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Detailed lecture notes on logical terminology, the notion of validity, modus ponens, the notion of soundness.

Detailed Notes on Epistemology: Rene Descartes: The Meditations, rationalists vs empiricists , John Locke and Tabula Rosa, Foundationalists

Detailed Notes on the Utilitarian School of Ethics: Bentham's basic principle, two distinguishing traits, virtues of Act Utilitarianism

This document includes questions and answers for test 1 questions: Define “Philosophical Scepticism”, Provide/Explain in detail 2 ways that you can combat philosophical skepticism. Present 3 steps version of the Design Argument

Detailed note on divine command theory, primary justification, virtues of DCI, traditional assumption, basic ethical themes, problems with DCI

A detailed note on unit 5: Consciousness: State of consciousness, EEG patterns, unconscious mind, Freud's theory, sleep, REM, Dream interpretation

A detailed note on unit 4: Sensation and perception: transduction, measuring thresholds, hearing, smell, taste, somesthetic senses, the physiology of pain, vision, color blindness, Gestalt school of thought

A detailed note on unit 6 - Learning: Behaviorism, 3 major forms of learning, classical conditioning research, Pavlov's classic experiment, generalization, discrimination, Little Albert study, reinforcement, schedules of reinforcement

Detailed note in unit 3: Brain and Behavior: Biological perspective, the nervous system, neurons, myelin, the action potential, the synapse, types of neurotransmitters

A detailed note on unit 2: Scientific Method: ways of knowing, the scientific method, different research methods, correlation, and causation, 3 crucial ingredients in experiments, ethics in research