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Week 1

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Here are some relevant links to the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy:.

    On probabilistic causation:  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/causation-probabilistic/
    On counterfactual accounts:  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/causation-counterfactual/
    On the metaphysics of causation:  http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/causation-metaphysics/
 

Week 2

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Here's a link to a simulation of John Conway's Game of Life:  http://www.bitstorm.org/gameoflife/
 

Week 3

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Week 4

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Week 5

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Also, here's a link to a very interesting interview of Donald Davidson by Ernie LePore.
 

Week 6

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Week 7

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Week 8

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    Also, here are links to the "Master" Exclusion Argument for Epiphenomenalism (Word) (HTML)
 

Week 9

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Week 10

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    Also, Prof. Robert Koons of the University of Texas has a page from his Spring 2003 seminar in which he discusses Yablo and Robb, as well as some of my suggestions about understanding the determinable-determinate relation.  Here is a link to that page:
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/philosophy/faculty/koons/phl382/382sem13.htm

    Here's a link to my (unpublished) paper on the determinable-determinate relation:
    http://comp.uark.edu/~efunkho/determinable.pdf
 

Week 11

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Week 12

No online notes.  See Aleks' handout for notes on Chapter 4.  Handout for Chapters 5 and 6 will appear next week, along with Burge handout.
 

Week 13

Here are some possible final paper topics:  (Word) (HTML)
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Week 14

No online notes.  See Tony and John's handouts for the Fodor and Stich.
 

Week 15

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