Notes and Guides

Philosophy 1

Welcome to the web page for Philosophy 1 at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Howard College Campus).

On these pages you will find some general information about the course, and links to local and external resources including some notes, argument maps, self-study questions, and tutorial excercises.

Basics of Reasoning Tutorials

[one] [two] [three]

Zeno's Paradoxes of Motion

Zeno page

Notes on Zeno

Tutorial exercises on Zeno's paradoxes: [one] [two]

Descartes' Radical Doubt

Descartes page

Tutorial exercises : [one] [two] [three] [four] [five]

Socrates' Defence

Socrates page

Tutorial exercises: [one] [two] [three] [four]

Prisoners' Dilemmas

Tutorial exercises on prisoners' dilemmas - [one] [two]

The Special Theory of Relativity

Tutorial exercises coming soon - [one] [two]

Democracy

Tutorial exercises on the free rider problem - [one]

Pascal's Wager

Tutorial exercises on Pascal's Wager - [one]

Relativism

Tutorial exercises on Relativism - [one]

Ethics

Tutorial exercises on Kant's ethics - [one]

Political Philosophy

Tutorial exercises on Rawls - [one].

Assignments

Information about assignments will be posted here as the course progresses.

This page maintained by David Spurrett. Last modified January, 2004.