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RFPI stands for "Readings for Philosophical Inquiry"--the online textbook for this course

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Week	Week's Reading	Week's Projects
Wk. 1   09.1--11 (10 days)	*RFPI Part I. "Personal Uses of Philosophy" *RFPI Ch. 2 "The Nature of Learning"	*Read PDF Syllabus, esp., instruction for registration for Philosophy Forum *Register and Login to the Philosophy Forum as explained in the Syllabus. *Fill out personal information on the Philosophy Forum Profile Page. *p.l.e " The Nature of Philosophy" *p.l.e. "Divisions of Philosophy" *Post at least two reading comments or replies on Philosophy Forum
Wk. 2   09.11-18	*RFPI Ch. 3 "The Nature of Philosophical Inquiry" *RFPI Ch. 4 "Just Do What's Right"	*p.l.e. "Characteristics of a Philosophical Problem" *p.l.e. "Principle of Charity" *p.l.e. "Plato, The Apology Part I "   *Post at least two reading comments or replies on Philosophy Forum
Wk. 3   09.18-25	*RFPI Ch. 5 "Seek Truth Rather Than Escape Death" *RFPI Ch. 6 "Enlargement of Self"	*p.l.e. "Plato, The Apology Part II " *p.l.e. "Russell" *Post at least two reading comments or replies on Philosophy Forum
Wk. 4   09.25-02	*RFPI Ch. 7 "Only Faith Can Give Truth" *RFPI Ch. 8 "The Myth of Sisyphus "	*p.l.e. "Tolstoy" *p.l.e. "Camus" *Post at least two reading comments or replies on Philosophy Forum
Wk. 5   10.02-09	*RFPI Part II "Philosophy of Religion" (Introduction) *RFPI Ch 10 "The Ontological Argument"	*p.l.e."Anselm"   *Post at least two reading comments or replies on Philosophy Forum *Test I: Philosophy of Life Due Friday 10.09, 12 noon
Wk. 6   10.09-16 (10.15-16 FallBreak)	*RFPI Ch 11 "An Answer to Anselm"	*p.l.e. "Aquinas" *p.l.e. "Aristotelian Background"   *p.l.e. "Argument From Motion" *p.l.e. "Argument From Cause" *Post at least two reading comments or replies on Philosophy Forum
Wk. 7   10.16-23	*RFPI Ch 13 "From the Nature of the Universe"	*p.l.e. "Argument From Necessity"   *p.l.e. "Argument From Gradation"   *p.l.e. "Argument From Design"     *Post at least two reading comments or replies on Philosophy Forum
Wk. 8   10.23-30	*RFPI Ch. 14 "The Teleological Argument" *RFPI  Ch. 16 "The Wager"	*p.l.e. "Paley"   *p.l.e. "Pascal"   *Post at least two reading comments or replies on Philosophy Forum
Wk. 9   10.30-06	*RFPI Ch. 17 "The Problem of Evil"	*p.l.e. "Dostoevsky"   *p.l.e. "Hick"   *Post at least two reading comments or replies on Philosophy Forum *Test II: Philosophy of Religion   Due Friday 11.06, 12 noon
Wk. 10   11.06-13	*RFPI Part III "Philosophical Ethics"  *RFPI Ch.18 "Free Will and Determinism" *RFPI Ch. 21 "The Ring of Gyges"	*p.l.e. "Plato" *p.l.e. "Psychological Egoism" *Post at least two reading comments or replies on Philosophy Forum
Wk. 11   11.13-20	*p.l.e. "Refutation of Psychological Egoism"	*p.l.e. "Ethical Relativism"
Wk. 12   11.20-27	*IES Ch. 6 "The Objectivity of Moral Judgments"	*p.l.e. "Moore"   *Post at least two reading comments or replies on Philosophy Forum
Wk. 13   11.27-04	*RFPI Ch. 24 "Slave and Master Morality" *RFPI Ch. 25 "Man Makes Himself"	*p.l.e. "Nietzsche" *p.l.e. "Sartre" *Post at least two reading comments or replies on Philosophy Forum
Wk. 14 12.04-11	*RFPI Ch. 33 "What Makes a Life Significant?"	*Post at least two reading comments or replies on Philosophy Forum *Test III: Philosophical Ethics Due Tuesday, 12.11, 12 noon