism

Day 6: Thursday, December 8th

• 1) Natural Kinds
• 2) Race

Day 7: Friday, December 9th

• Review everything
• - Once over thoroughly (focus on areas I don't remember/understand as well)
• - Once over briefly (after a break)

Saturday, December 10th