View source for Spring 2010 Philosophy of Human Nature Posted Reading Links

==General Readings and Resources==

*[http://www.livius.org/ho-hz/homosexuality/homosexuality.html Livius article on Greek Homosexuality]
*[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/plato-friendship/ Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Plato's view of Friendship and Eros] '''Highly recommended!'''
* Daniel Wegner, [[Media:WegnerCh3Expofconsciouswill.pdf‎  | "Chapter 3: The Experience of Will," from ''The Illusion of Conscious Will'']]
* Daniel Wegner, [[Media:WegnerCh1TheIllusion.pdf | "Chapter 1: The Illusion," from ''The Illusion of Conscious Will'']]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8492597.stm "Pope Benedict attacks government over Equality Bill," BBC, Feb 2, 2010]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8493280.stm "Pope criticised for attack on UK Equality Bill" BBC Feb 2, 2010]
*[http://www.epicurus.net/en/vatican.html Epicurus, Vatican Sayings]
*[http://www.epicurus.net/en/principal.html Epicurus, Principle Doctrines]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Representative_realism Wikipedia on "Representational Realism"]
*[http://vimeo.com/5732745 World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale]
*Excerpt from Socratic Humanism, by Lazlo Versenyi, [[Media:VersenyiOnEros.pdf | Eros]]
*[http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/bristol/hi/people_and_places/religion_and_ethics/newsid_8493000/8493241.stm "Bristol Priest Defends Pope's stance on religious freedom," BBC Feb 2, 2010]
*[http://www.economist.com/world/unitedstates/displayStory.cfm?story_id=15108704 The Economist, Socrates in America: Arguing to Death, Dec. 17th, 2009]
*[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/weekinreview/12wade.html?scp=1&sq=god%20gene&st=cse Nicholas Wade, "The Evolution of the God Gene," Nov. 14, 2009, NYT]
*[[Media:HellenismMapTimeline.pdf | Hellenism Dates and Map]]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noble_Eightfold_Path Wiki Article on the Noble Eightfold Path]
*[http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2008/nov/25/religion-children-god-belief Justin Barrett, "Out of the mouths of babes: Do children believe because they're told to by adults? The evidence suggests otherwise"]
*[http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/garrett_lisi_on_his_theory_of_everything.html Garrett Lisi, A Beautiful New Theory of Everything]
*[http://www.gonzaga.edu/Academics/Libraries/Foley-Library/Reference-Tools/Encyclopedias.asp Link to Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
*[http://www.molloy.edu/sophia/sophia_project.htm The Sophia Project at Molloy College] 
*[http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200811/multiple-personalities Paul Bloom, "First Person Plural," <I>Atlantic</I>, Nov. 2008.]*
*[[Media:James_Lecture6_PragConTruth.pdf | William James, Lecture Six from ''Pragmatism'', "Pragmatism's Conception of Truth"]]