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Philosophy 102: Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry
Class Assignment Schedule: Fall, 2007

Date	Class Lecture	Date Assignment Made
08.16.07 R 1	Welcome to the Course Purpose of the Course What is Philosophy?	Study Online Syllabus Find Online Textbook Surf philosophy.lander.edu
08.21.07 T 2	Some Main Questions of Philosophy Types of Philosophical Questions	Study Syllabus Study Part 1: Personal Uses of Philosophy
08.23.07 R 3	The Nature of Philosophical Inquiry	Study Ch. 2 The Nature of Learning Study Ch. 3 The Nature of Philosophical Inquiry
08.28.07 T 4	The Trial of Socrates I	Study Divisions of Philosophical Inquiry Study Characteristics of a Philosophical Problem Study Trial and Death of Socrates Study Ch 4 Just Do What's Right
08.30.07 R 3	The Trial of Socrates II	Study Ch 5 Seek Truth Rather Than Escape Death
09.04.07 T 6	The Value of Philosophy	Study The Value of Philosophy Study Ch 6 Enlargement of Self
09.06.07 R7	Faith Provides Life's Meaning	Study Faith Provides Life's Meaning Study Ch 7 Only Faith Can Give Truth
09.11.07 T 8	Review for Test I	Study for Test 1 Philosophy of Life
09.13.06 R 9	Test 1 Philosophy of Life
09.18.07 T 10	Review of Test I Facts and Ideas a priori and a posteriori arguments	Study Ch 9 God and the World Study Ch 10 The Ontological Argument
09.20.07 R 11	Class Does Not Meet
09.25.07 T 12	Class does Not Meet
09.27.07 R 13	The Ontological Argument The Perfect Island Argument	Study Ontological Argument Study Ch 11 An Answer to Anselm
10.02.07 T	Fall Break
10.04.07 R14	Cosmological Arguments I	Study Cosmological Argument Atudy Ch 13 From the Nature of the Universe
10.09.07 T 15	Cosmological Arguments II Aquinas' Five Ways	Study Argument from Motion Argument from Cause Argument from Necessity Argument from Gradation
10.11.07 R 16	Paley's Teleological Argument	Study Argument from Governance Study Teleological Argument Study Ch 14 Teleological Argument
10.16.07 T 17	Pascal's Wager Dostoevsky on the Problem of Evil	Study Pascal's Wager Study Ch 15 The Wager Study Ch 17 The Problem of Evil Study The Problem of Evil.
10.18.07 R 18	Review for Test	Study for Test II Philosophy of Religion
10.23.07 T 19	Test II Philosophy of Religion	Study Part III Philosophical Ethics
10.24.07 R 20	Do We Have Free Will?	Study Varieties of Free Will and Determinism Study Ch 18 Free Will and Determinism
10.30.07 T 21	James' Will to Believe	Study Ch 20 The Will to Believe Study The Will to Believe
11.01.07 R 22	The Ethics of Excellence	Study What is the Life of Excellence? Study Ch 22 What is the Life of Excellence?
11.06.07 T	Are All Persons' Selfish?	Study Are All Human Beings Selfish? Study Ch 21 The Ring of Gyges Study Humans Are Not Always Selfish
11.08.07 R 23	Ethical Relativism	Study Ethical Relativism and Absolutism
11.13.07 T 24	Existential Ethics	Study Existential Ethics Study Ch 25 Man Makes Himself
11.156.07 R 25	Review for Test	Study for Test III Philosophical Ethics
11.20.07 R 26	Test III Philosophical Ethics
11.22.07	Thanksgiving
	Review of Questions on Test III Optional Class Meeting	Optional: Study Ch 33 What Makes a Life Significant?
11.28.07 T 27	Review for Approved Make-Up Exams
12.04.07	Final Exam Period for Sec 04 Approved Make-Ups 8:00-10:00	Have a Great Holiday!

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