PHIL 111: Introduction to Philosophy

LARKIN: Spring 2003

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DATE: 3-05-03

I. Objectives

A. Discuss the Free Will Problem

B. Discuss Some Arguments for the Existence of God

II. Discussion:

Free Will and Foreknowledge

III. Lecture:

A. Arguments for the Existence of God

1. Ontological Argument

2. Cosmological Argument

3. Teleological Argument

B. The Problem of Free Will

IV. Discussion:

The Common Western Metaphysic

V. Next Time

A. Topic: Dualism and the Mind-Body Problem

B. Reading: Descartes, “Meditation Six”

C. Reading Questions: No Questions