You can find the course outline here.

You can also download it as a Word docx file here (which preserves more of the hyperlinks).

• Here is essay assignment 1 (due the week of Sept 29).
• Here is essay assignment 2 (due the week of Oct 6).

You can consult a sample short essay here.

Here are the notes I have given to the TAs on grading the essays.

Here is a note on what is and is not plagiarism for the purposes of this class.And here are some notes on formatting the essays.

Here is the handout on the optional make-up essay to potentially replace your midterm grade.

The TAs for this class are

• John Benich, jbenich@uoguelph.ca

  Office hours: Thurs 1:30–2:30 or by appointment (MACK 325)

  Section 5: Thurs 11:30–12:20 (MACK 316)

  Section 6: Thurs 12:30–1:20 (MACK 317)

• Douglas Halls, dhalls@uoguelph.ca

  Office hours: Mon 11:30-1:00 or by appointment (MACK 357)

  Section 11: Weds 11:30-12:20 (MACK 304)

  Section 12: Weds 12:30–1:30 (MACK 317)

• Neil Langshaw, nlangsha@uoguelph.ca

  Office hours: Weds 11:30-12:30 or by appointment (MACK 362)

  Section 7: Thurs 1:30–2:20 (MACK 317)

  Section 8: Thurs 2:30–3:20 (MACK 312)

• Matthew Martinuk, mmartinu@uoguelph.ca

  Office hours: Thurs 12:30–1:30 or by appointment (MACK 361)

  Section 3: Thurs 9:30–10:20 (MACK 317)

  Section 4: Thurs 10:30–11:20 (MACK 307)

• Jamie Robertson, jrober10@uoguelph.ca

  Office hours: Thurs 10:00-11:00 or by appointment (MACK 325)

  Section 1: Weds 3:30–4:20 (CRSC 101)

  Section 2: Weds 4:30–5:20 (MACK 306)

• Brooke Struck, dstruck@uoguelph.ca

  Office hours: TBA (MACK ?)

  Section 9: Fri 12:30–1:20 (MACK 308)

  Section 10: Fri 1:30–2:20 (MACK 314)

Here are some sample in-class exams from previous classes:

• Winter 2005
• Fall 2005
• Fall 2009

Here are some sample final exams:

• Fall 2003
• Winter 2005
• Fall 2005
• Fall 2009

The skeletal lecture notes are here.

Here is “Kant for Dummies.”

Here is a description of a professional philosopher’s first encounter with the ontological argument, as a teenager. You might find it interesting.

Here is a fun game about God!