August 31—September 2: Intro to Class/Philosophy
Wednesday: Introduction to Class (no reading)
Friday: What is Philosophy? (no reading)
September 5—9: Arguments
Monday: LABOR DAY (no class)
Wednesday: Understanding & Evaluating Arguments (RA Chapter 1)
Friday: Arguments: Generalizations (RA Chapters 2); group work
September 12—16: Arguments
Monday: Arguments by Analogy & Causal Arguments (RA Chapter 3 & 5)
Wednesday: Arguments: Sources (RA Chapter 4); group work
Friday: Deductive Arguments (RA Chapters 6)
September 19—23: Arguments
Wednesday: Deductive Arguments (RA Chapter 6); group work
Monday: Fallacies (RA Chapter 10)
Friday: FUN FRIDAY #1: Biases (no reading)
September 26—30: Knowledge
Monday: QUIZ #1; Intro to Knowledge (no reading)
Wednesday: Defining Knowledge | Plato’s Account (handout: Plato)
Friday: Skepticism (CWP 482-483, 490-496)
October 3—7: Knowledge & Existence of God
Monday: Skepticism | Descartes’ Meditations One (CWP 490-492); group work
Wednesday: Descartes’ Meditations Two (CWP 429-496)
Friday: God | Intro to Philosophy of Religion (handout: Lawhead)
October 10—14: Existence of God
Monday: Cosmological Argument | Aquinas: Summa Theologiae Question 2 (CWP 440-441, 450-453)
Wednesday: PAPER #1 due; Cosmological Argument (no new reading); group work
Friday: Ontological Argument | Anselm: Prologue & Chapters 1-8 in Proslogian (CWP 411-417)
October 17—21: Existence of God
Monday: Ontological Argument | Gaunilo: Reply on Behalf of the Fool (CWP 425-427)
Wednesday: Design Argument | Hume II & V in Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (CWP 862-867, 873-875)
Friday: Design Argument | (no new reading); group work
October 24—28: Existence of God
Monday: Design Argument | Chance vs. Design (no new reading)
Wednesday: Review for Midterm (no reading)
Friday: MIDTERM
October 31—November 4: Existence of God
Monday: Problem of Evil | Intro (handout: Sober)
Wednesday: Problem of Evil | Augustine: Books 1, 2, & part of 3 in On Free Choice of the Will (CWP 357-369)
Friday: FUN FRIDAY #2: Proof
November 7—11: Existence of God & Free Will
Monday: Friday: Problem of Evil | Hicks (handout: Soul-Building)
Wednesday: Free Will | Freedom vs. Determinism (handout: Nagel)
Friday: Free Will | Maimonides The Guide of the Perplexed (CWP 434-439)
November 14—18: Free Will & Ethics
Monday: Free Will | Aristotle: Book III in On the Soul (CWP 223-227) and Book III, Chapter 1 of Nicomachean Ethics (CWP 275-277)
Wednesday: Free Will | Determinism (handout: Hospers)
Friday: Ethics | Utilitarianism: Mill part of Chapter 2 in Utilitarianism (CWP 1060-1063)
November 21—25: Ethics
Monday: Ethics | Evaluating Utilitarianism (handout: Rachels)
Wednesday: Journal due; Ethics | Kant 1st section in Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals (CWP 984-991)
Friday: THANKSGIVING BREAK (no class!) (woo?)
November 28—December 2: Ethics
Monday: Ethics | Evaluating Kantian Ethics (handout: Rachels)
Wednesday: Ethics | Virtue Ethics: Aristotle Book II of Nicomachean Ethics (CWP 269-275)
Friday: FUN FRIDAY #3 | Practical Ethics (no new reading)
December 5—9: Ethics/Group Presentations
Monday: Ethics | Virtue Ethics evaluated (handout: Rachels)
Wednesday: preparation for presentations (no reading)
Friday: group presentations
December 12—16: Group Presentations & Review
Monday: group presentations
Wednesday: group presentations
Friday: PAPER #2 due; review for Final Exam
December 19: Final Exam
Monday: FINAL EXAM (11:00-11:50 p.m.)
August 30th: Last day to drop a course & receive a 100% refund.
September 14th: Last day to drop a course & receive a 50% refund.
September 21st: Last day to sign up to audit a course.
December 2nd: Last day to withdraw from Fall classes.
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