PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy
Spring 2012 Schedule
WK
Date
Day
1/10
T
1
1/12
TH
1/17
T
1/19
TH
1/24
T
1/26
TH
1/31
T
2/2
TH
2/7
T
2/9
TH
2/14
T
2/16
TH
2/21
T
2/23
2
3
4
5
1 Introduction
Blackboard
Pre-Quiz3 and HW
1 Pretest
2 The how, what and why of philosophy (T&S, pp.1-3)
Russell, The Value of Philosophy (BL)
Audi, Philosophy for Undergraduates (BL)
2 Russell and Audi
3 Conceptual Analysis
Earl, “Classical Conceptual Analysis” (BL)
3 Earl
4 Argument: Inductive & Deductive
(T&S, pp. 4-11)
4 Arguments
5 Philosophy of Religion
(pp. 206-212)
5 Philosophy of Religion
6 The Ontological Argument
(Anselm & Gaunilo, pp. 217-219)
6 Anselm and Gaunilo
7 The Cosmological Argument
(Aquinas, pp. 220-223; Rowe on Bb; Clark on Bb)
7 Aquinas
8 The Problem of Evil & Theodicy
(Hume, pp. 250-257, Stump, pp. 258-269)
8 Hume and Stump
POE (cont.) & Review
HW1 DUE
Exam 1
9 Knowledge & Skepticism
(pp. 270-281)
9 Epistemology
10 Gettier’s Counterexample
Gettier, “Is justified, True Belief Knowledge?” (BL)
10 Gettier
11 The Regress Argument
11 Skepticism
TH
12 Foundationalism: Rationalism
(Descartes, pp. 284-289)
12 Descartes
2/28
T
13 Foundationalism: Empiricism
(Moore, pp. 290-295)
13 Moore
3/1
TH
14 The Ethics of Belief
(Clifford, pp. 301-306)
14 Clifford
3/6
T
3/8
TH
6
7
8
9
1
Class# Topic (Reading1 in Timmons & Shoemaker or on BL) 2
Review
HW2 DUE
Exam 2
All page numbers refer to Timmons/Shoemaker. Reading should be completed before class!
For all of the lectures, there will be PowerPoint presentations available on Blackboard after the class meeting.
These will be similar to the material covered in class, but by no means do they replace coming to class.
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These short quizzes on Blackboard will help focus your attention on the reading. The first attempt should be
completed before coming to class. You will have 1 hour to complete most of the quizzes. You may use your
reading notes and books.
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PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy
Spring 2012 Schedule
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3/123/16
M-F
3/20
T
3/22
TH
3/27
T
3/29
TH
4/3
T
4/5
TH
4/10
T
4/12
TH
4/17
11
12
Spring Break
15 The Mind-Body Problem
(67-76; Bisson, 77-79)
16 Dualism
(Ducasse, 79-83; Churchland, 84-96)
15 Mind and Meat
16 Ducasse & Churchland
17 Fodor
17 Behaviorism & Identity Theory
(Fodor, 96-109)
18 Functionalism (Fodor, cont.) and
19 Searle (Searle, 110-127)
18 More Fodor
20 Consciousness & Review
(Chalmers, 128-137)
20 Chalmers
HW3 DUE
13
4/19
16
17
4/24
Exam 3
21 Introduction to Ethics
(pp. 313-321)
21 Intro to Ethics
22 Ethical Relativism, Religious Ethics, Egoism
(Benedict, Nagel in T&S; Beckwith on Bb)
22 Benedict & Nagel
T
23 Utilitarianism
(Mill)
23 Mill
24 Kant’s Ethics
(Kant)
24 Kant
TH
25 Review
25 Posttest
14
15
19 Searle
HW4 DUE
T
4/26
TH
5/3
TH
Reading Day, no classes
Practice Final in 2 parts
11:00 AM: Exam 4
Part 1: Ethics
Part 2: Cumulative
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