Handouts and Exercises for Philosophy Classes

On this website you will find handouts and exercises meant to illustrate important concepts in the history of philosophy. These handouts have been donated by caring philosophy teachers for the purpose of facilitating the pedagogy of philosophy. As is standard in offline scholarship, any material taken from this website must be credited to the author.

Please contribute handouts for inclusion on this site! Email David Hildebrand at hilde@yahoo.com

American Philosophy

James: The Dilemma of Determinism (Doug Browning)

James: The Will to Believe (Doug Browning)

Hints, Tips, Advice

Understanding Philosophy (David Hildebrand)

Writing Philosophy (Bill Myers)

Analyzing a Philosophical Text Using Deweyan Inquiry (David Hildebrand)

Ethics

Abortion (Bill Myers)

Mill's Harm Principle (Bill Myers)

Rawls' Original Position done as a Class Exercise on Grading (Glenn Rawson and Todd Mason-Darnell)