Class Handouts--Phil 43811

 
 
 

Assigned Readings
Supplemental Material
Relevant Papers by Instructor

 

A.  Chesterton Readings



"Introductory Remarks on the Importance of Orthodoxy"
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The first chapter of Heretics

"The Revival of Philosophy -- Why?"
"Who is this guy and why haven't I heard of him?" by Dale Alquist

A  Brief Biographical Note on Chesterton


What's Wrong With The World  Dedication


Poem about the University of Notre Dame  "The Arena"



What's Wrong With The World  Part II:  Imperialism

Fr. Brown Mystery "The Queer Feet"

What's Wrong With The World  Part III:  Feminism


"The Problem of St. Francis" -- The first chapter of St. Francis of Assisi


What's Wrong With The World  Part IV:  Education


"On Two Friars" --The first chapter of St. Thomas Aquinas

 
 

B.  Supplemental Material



David Hume, Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Section X: Miracles


Bertrand Russell, "A Free Man's Worship"


Bertrand Russell, "Why I am not a Christian"

Kenneth Kemp, "Science, Theology, and Monogenesis"

"The Necessity for Revelation: A Primer on Summa Contra Gentles 1, chaps. 1-9"

Notes on Chesterton's Orthodoxy


Christopher West, "The Theology of the Body" and "John Paul's Distinctive Contribution"

Janet Smith, "Pope Paul VI as prophet:  Have Humanae Vitae's bold predictions come true?"

Skeptical of the Skeptics, by Peter van Inwagen (Books and Culture, May-June, 1997)

Patrick F. Fagan and Robert Rector, "The Effects of Divorce on America"

A Brief Chronology of St. Thomas


Pope John Paul II: Fides et Ratio

Study notes and excerpts from Fides et Ratio



John Henry Newman, Oxford Sermons 7, 10, 11, and 13


Immanuel Kant: What is Enlightenment?






C.  Relevant Papers by Instructor (May put you to sleep--which can be either good or bad)


Ockham on Faith and Reason



Two Roles for Catholic Philosophers

Fides et Ratio: A 'Radical' Vision of Intellectual Inquiry



Good News, Your Soul Hasn't Died Quite Yet

Whose Standards of Excellence?  Secularity and the Mission of the University



Christian Faith as a Way of Life

One Way to Understand the Significance of Josemaría Escrivá


Missing the Message of Ex Corde Ecclesiae