I understand the problem! There's a lot of content here, and it's hard to know where to start, or where to look for content that you're interested in. 

In the notes that follow I'm going to offer some course groupings that have proven to be valuable for certain kinds of students or learners. 

But First ... It's Okay to Jump Around


Some areas will be more interesting to you than others. That's okay!

These topics are big and sprawling, with lots of detours and areas of overlap. 

Within a given topic (like "Logic and Argumentation") there's often a natural progression of ideas and concepts. But the relationships BETWEEN topics aren't like that. 

You should feel free to jump around and dip into topics that you find interesting. Explore a topic, get a feel for what's going on, and move on when you like.

What often happens is that the lectures in one area, or something you read or overhear, may stimulate an interest in a concept or topic that you didn't have before. 

Some people have no taste for formal logic or probability theory, for example. But when they find themselves in a conversation with someone about the likelihood that the universe came into being from nothing, or that Jesus actually rose from the dead, then all of a sudden the material on probability concepts can start to look interesting. That's just the way learning works :).