This is the home page for The Nature of Reason, 80-150, Fall 2001. The documents below are best viewed in Word or Pdf formats.

Handouts

Course information: Word, Pdf, Html.

Syllabus: Word, Pdf, Html.

Examples of proofs: Pdf, Postscript.

Combinations and permutations: Pdf, Postscript.

Boole's logic: Word, Pdf, Html.

Science and philosophy timeline: Pdf, Postscript.

Probability: Pdf, Postscript.

Computability: Pdf, Postscript.

Assignments

Assignment 10 (due December 7): Word, Pdf, Html.

Assignment 9 (due November 28): Word, Pdf, Html.

Assignment 8 (due November 14): Word, Pdf, Html.

Assignment 7 (due October 31): Word, Pdf, Html.

Assignment 6 (due October 17): Word, Pdf, Html.

Assignment 5 (due October 10): Word, Pdf, Html.

Assignment 4 (due September 26): Word, Pdf, Html.

Assignment 3 (due September 19): Word, Pdf, Html.

Assignment 2 (due September 12): Word, Pdf, Html.

Assignment 1 (due September 5): Word, Pdf, Html.

Grade scale: Html.

Related Links

Philosophy:
The American Philosophical Association
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Carnegie Mellon References for Philosophy
Philosophy in Cyberspace
EpstimeLinks
Philosophy of Science Archive
eServer Philosophy
Guide to Philosophy on the Internet
Hippias Search Engine
Noesis Search Engine

Mathematics:
American Mathematical Society
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Mathematics on the Web
Mathematical Resources on the Web
Cornell University Library Math Book Collection
MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive
History of Mathematics
Platonic Realms
Stamps of Mathematicians
Math Pages

Science:

Treasure Troves of Science

 

General reference:

Encyclopedia Britannica
NY Public Library home page
Carnegie Mellon library home page
Great books online

On-Line Books

 

Particular links:
Aristotle's metaphysics

A painting by Raphael (can you find Plato and Aristotle?)

Euclid's Elements

The Pythagorean Theorem

What is... "How Many?"

A Crash Course on the Mathematics of Infinite Sets

Descartes' Ontological Argument
Russell's "Why I Am Not a Christian"

Spinoza's Ethics

Deductive validity
Aristotle's metaphysics
Ramon Lull's Ars Magna

Universitat Ramon Llull

Biography of Ramon Llull

Blaise Pascal

Pascal's Triangle
A history of computers
Descartes' Meditations
Descartes' epistemology
Descrates' ontological argument

The Renaissance
Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo's drawings
Aristotle's science
Aristotle's science
Aristotelian physics vs. Galilean physics
A brief history of cosmology
The solar system
The Galileo Project (Rice)
Galileo
Galileo's physics
The Galileo Page
Sir Isaac Newton
Carnegie Mellon Posner Collection
 

Articles on the Philosophy of Mind
Dictionary of the Philosophy of Mind

 

Bertrand Russell:
Russell Archives
Russell's entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Russell texts online

I am grateful to Dirk Schlimm for providing me with many of the links in the second-to-last group, and Teddy Seidenfeld for the links in the last group. Additional suggestions are welcome.