1. Hume, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche take different stands on the question of the objective truth or rational defensibility of religious (specifically, Christian) faith. Compare and contrast their views, and explain in each case how the writer's views on this question relates to his larger philosophical enterprise.

2. What claims do Sartre and Camus hold in common? What do they disagree on? Is the individual, subjective meaning that existentialism claims for choice and action a genuine solution to the problem of the meaning of life? Give the reasoning behind your answer.

3. What are the similarities, and what are the differences, between Kierkegaard's and Sartre's versions of existentialism?

4. Sketch Thagard's account of what gives meaning to life. What are the agreements, and what are the disagreements, between this account and those given by Sartre, Camus, and Nagel?

5. Thagard tries to account for morality in terms of social and individual needs. Sketch his account, and criticize it.