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* [16 Jan 2009] You can get your essays back from Loletta now.

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* [26 Oct] ~~Essay~~ topics have been posted.

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* [29 Oct] You can get back the first essay from Loletta. If you have questions about the marking or how your writing can be improved, please talk to Dr. Hawley.
* [26 Oct] Final essay topics have been posted.

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# [6/11] Philosophy of science - Is [[Main/TimeTravelPossibility|time travel possible]]?~~[[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]~~

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# [6/11] Philosophy of science - Is [[Main/TimeTravelPossibility|time travel possible]]?

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* [26 Oct] Essay topics have been posted.

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# [23/10] Philosophy of logic - [[Main/LiarTarski|Tarski's solution to the liar paradox~~]][[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<~~]]

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# [23/10] Philosophy of logic - [[Main/LiarTarski|Tarski's solution to the liar paradox]]

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# [6/11] Philosophy of science - Is [[Main/TimeTravelPossibility|time travel possible]]?[[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]

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* [14 Oct] [[http://library.hku.hk/search/r?SEARCH=PHIL2120|books on reserve]]

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* [12 Oct] No lecture during reading week.

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# [9/10] Philosophy of logic - [[Main/LiarIntro|The liar paradox]] and [[Main/LiarGap|truth-value gaps]][~~[<<~~]~~][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.~~[[<<]][[<<]]
# [~~23/10~~] ~~Philosophy of logic -~~ [[~~Main/LiarTarski|Tarski's solution to the liar paradox~~]]

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# [9/10] Philosophy of logic - [[Main/LiarIntro|The liar paradox]] and [[Main/LiarGap|truth-value gaps]]
# [23/10] Philosophy of logic - [[Main/LiarTarski|Tarski's solution to the liar paradox]][[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]

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# [2/10] Feminism - [[Main/FeministCritiqueLogic|Feminist critique of logic]][~~[<<~~]~~][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.~~[[<<]][[<<]]
# [~~9/10~~] ~~Philosophy of logic -~~ [[~~Main/LiarIntro|The liar paradox~~]] ~~and~~ [[~~Main/LiarGap|truth-value gaps~~]]

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# [2/10] Feminism - [[Main/FeministCritiqueLogic|Feminist critique of logic]]
# [9/10] Philosophy of logic - [[Main/LiarIntro|The liar paradox]] and [[Main/LiarGap|truth-value gaps]][[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]

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# [25/9] Feminism - Feminist epistemology [Dr Hawley][~~[<<~~]][[~~<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.~~[[<<]][[<<]]
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# [25/9] Feminism - Feminist epistemology [Dr Hawley]
# [2/10] Feminism - [[Main/FeministCritiqueLogic|Feminist critique of logic]][[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]

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# [25/9] Feminism - Feminist epistemology [Dr Hawley]

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# [25/9] Feminism - Feminist epistemology [Dr Hawley][[<<]][[<<]]The lecture notes below are being updated.[[<<]][[<<]]

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~~To be finalized.~~

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* For this course there is no course text, and no tutorial.

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Please note: the lecture notes are subject to last-minute changes (hopefully finalized a week before the lecture).

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* Please note: the lecture notes are subject to last-minute changes (hopefully finalized a week before the lecture).
* Dr. Hawley's course pages are here: http://philosophy.hku.hk/courses/200809/phil2120/

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To be finalized.

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** One longer essay on the other topics. (80%)

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** [[2008aPHIL2120Essay|One longer essay]] on the other topics. (80%)

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# [13/11] Philosophy of religion - [[Main/BuddhismNoSelf|The self in Buddhism]]

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# [13/11] Philosophy of religion - [[Main/BuddhismNoSelf|The doctrine of no-self in Buddhism]]

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# [13/11] Philosophy of religion - [[Main/~~PascalWager~~|~~Pascal's wager~~]]

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# [13/11] Philosophy of religion - [[Main/BuddhismNoSelf|The self in Buddhism]]

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* [[ContactInfo]] [[General information]] [[Assignment guidelines]]

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* Two essays. Bonus points for class participation.

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* Two essays.
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** One longer essay on the other topics. (80%)

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# [30/10] Philosophy of science - The [[Main/ProblemInduction|problem of induction]] and [[Main/ProblemInductionSolutions|some proposed solutions]]

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# [13/11] Philosophy of religion - Pascal's ~~wager~~

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# [13/11] Philosophy of religion - [[Main/PascalWager|Pascal's wager]]

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# [20/11] Philosophy of religion - [[Main/GodOmnipotence|The logical problem of ~~omniscience~~]]

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# [2/10] Feminism - Feminist critique of ~~logic~~

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# [2/10] Feminism - [[Main/FeministCritiqueLogic|Feminist critique of logic]]

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# [4/9] Introduction - [[Main/AnalyticPhilosophy|What is analytic philosophy]]?

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# Philosophy of language - do propositions exist?
# Philosophy of science - the problem of induction
# Philosophy of science - is time travel possible?
# Philosophy of ~~religion~~ - ~~Pascal~~'s wager
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# [4/9] Introduction - What is analytic philosophy?
# [11/9] Philosophy of language - What is a language? [Dr Hawley]
# [18/9] Rational choice - Newcomb's problem [Dr Hawley]
# [25/9] Feminism - Feminist epistemology [Dr Hawley]
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# [9/10] Philosophy of logic - The liar paradox and truth-value gaps
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