Tom Atchison's Class Page

This entirely utilitarian web page exists for the sole purpose of providing students in my courses with access to information they may need: assignments, handouts, and a few helpful links (scroll down to the bottom of the page for these).

2010-2011 classes

Fall Semester

Early Modern European Philosophy (PHIL 376)

Political Ideas (POL 302)

Ethics in the Information Age (PHIL 327)

2009-2010 classes

Summer Semester

Business Ethics (PHIL 320)

Principles of Inquiry (PHIL 303)

Spring Semester

Business Ethics (PHIL 320)

Ethical Inquiry (PHIL 301)

Ethics in the Information Age

Fall Semester

Political Ideas (POL 302)

Ancient Greek Philosophy (PHIL 375)

2008-2009 Classes

Summer Semester

Principles of Inquiry: Ways of Knowing

Spring Semester

Business Ethics (PHIL 320)

Ethics in the Information Age (PHIL 327)

Early Modern European Philosophy (PHIL 376)

Fall Semester

Business Ethics (Phil 320)

Political Ideas (Pol 302)

2007-2008 Classes

Summer Semester

Ethical Inquiry (Metropolitan State University) 

Principles of Inquiry: Ways of Knowing (Metropolitan State University)

Spring Semester

General Philosophy (Hamline)

Ethics (Hamline)

Ethics in the Information Age (Metropolitan State University)

Fall Semester

Political Ideas (Metropolitan State University)

General Philosophy (Hamline)

Ethics (Hamline)

2006-2007 Classes

Summer Semester

Ethical Inquiry (Metropolitan State University)

Principles of Inquiry: Ways of Knowing (Metropolitan State University)

Spring Semester

Ethics in the Information Age (Metropolitan State University)

General Philosophy (Hamline)

Ethics (Hamline)

Fall Semester

Political Ideas (Metropolitan State University)

General Philosophy (Hamline)

Ethics (Hamline)

2005-2006 Classes

Summer Semester

Ethical Inquiry (Metropolitan State University)

Principles of Inquiry: Ways of Knowing (Metropolitan State University)

Spring Semester

General Philosophy (Hamline)

Ethics (Hamline)

Ethical Inquiry (Metropolitan State University)

Fall Semester

General Philosophy (Hamline)

Ethics (Hamline)

Political Ideas (Metropolitan State University)

2004-2005 Classes

Summer Semester

Ethical Inquiry (Metropolitan State University)

Principles of Inquiry (Metropolitan State University)

Spring Semester

General Philosophy (Hamline)

Ethics (Hamline)

Ethical Inquiry (Metropolitan State University)

Fall Semester

Philosophy and the Human Condition (St Kate's WEC)

Political Ideas (Metropolitan State University)

General Philosophy (Hamline)

2003-2004 Classes

Summer Semester

Principles of Inquiry: Ways of Knowing (Metropolitan State University)

Ethical Inquiry (Metropolitan State University) 

Spring Semester

Principles of Inquiry: Ways of Knowing (Metropolitan State University)

General Philosophy (Hamline)

Ethics (Hamline)

Fall Semester:

Political Ideas (Metropolitan State University)

General Philosophy (Hamline)

Ethics (Hamline)

2002-2003 Classes

Summer:

Principles of Inquiry: Ways of Knowing (Metropolitan State University) 

Views of Human Nature

Spring Semester:

General Philosophy (Hamline)

Ethics (Hamline)

Ethical Inquiry (Metropolitan State University)

Winter Trimester (Weekend College. St. Kate's):

Social And Political Philosophy

Fall Semester:

Political Ideas (Metropolitan State University)

General Philosophy (Hamline)

Ethics (Hamline)

2001-2002 Classes:

Summer:

Principles of Inquiry: Ways of Knowing (Metropolitan State University) 

General Philosophy (Hamline)

Spring:

Ethics (Hamline)

Principles of Inquiry: Ways of Knowing (Metropolitan State University) 

Fall:

Political Ideas (Metropolitan State University)

2000-2001 Classes

General Philosophy (Hamline)

Ethics (Hamline)

Business Ethics (Metropolitan State University)

Ethical Inquiry (Metropolitan State University)

Principles of Inquiry: Ways of Knowing (Metropolitan State University)

Some helpful links:

Episteme Links Philosophy Resources

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Williams College guide to writing philosophy papers

University of North Carolina guide to writing philosophy papers

James Pryor's guide to writing philosophy papers

James Pryor's introduction to philosophical terms and methods

Garth Kemerling's dictionary of philosophical terms and names

S. Marc Cohen's Ancient Philosophy Course  (check out the lecture notes)

Rae Langton's Study Guide to Descartes' Meditations

Interactive Study Guide to Hume's Inquiry Concerning Human Knowledge

Jonathan Bennett's modernizations of Descartes' Meditations, Locke's Essay, Kant's Prolegomena, and selections from Berkeley and Hume.

Lawrence Hinman's Ethics Updates page - lots of links and references about ethics

Resource Center of the Americas - information and activism on Latin America and the Caribbean

And here is a link to my dissertation on "False Consciousness"