Date | Class Topic | Assignment |
01.10 | Welcome to the Course | Study Class Syllabus |
M 1 | Purpose of the Course | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/syllabus/ |
How to Study for this Course | ``How to Study'' | |
Course Requirements | http://philosophy.lander.edu/study-topics.html | |
01.12 | What is Philosophy? | Web Practice Sheet |
W 2 | Philosophy on the Internet | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/syllabus/ |
Web Practice Sheet Help | ||
01.14 | Thought Experiments | RPI Pt. I: Personal Uses of Philosophy |
F 3 | Philosophical Problems | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/p268.html |
CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/character.shtml | ||
01.17 | Martin Luther King Jr. | Holiday |
M - | Class does not meet | |
01.19 | Example Philosophical Problems | Begin RPI Ch. 2: The Nature of Learning |
W 4 | The Principle of Charity | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c337.html |
Observation | End at RFI Ch. 2: ``In the Laboratory with Agassiz'' | |
Theory Formation | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/x426.html | |
CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/charity.shtml | ||
01.21 | Facts and Understanding | RPI Begin RPI Ch.2: Facts and Theories |
F 5 | Facts and Theories | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/x539.html |
End RPI Ch. 2: Facts are Often Theory-Dependent | ||
http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/x585.html | ||
01.24 | Philosophy Questions | RPI Begin Ch.3: Nature of Philosophical Inquiry |
M 6 | Main Divisions of Philosophy | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c712.html |
CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/what.shtml | ||
http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/division_quiz.html | ||
01.26 | The Trial of Socrates I | RPI Ch. 4 ``Just Do what's Right'' |
W 7 | Life of Socrates | From ``About the Author'' through ``Defense against Atheism'' |
The Apology I | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c1271.html | |
CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/apology1.shtml |
Date | Class Topic | Assignment |
01.28 | The Trial of Socrates II | PPI Ch. 5 ``Seek Truth Rather than Escape Death'' |
F 8 | The Apology II | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/apology1.shtml |
From ``Do What's Right, Regardless'' to end | ||
http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c1271.html | ||
01.31 | Death as a Good | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/apology2.shtml |
M 9 | Platonic Idealism | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c1713.html |
The Divided Line | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/socrates_quiz.html | |
Metaphor of the Cave | ||
02.02 | Science and Philosophy | Adler, ``Basic Difference Between Science and Philosophy'' |
W 10 | http://www.radicalacademy.com/adlersciphil1.htm | |
02.04 | Bertrand Russell | RPI Ch. 6 ``Enlargement of Self'' |
F 11 | The Problems of Philosophy | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c2032.html |
Science and Philosophy | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/russell.shtml | |
02.07 | Practical and Philosophic Minds | Begin RPI Ch7: ``Only Faith Can Give Truth'' |
M 12 | Goals of Philosophy | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c2347.html |
Enlargement of Self | From ``Everyday Life'' to ``Science Renders Life Meaningless'' | |
http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/science_quiz.html | ||
02.09 | Leo Tolstoy I | Complete Ch 7: ``Only Faith Can Give Truth'' |
W 13 | A Confession | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c2347.html |
Science and Philosophy | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/tolstoy.shtml | |
02.11 | Leo Tolstoy II | RPI Ch. 8 Le Mythe de Sisyphe |
F 14 | Truth | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c2775.html |
02.14 | Albert Camus I | CN ``Nobility of Soul'' |
M 15 | The Myth of Sisyphus | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/camus.shtml |
Absurdity and Happiness | ||
02.16 | Albert Camus II | CN ``Man Provides Life's Meaning'' |
W 16 | What is Absurdity? | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/camus.html |
02.18 | Review for Test I | Review for Test I Philosophy of Life |
F 17 | Philosophy of Life | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/life_test.html |
Syllabus: Review for Test II | ||
02.21 | Test II Philosophy of Life | RPI Pt. II ``Philosophy of Religion'' |
M 18 | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/p3053.html | |
Background: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ``Philosophy of Religion'' | ||
http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/philosophy-religion/ |
Date | Class Topic | Assignment |
02.23 | Review of Test II | RPI ''God and the World" |
W 19 | Meaning of Life and God's Existence | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c3114.html |
A posteriori Arguments | Wikipedia ``A priori and A Posteriori'' | |
A priori Arguments | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_priori_and_a_posteriori_(philosophy) | |
02.25 | Anselm's Ontological Argument | RPI Ch. 10 ``The Ontological Argument'' |
F 20 | Gaunilo's Perfect Island | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c3171.html |
Problem of Existential Import | RPI Ch. 11 ``An Answer to Anselm'' | |
http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c3305.html | ||
CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/anselm.shtml | ||
02.28- | Spring Break | Holiday |
03.04 | Classes do not meet | |
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03.07 |
Thomas Aquinas I | RPI Ch. 13 ``From the Nature of the Universe'' |
M 21 | First Cause Argument | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c3703.html |
Argument from Motion | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/motion.shtml | |
CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/cause.shtml | ||
03.09 | Thomas Aquinas II | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/necessity.shtml |
W 22 | Argument from Necessity | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/gradation.shtml |
Great Chain of Being | ||
03.11 | The Teleological Argument | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/governance.shtml |
F 23 | Thomas on Design | RPI Ch.14 ``The Teleological Argument'' |
William Paley's Watch Argument | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/paley.shtml | |
CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/aquinas_quiz.html | ||
03.14 | Blaise Pascal | RPI Ch.16 ``The Wager'' |
M 24 | ``The Heart Has Its Reasons'' | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c4326.html |
Introduction to Decision Theory | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/pascal.shtml |
Date | Class Topic | Assignment |
04.08 | Jeremy Bentham | RPI Ch. 23 ``Happiness is the Greatest Good'' |
F 35 | Utilitarianism | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c6178.html |
Hedonistic Calculus | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/ethics/calculus.html | |
CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/ethics/notes-bentham.html | ||
04.11 | Friedrich Nietzsche | RPI Ch. 24 ``Slave and Master Morality'' |
M 36 | Master and Slave Morality | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c6516.html |
Will to Power | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/ethics/notes-nietzsche.html | |
04.13 | Jean-Paul Sartre I | RPI Ch. 25 ``Man Makes Himself'' |
W 37 | Existence and Essence | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c6830.html |
We are Responsible for All Persons | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/sartre.html | |
04.15 | Jean-Paul Sartre II | RPI Ch. 25 ``Man Makes Himself'' |
F 38 | Anguish, Forlorness, Despair | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/sartre.html |
04.18 | Review for Test IV | Review for Test IV Philosophical Ethics Syllabus |
M 39 | Philosophical Ethics | CN http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/ethics_test.html |
04.20 | Test IV Ethics | Optional Ortega y Gassett, ``Man, As Project'' |
W 40 | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/articles/ortega-a.pdf | |
04.22 | Review of Test IV Ethics | Review for Approved Make-up Tests |
F 41 | Class attendance optional | |
04.25 | Final Examination Period | Summer Reading |
M | 8:00-10:00 on | RPI William James, ``What Makes a Life Significant?'' |
Make-up Tests only | http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook2.1/c9204.html |
Lee Archie 2011-01-08