Human Nature
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Main Course Links
- Philosophy of Human Nature Basic Course Information -- 2 min video on Course Website and Course Wiki
 - Lecture Notes Part 1 - January
 - Lecture Notes Part 2 - February
 - Study Questions -- official
 - Study Questions -- with student notes
 - Paper Topics
 - Student Work
 - Student Practice Page
 - Registering Your Clicker in Philosophy 201
 
Current Readings and Resources
- Some youtube clips relevant to the "irreducible complexity" issue in intelligent design creationism.
 
- Recent work on free will related to the illusion of conscious control:
 
- Carruthers, Peter. "The Illusion of Conscious Will ." Synthese 159 (2007): 197-213.
 - Nahmias, Eddy. "When Consciousness Matters: a Critical Review of Daniel Wegner's The Illusion of Conscious Will ." Philosophical Psychology 15.4 (2002): 527-41.
 - van Duijn, Marc, and Bem Sacha. "On the Alleged Illusion of Conscious Will ." Philosophical Psychology 18.6 (2005): 699-714.
 - Wigley, Simon. "Automaticity, Consciousness and Moral Responsibility ." Philosophical Psychology 20.2 (2007): 209-25.
 
- Spring 2011 201 Midterm
 - David Brooks, "Social Animal," The New Yorker, January 17th, 2011. [4]
 - Meditation Exercises
 - Philosophical Movie Lists
 - Philosophical Methods
 - Some Really Important Dates
 - Quick Reference for Wikis