Phil 124: Knowledge
& Reality
Spring 2023
Instructor:
Ted Parent
Email: ted.parent@nu.edu.kz
Syllabus
Handouts and Additional Materials:
Handout: Why Philosophy is Important
Handout: Pessimism about Arguments
Handout: Deduction
Handout: Informal Fallacies
Two Passages from Hindu Scriptures
Lycan, excerpt from Desire Considered as a Propositional
Attitude
Thich Nhat Hanh, excerpt from Understanding Our Mind
Optional:
Williams, Determinism,
God, Evil, and the Meaning of Life
Teresa of Avila, excerpt from Autobiography
Optional:
Parent, excerpt from ch. 1 of Self-Reflection for the
Opaque Mind
Haslanger, (What) Are Gender
and Race? (What) Do We Want Them to Be?
Mills, But
What Are You Really? The Metaphysics of Race
L.A. Paul, What
You Can't Expect When You're Expecting
Ruth Chang, Hard
Choices
Assignments:
Handout: Writing
Philosophy
Updated: 22 April 2023