RESOURCES

CORE THEME NOTES (OUTLINES)

• Human Nature I (Rationalism)
• Human Nature II (Irrational Animals)
• Human Nature III (Blank Slates)
• Personhood I (Consciousness and self-consciousness)
• Personhood II (Agency)
• Personhood III (Morality and moral responsibility)
• Personhood IV (Responsibility and authenticity)
• Personhood V (Concluding thoughts)
• Personhood VI (Non-human animals)
• Personhood VII (Personhood and machines)
• Mind and Body I (Introduction)
• Mind and Body II (Ancient views)
• Mind and Body III (Rationalism and Idealism)
• Mind and Body IV (Consciousness, brain, mind, and body)
• The Self and the Other I (What is the self?)
• The Self and the Other II (Essentialism)
• The Self and the Other III (Rejection of essential self)
• The Self and the Other IV (Eastern views of the self)
• The Self and the Other V (Existentialism)
• Freedom I (introduction)
• Freedom II (Biological Determinism)
• Freedom III (Social Determinism)
• Freedom IV (Nature vs. Nurture)
• Identity I (Introduction)
• Identity II (Key philosophical distinctions)
• Identity III (Immaterial non-substance and psychological continuity)
• Identity IV (The substantial identity)
• Identity V (Personal vs. sociocultural identity) and VI (Conclusion)