Handouts

Syllabus
Some Thoughts on the Ontological Argument
Handout on Rowe's Reconstruction of the Cosmological Argument
Craig's Kalam Cosmological Argument
First Paper Topics
Guidelines on Writing a Philosophy Paper
Handout on Common Grammar Mistakes
Handout on Swinburne's Design Argument
Handout on the Argument from Evil
Second Paper Topics
Third Paper Topics
Final Exam Review Sheet

Overhead Projector Notes

Definitions of Religion
Anselm's Ontological Argument
Mystical Experience
Challenges to Popular Theodicies
The Problem of Animal Suffering
Religious Pluralism
The Divine Command Theory of Morality
Religion and Life's Meaning

Reading Links

• Michael Behe, "Darwing Under the Microscope"
• Richard Dawkins and Jerry Coyne, “One Side Can Be Wrong” 
• John McDonald, “A Reducibly Complex Mousetrap”  
• Win Ace, “Organisms that Look Designed” 
• Alfred Lord Tennyson, “In Memoriam” 
• William Blake, “Tiger” 
• Kenneth Miller, “Finding Darwin’s God” 
• Gregory S. Paul, "Cross-National Correlations of Quantifiable Societal Health with Popular Religiosity and Secularism in the Prosperous  Democracies"
• Kelly James Clark, "Without Evidence or Argument" (just read pages 1-12, i.e. stop at the new section heading on page 12)
  
• "MIT Economist:  Religion is Good for You"
• Norman Kretzmann, "Abraham, Isaac, and Euthyphro:  God and the Basis of Morality"
• Craig Duncan, "'Here's Why':  The Moral Foundations of the Non-Scriptural State"
  

Miscellaneous Related Links