Readings

If a link is marked marked [Restricted Access], clicking on it will take you to the Sakai @ Rutgers sign in page. On the upper right side of that page you must login using your Rutgers NetID username and password. If you are registered for the course, you will then see Introduction to Philosophy - Stich on the upper left. Click on that, and then on Resources in the list on the left of the page. That will bring up a list of Restricted Access readings. Click on the one you want.

# 1 Plato, Apology

# 2 Thomas Aquinas, "The Five Ways"

# 3 William Paley, Natural Theology

# 4 David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Parts 2, 5 & 9

# 5 Daniel Dennett, "Show Me the Science" [Restricted Access]

# 6 Anselm, "The Ontological Argument"

# 7 David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Part 10

# 8 John Mackie, "Free Will and the Problem of Evil"

# 9 Paul Saka, "Pascal's Wager"   The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

# 10 William James, "The Will to Believe"

# 11   An Interview with Alvin Plantinga [Restricted Access]

# 12   Descartes, Selections from Meditations on First Philosophy

# 13   Locke, Selections from An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

# 14   Berkeley, Selections from Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous

# 15   Berkeley, Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (complete)

# 16   Hume, Selections from Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

# 17   Salmon, "An Encounter With David Hume" [Restricted Access]

# 18   William James, "The Dilemma of Determinism"

# 19 Churchland, Selections from "The Ontological Problem (the Mind-Body Problem) [Restricted Access]

# 20   Searle, "Minds, Brains and Programs" [Restricted Access]

# 21   Plato, Euthyphro

# 22   Rachels, "Subjectivism in Ethics"   [Restricted Access]

# 23   Rachels, "The Challenge of Cultural Relativism"   [Restricted Access]

# 24   Ayer, "Critique of Ethics"   [Restricted Access]

# 25   Firth, "Ethical Absolutism and the Ideal Observer"   [Restricted Access]

# 26   Mill, Selections from "Utilitarianism"

# 27 Rachels, "Are There Absolute Moral Rules?"   [Restricted Access]

# 28   Rachels, "The Ethics of Virtue" [Restricted Access]

# 29   Harman, "Moral Philosophy Meets Social Psychology"