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Reading and Assignment ScheduleRequired Texts • Naragon, “A Book is a Machine to Help One Think”: An Introduction to Philosophy (Fall 2010) • Plato, Five Dialogues, 2nd ed. (Hackett) • René Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy (Hackett) Most of the assigned readings are found in the latter half of the textbook (Naragon, “A Book is a Machine” ...), and are indicated by author and title. Readings marked as “Naragon, §§” refer to sections in the first half of the textbook. Additional readings, videos, audio files, and films listed under “Other Resources” are for interested students wanting to explore a topic further and/or who would like to write an “Extra Credit Journal” (see “Writing”). The films listed under “Other Resources” usually include a link to a trailer, so that you can acquire some sense of the film before watching it (the extra credit journal is to be over the film, of course, and not the trailer). Please note: These reading materials are not like the Sunday cartoons or some easy-reading blogsite. You will need to read and re-read this material, taking notes to help you follow the line of thought. There will be a quiz on the readings nearly every day. To prepare for these, you should look at the items under "What you need to know how to do" for that day, read the materials closely, then re-examine that list of what you are supposed to know how to do, and re-read the material, if necessary. Be sure to give yourself plenty of time to understand the material!Philosophy Study Table7:00-9:00 PM, Tuesday and Thursday, at the Success Center Assignments Due dates for the Discussion Forum postings and comments are listed below. You may submit these materials as early as you like; the deadline for Discussion Forum postings and comments is always midnight of the day for which they are listed. Any extra credit journals are always due seven days after the day for which they are listed (under “Other Resources”) — except for the last week of the semester: all work needs to be submitted by Thursday, December 9. All of these are to be submitted through the appropriate drop box in ANGEL. Late work can still be submitted, but it will be penalized. I encourage you to submit work early, when you can. Learning Objectives Learning Objectives (or learning competencies) are listed with the materials given for each class day (click on [show] links). These objectives are normally prefaced with some verb: identify, describe, distinguish, diagram, define, use, construct, explain, evaluate, compare, discuss. You may click on these terms for a brief description and example of what I have in mind. | ||
Thu, Sep 2 (1) What is Philosophy? [show] * Discussion Forum #1 is due (see ANGEL) [rubric] Logic and Belief Tue, Sep 7 (2) Analyzing Arguments [show] Comments on DF #1 are due (see ANGEL) [rubric] Thu, Sep 9 (3) Deductive Logic [show] Tue, Sep 14 (4) Inductive Logic [show] Thu, Sep 16 (5) On Belief [show] * Discussion Forum #2 is due (see ANGEL) [rubric] Socrates and Plato Tue, Sep 21 (6) Plato’s Apology: The Role of the Philosopher [show] Comments on DF #2 are due (see ANGEL) [rubric] Thu, Sep 23 (7) Plato’s Meno: The Benefits of Philosophy [show] Tue, Sep 28 (8) Plato’s Euthyphro: The Nature of Definitions [show] * Discussion Forum #3 is due (see ANGEL) [rubric] Thu, Sep 30 (9) The Citizen and the State [show] Comments on DF #3 are due (see ANGEL) [rubric] Tue, Oct 5 — Exam #1 — Epistemology Thu, Oct 7 (10) What Can I Know? [show] Tue, Oct 12 (11) Cartesian Dualism [show] * Discussion Forum #4 is due (see ANGEL) [rubric] Thu, Oct 14 (12) Locke’s Empiricism [show] Comments on DF #4 are due (see ANGEL) [rubric] —— Fall Break —— |
Philosophy of Religion Thu, Oct 21 (13) Believing and Disbelieving in God [show] Tue, Oct 26 (14) Faith and Reason [show] * Discussion Forum #5 is due (see ANGEL) [rubric] Thu, Oct 28 (15) The Argument from Design [show] Comments on DF #5 are due (see ANGEL) [rubric] Tue, Nov 2 (16) The Problem of Evil [show] Thu, Nov 4 — Exam #2 — Ethics Tue, Nov 9 (17) Why Be Moral? [show] * Discussion Forum #6 is due (see ANGEL) [rubric] Thu, Nov 11 (18) From Moral Intuition to Moral Theory [show] Comments on DF #6 are due (see ANGEL) [rubric] Tue, Nov 16 (19) Ethical Subjectivism [show] Thu, Nov 18 (20) Aristotle’s Virtue Ethic [show] * Discussion Forum #7 is due (see ANGEL) [rubric] Tue, Nov 23 (21) Mill’s Utilitarianism [show] Comments on DF #7 are due (see ANGEL) [rubric] —— Thanksgiving Break —— Tue, Nov 30 (22) Kant’s Deontologism [show] —— Thu, Dec 2 (No Class) —— The Metaphysics of Being Human Tue, Dec 7 (23) Minds, Brains, and Selves [show] * Discussion Forum #8 is due (see ANGEL) [rubric] Thu, Dec 9 (24) Minds and Machines [show] Comments on DF #8 are due (see ANGEL) [rubric] Finals Week — Exam #3 — | ||
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