Philosophy

The following are papers and notes from graduate school.

Modern Philosophy (Fall 2002):

• Descartes' res cogitans: I Am a Thinking Thing
• Descartes and Locke: A Comparison
• Hume: The Ethics of Hume
• Essay Exam

Philosophy of Science (Fall 2002):

• Chief World Systems (1600)
• Copernican System as Scientific Fact (1633)
• Laws of Motion (1651)
• Influence of Newton's De Motu (1684)

Meta-Ethics (Fall 2002):

• Meta Ethics Homework
• The Existence of Moral Facts

Philosophy of Law (Spring 2002):

• Validity of Law: Natural Law, Positivism, and Realism
• Dworkin and Judicial Discretion
• Punishment: Utilitarianism and Retributivism

Metaphysics (Spring 2002):

• Existence, Meaning, Truth, and Fiction
• Lewis and Accidental Intrinsics
• Ontology of Universals
• Metaphysics Homework

Ethics (Fall 2001):

• Rawlsian Justice
• Herman, Kant, and Moral Motives
• Wolf and the Moral Saint
• Ethics Midterm Notes

Epistemology (Fall 2001):

• Dialogue on Sense-Data
• The Gettier Problem

Free Will (Fall 2001):

• Free as in Will

Exam Prep, etc. (2001-2004):

• Grad School Application
• Ethics Comp Notes
• Metaphysics Comp Notes
• Epistemology Comp Notes
• Phil Science Comp Notes