Philosophy of Human Nature - Major Research Questions

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Here are some of the major inquiries we've undertaken this semester:

1. What is Real?
2. What is Love?
3. What is Knowledge?
4. Are there different kinds of knowledge?
5. How many kinds of things are there?
6. Is the mind the brain?
7. Are some pervasive forms of human suffering avoidable?
8. Is suffering a product of ignorance?
9. What is the basis of my identity?
10. How should I adjust my responses to things based on my understanding of them?
11. What is the role of pleasure in the good life?
12. Do I have free will?
13. Is morality possible if determinism is true?
14. What sort of knowledge does faith involve?
15. Can you prove that God exists?
16. How do religions work?
17. What is the relationship between a revealed truth and the culture and metaphysics of the time of its revelation?
18. Should religions comply with contemporary views about rights and equality of opportunity?
19. How much about religious belief and behavior can be modeled within a evolutionary/psychological framework?
20. What are the limits of human nature?