This page, for my classes

on the introduction to philosophy, is to share the material that I prepared for our classes alongside other items that might be of interest. I have provided the presentations at the request of students, but I would like to emphasise that I have not produced them with revision use in mind. I wrote them as a visual aid for the class, and not everything will make sense on its own, nor will everything we discussed in class will be relevant for your examinations. Nonetheless, you might find it useful to go over these things again, perhaps for revision or just from a nostalgic sentiment towards our endlessly fun and enlightening classes. First, though, other stuff:

Who to contact

You already have my contact details if you have questions for me. However, it is very possible that you have questions or issues I will be unsuitable to help with, because of my lack of knowledge or because they relate to me personally. In this case, there any many other people you can contact. I would recommend:

• A stura list – The stura has a very substantial list of ports of call.
• Uni counselling – I spoke with them before, I found them very helpful. If you cry you get free tissue.
• philosophie@stura.uni.heidelberg.de – General questions and issues you can direct towards the representatives of the student body.

Additional useful material

Here, I point you towards other material that might help you with your essay writing and general philosophical development.

• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy – The philosophical reference material. Simply the best. Read it for revision.
• Writing Philosophical essays – This text provides good pointers. Some of it is only relevant to Oxford students, which you are not. Also, a lot of it is a bit moany, focusing on meanly complaining about what annoys markers more than generally what makes a good essay. But maybe that is even more useful to you, who focuses on getting a high grade.
• Maximillian's site – A teacher of a different tutorial class has his own website. Highlights include an updated reminder of what to read for next week, and a wider selection of texts, including the Rosenberg itself.

Week by week

Week 2: How arguments function

• The presentation I gave in class
• The presentation from the lecture

Week 3: How to criticise arguments

• The presentation I gave in class
• The Hume reading we did in class
• The presentation from the lecture

Week 4: Death

• Annotated Nagel reading

Week 5: more Death (Nagel)

• Presentation I gave in class
• Otherwise, we spent more time on Nagel reading

Week 6: yet more Death (Epicurus)

• Annotated Epicurus reading