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Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments, 2/e
Theodore Schick, Muhlenberg College
Lewis Vaughn

The Problem of Evil and the Existence of God

Philosophers

St. Thomas Aquinas



Thomas Aquinas
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/aquinas.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Saint Thomas Aquinas
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/aquinas/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
St. Thomas Aquinas
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14663b.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
Thomas Aquinas: Life and Works
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/aqui.htm)

Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling
Thomas Aquinas
(http://www.faithnet.freeserve.co.uk/aquinas.htm)

Discussion from Faithnet

St. Anselm



Anselm of Canterbury
(http://www.utm.edu/research/iep/a/anselm.htm)

Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
Saint Anselm
(http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/anselm/)

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy article
St. Anselm
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01546a.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
Anselm of Canterbury: Life and Works
(http://www.philosophypages.com/ph/anse.htm)

Discussion of life and thought by Garth Kemerling

Blaise Pascal



Blaise Pascal
(http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11511a.htm)

Catholic Encyclopedia article
Pascal, Blaise
(http://www.philosophypages.com/dy/p2.htm#pasc)

Brief biography by Garth Kemerling
Blaise Pascal
(http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Pascal.html)

Biography by J. J. O'Connor and E. F. F Robertson (University of St. Andrews)
Explore patterns in Pascal's triangle!
(http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/jbaer/classes/blaise/blaise.html)

Quick introduction to this interesting mathematical phenomenon by Jeremy Baer (University of Washington)
Pascal links
(http://www.epistemelinks.com/Main/Philosophers.asp?PhilCode=Pasc)

EpistemeLink link collection

William James



Notes on W. K. Clifford and William James
(http://brindedcow.umd.edu/236/cliffordandjames.html)

Analysis by Alan Stairs (University of Maryland)
The Will to Believe
(http://www.princeton.edu/~grosen/puc/phi203/will.html)

Detailed discussion of Clifford vs. James by Gideon Rosen (Princeton University)
The Will to Believe: William James
(http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/philosophy/misc/james.html)

Outline by Bob Corbett (Webster University)
William James: The Will to Believe
(http://www.utexas.edu/courses/hilde/Philhandouts/willtobelieve.html)

Notes by Doug Browning (University of Texas)
The Will to Believe
(http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/fonda/jamesw.html)

Detailed discussion of James' essay by Mark Fonda (University of Florida)