Authored by Steven J. Todd, University of Connecticut.

The following exercises guide you through reading some well-known philosophical works. In them, you will learn to identify arguments; define terms; evaluate reasoning and premises; identify the issue(s) at hand; recognize counter arguments; and determine if premises are well-supported.

• Reading Exercise One: Excerpt from “Evil and Omnipotence”
  • Debriefing J.L. Mackie

• Reading Exercise Two: Excerpt from “Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion”
  • Debriefing David Hume

• Reading Exercise Three: Excerpt from “What Mary Didn’t Know”
  Debriefing Frank Jackson