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Epistemology

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Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction

By John Heil (NHC Fellow, 1996–97) The book is intended as a reader-friendly introduction to issues in the philosophy of mind, including mental–physical causal interaction, computational models of thought, the relation minds bear to brains, and assorted -isms: behaviorism, dualism, eliminativism, emergentism, functionalism, materialism, neutral monism, and panpsychism. The Fourth Edition reintroduces a chapter on Donald Davidson … Continued

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Problems from Kant

By James Van Cleve (NHC Fellow, 1990–91; 2011–12) This rigorous examination of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason provides a comprehensive analysis of the major metaphysical and epistemological questions of Kant's most famous work. Author James Van Cleve presents clear and detailed discussions of Kant's positions and arguments on these themes, as well as critical assessments of Kant's … Continued

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Cultivating Students’ Philosophical Thinking

In this session, Jana Mohr Lone demonstrates a variety of ways that philosophy can be incorporated in classrooms of all ages. How do we begin to ask questions of ethics and morality. These are the types of questions that are featured in this webinar.