Here are some classes Armchair Vertigo Institute might be teaching soon.
Each class consists of two 2-hour sessions. Some will be taught in-person at the local library. Others will be downloadable screencasts or live Google Hangouts. All include a syllabus, a slideshow, lecture notes and handouts to take home.
Interested? Click here to let us know which classes you’d maybe like to take.
Be the Most Reasonable Person in Any Room! Deductive Logic and Philosophical Argumentation | Get your feet wet with philosophical logic. Learn about what makes an argument valid and what makes it sound. Learn how to spot fallacies and analyze others’ argument
Euthyphro Dilemma: A Tongue Twisting Brain Teaser | Let’s assume that God approves of all good actions. A question remains. Are the good actions good because God approves of them or does God approve of them because they are good?
The Ethics of Belief: Can We Really Believe Whatever We Want?
A guided tour through a classic paper that contradicts the widely held article of faith that we can believe whatever we want.
Free Will: What’s It Take To Be Free? | Since the addicted smoker who is trying to quit does what he wants when he smokes (and yet is unfree), we see that people have conflicting wants and they have some wants they wish they didn’t have. Are you free when you do what you want? Or only when you do what you want to want to do?
Philosophical Implications of Dual-Process Theories in Psychology | Some theories in psychology and philosophy argue that free will is an illusion, the causal power of conscious willing is epiphenomenal; that reasoning is post-hoc rationalization, and that experience itself is often a confabulation. How far does that undermine our traditional notion of ourselves?
Ethics in the Workplace | Class description coming soon…
Introduction to Philosophy: Historical Survey | Class description coming soon…
Introduction to Philosophy: Topical Survey | Class description coming soon…
Interested? Click here to let us know which classes you’d maybe like to take.