Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Homework 7 (ETHICS, CHAPTER)

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Tuesday, November 12, 2024

chapter 3, ETHICS, fall 2024

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let's start with this video, click here for my intro to moral norms, what are defensible moral judgments? click here for my lectures on...
Monday, November 4, 2024

Philosophy paper (second assignment)

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Monday, October 28, 2024

Homework #6 (Capítulo 5)

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Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Lista de Estudiantes Asistentes

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María Cetino José Guizán Daniela Fonseca Nicole Leithof Amarillis Rubido Ariana Tacher Samantha Tang Ricardo Uzcátegui Augusto Valero

Topics for review midterm exam (2024)

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Chapter 1 y Capitulo 6 Chapter 4 
Monday, October 14, 2024

Chapter 5 (From Hard determinism to Libertarianism)

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Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Paper proposal (first assignment) due october 17

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Monday, October 7, 2024

this is a good video to continue our discussion on chapter 4 (philosophy of mind)

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Friday, October 4, 2024

you need good counters to have a good philosophy paper

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Topics for your philosophy paper

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Thursday, October 3, 2024

Law of unintended consequences

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Capítulo 4 (Philosophy of Mind)

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La invasión del "fake" research (o por qué debemos considerar lo "fake" como una parte del todo)

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 Climate scientist admits to overhyping research to get published  (in the Telegraph) Are you surprised? 😂 Let's do a bit of  Philosoph...
Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Mi salsa de tomate (muy importante)

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why is 7+5 =12 synthetic apriori?

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Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Homework #4 Epistemology

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Chapter 6: Epistemology

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Epistemology's main characters, A brief history of epistemology,  Some necessary epistemological concepts, A PBS video to help you see t...

Criteria of adequacy of scientific theories (importante)

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The features of what distinguishes a good theory from a bad one: 1. Consistency : Lack of internal contradictions. 2. Simplicity : Quality o...
Monday, September 23, 2024

Some excellent Math texts I recommend

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Tom Apostol Vol. 1 ,  &  Volume 2,  (PDF) for Calculus 1, 2 & 3.   Advanced Calculus  (PDF), by Lynn Loomis and Schlomo Sternberg. A...
Thursday, September 19, 2024

Logical and causal possibility (think of mind experiments)

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Logical Possiblity: Something is logically possible if and only if it violates a law of logic.  Here is one logical possibility: "Presi...
Tuesday, September 17, 2024

¿Qué es un experimento mental? (mind experiment)

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DEF: The description of a possible situation in which a concept should apply or a condition should be met if the theory in question is true....

Homework #3 (causation & fallacies)

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¿Qué es la verdad?

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En clase les he dicho que la verdad es complicada. Y lo es, pero eso no significa que la filosofía no haya definido el concepto de verdad. E...

Lista de algunos paradigmas científicos que han cambiado

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Thursday, September 12, 2024

Cause and effect can betray even the smartest amongst us!

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When is C a cause of E? Take this simple example:   Pluto's barking causes Dick to wake up. We need four steps: 1. The cause must prece...

Fallacies (watch out, most of info you get from sources is fallacious)

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A fallacy is an argument which provides poor reasoning in support of its conclusion. Here are some examples: Begging the Question : Th...

Necessary and sufficient conditions

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Necessary conditions : X is a necessary condition for Y ,  if X is not present, Y doesn't happen. (yet, to say that X is a necessary...
Friday, September 6, 2024

homework #2

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Tuesday, September 3, 2024

deductive and inductive arguments

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PREMISE: A premise is a reason given. ARGUMENT: An argument is a set of premises and a conclusion. DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS An argument is a se...