knowledge & reality
At Syracuse, I sometimes teach `Theories of Knowledge & Reality’, an introduction to epistemology and metaphysics in which I typically cover five units: skepticism and knowledge; minds, body, and artificial intelligence; personal identity and death; free will and responsibility; and cosmos, god, and faith. Here’s the syllabus.
Since this course is usually taken by first years, I like giving them detailed instructions and tips for writing philosophy essays where I describe how they can present and explain views, arguments, and objections, how they can evaluate arguments, objections, and premises, and how they can structure papers. Here are a few samples.
Below you’ll find a couple of sample slides. I like dynamic slides like these because they can fit more information without becoming illegible, they track the natural progress of lectures, and they are easier to follow when consulted by students at home.
