FREEDOM FROM THE PRACTICAL STANDPOINT
Philosophy 174/274
Stanford University, Fall 2005

Instructor: Luca FERRERO
Schedule: MW 11:00-12:15
Office: Building 90-92L
Lecture Room: Building 60-62P
tel. (650) 724-8496
Office hour: W 2:00-3:00pm

email:

and by appointment

homepage: http://www.stanford.edu/~ferrero

REQUIRED TEXTS
FW      G. Watson (ed.) Free Will. Oxford University Press, 2003, 2nd edition

See Syllabus for extra required readings

Supplementary Readings will be made available through Coursework

N.B. You are required to read the assigned texts before the lecture

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ON LINE RESOURCES
Make sure to check http://www.uwm.edu/~ferrero/phil-links-ferrero.htm for
Study Aid and On-line Resources in Philosophy

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SCHEDULE OF TOPICS AND READINGS

Date Lecture Topic Readings and Assignments
09/26 I Introduction
09/28 II The Free Will Debate Watson, Introduction to FW
10/03 III Classical Compatibilism Ayer "Freedom and Necessity"
10/05 IV The Consequence Argument van Inwagen, FW 2
FIRST OUTLINE DUE (it must be on FW2)
10/10 V Libertarianism  Wiggins, FW 4
10/12 VI Agent Causation 1 Chisholm, FW 1
10/17 VII Agent Causation 2 O'Connor, FW 13       Clarke, FW 14
SECOND OUTLINE DUE (FW 1, FW 4, FW 13, or FW 14)
10/19 VIII Free Will and Indeterminism Kane, FW 15
10/24 IX Reactive Attitudes P. Strawson, FW 4 
THIRD OUTLINE DUE (It must be on FW 4)
Topics of first paper distributed
10/26 X Skepticism G. Strawson, FW 11
10/31 XI Revisionism Nagel, FW 18
FIRST PAPER DUE
11/02 XII Freedom and Practical Reason 1 Bok, FW 17
11/07 XIII Freedom and Practical Reason 2 TBA
11/09 XIV Freedom and Alternate Possibilities 1 Frankfurt, FW 8
FOURTH OUTLINE DUE (FW11, FW 18, FW 17, or FW 8)
11/14 XV Freedom and Alternate Possibilities 2 Widerker, FW 9       Fischer FW 10
11/16 XVI Hierarchical Theories 1 Frankfurt, FW 16
11/21      --- Happy Thanksgiving ---
11/23
11/28 XVII Hierarchical Theories 2 Watson, FW 17
FIFTH OUTLINE DUE (either FW 16 or FW 17)
Topics of second paper distributed
11/30 XVIII Freedom and Sanity Wolf, FW 19
12/5 XIX Freedom and Addiction Wallace, FW 22
12/7 XX Conclusion Albritton, FW 21
SECOND PAPER DUE
 

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ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING POLICY

UNDERGRADUATES
5 Outlines (300-500 words each)

15%

First Paper (1500-2100 words / approximately 5-7 pages)

35%

Second Paper (1800-2400 words / approximately 6-8 pages)

40%

Class participation

10%

No incompletes will be granted, but for documented medical or family emergencies

GRADUATE STUDENTS
[additional reading requirements and writing assignments to be announced in class]

click here to see the GRADING GUIDELINES

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