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Last updated 5/8/08.
PHIL 459 - Philosophy of Religion
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Syllabus
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Class Discussion Blog
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Articles
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5/6: Pascal and
Jeffrey Jordan
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4/3: Hasker, "The Foreknowledge Conundrum"
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3/25: Drange, "Incompatible-Properties
Arguments: A Survey"
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3/13: Nowell-Smith, "Morality:
Religious and Secular"
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3/11: Adams, "What Euthyphro Should Have
Said"
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3/6: Hasker, "Providence and Evil: Three
Theories"
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3/4: Hasker, "The Skeptical Solution to the
Problem of Evil" and "Can God Permit 'Just
Enough' Evil?"
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2/28: Ganssle, "The Problem of Evil"
and van Inwagen, "The Problem of Evil"
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1/29: Malcolm, "Anselm's Two Ontological
Arguments"
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1/22: van Inwagen, "The Idea of God"
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Readings & Assignments
(listed by class date, most recent first)
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5/8: Here are the questions for the final
exam. You will need to bring a blue book.
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5/6: Read Pascal and
Jeffrey Jordan. This piece by
Thomas Morris on Pascal is also worth reading.
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5/1: Read Clifford and James (pp. 366-379) in Pojman and Rea.
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4/29: Read van Inwagen and Swinburne (pp. 285-295, 302-314) in
Pojman & Rea.
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4/24: Read Hume and Mackie (pp. 276-285, 295-302) in Pojman &
Rea.
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4/22: No new readings.
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4/17: Read Yandell, chapters 8, 12-13.
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4/15: Read Yandell, chapters 8, 12-13.
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4/10: No class today. I'm out of town at a conference.
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4/8: No class on 4/10. I'll be out of town at a conference. For
4/15, please read Yandell, Philosophy of Religion, chapters 3-5.
Today in class I passed out a
handout on fatalism and foreknowledge, as well as some
guidelines for the term paper.
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4/3: Read Hasker, "The Foreknowledge
Conundrum".
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4/1: Read Pike (pp. 249-259) in Pojman & Rea. Also, check out an
argument I'm going to post on the
class
discussion blog.
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3/27: Read Davis and McCann (pp. 223-244) in Pojman & Rea.
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3/25: Read Drange, "Incompatible-Properties
Arguments: A Survey".
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3/13: Read Mavrodes (pp. 578-586) in Pojman & Rea, as well as
Nowell-Smith, "Morality: Religious and
Secular". Have a great spring break!
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3/11: Read Plato (pp. 556-557) in Pojman & Rea, as well as Adams,
"What Euthyphro Should Have Said". In class
today I gave out this handout on divine
providence. Reminder: Midterm Exams are due on 3/13 by 5:00pm.
You can submit it in class, drop it off at the Philosophy Department
office (CDC 422), or email it to me (hardcopy is preferred).
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3/6: Read Hasker, "Providence and Evil:
Three Theories". Also, here are the questions for the
midterm exam.
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3/4: Read Hasker, "The
Skeptical Solution to the Problem of Evil" and
"Can God Permit 'Just Enough' Evil?".
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2/28: Read Hick (pp. 165-169) in Pojman & Rea, as well as Ganssle,
"The Problem of Evil" and van Inwagen,
"The Problem of Evil". The van Inwagen piece
is very interesting but a bit long. You can start at Section 4 if you
want. Finally, here is a list of philosophy
of religion journals that may help you get started on finding an
article for the term paper.
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2/26: Read Mackie and Rowe (pp. 173-181, 200-207) in Pojman &
Rea.
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2/21: Read Kitcher and Murray (pp. 466-489) in Pojman & Rea.
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2/19: Read Dembski and Behe (pp. 443-466) in Pojman & Rea.
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2/14: Read Swinburne and Collins (pp. 52-91) in Pojman & Rea.
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2/12: Read Paley and Hume (pp. 51-63) in Pojman & Rea.
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2/7: Read Craig & Moreland and Draper (pp. 33-51) in Pojman &
Rea.
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2/5: Read Clarke and Rowe (pp. 14-15, 24-33) in Pojman & Rea.
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1/31: Read Aquinas and Edwards (pp. 9-24) in Pojman & Rea.
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1/29: Read Malcolm, "Anselm's Two
Ontological Arguments"
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1/24: Read pp. 2-9 in Pojman and Rea.
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1/22: Create for yourself a Blogger account
so that you can participate in
the class blog. Also, read van Inwagen,
"The Idea of God".
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