MAIN SCHEDULE
(Tentative:
Would any change be necessary,
it
will be announced in class and on my website)
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WEEK |
DATE |
TOPIC |
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ACTIVITY |
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INTRODUCTION |
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1 |
Saturday, September 13 |
Introduction: Elements of
Logic I |
Russell: “The Value of Philosophy,” Hurka: “How to Get to the Top,” (in class) |
Syllabus |
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PART I: PLATO |
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2 |
Saturday, September 20 |
Elements of
Logic III; Moral
Decisions and Obligations |
QUIZ |
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3 |
Saturday, September 27 |
Socratic Elenchus Divine
Command Theory |
Plato: Euthyphro The Cave (from The Republic) |
QUIZ 1st essay is assigned |
INTERLUDE
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4 |
Saturday, October 4 |
Brains and
Bodies; Points of
View |
Dennett: Where Am I? ( [in Mind’s I] |
QUIZ 1st essay is due |
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PART II: DESCARTES |
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5 |
Saturday, October 11 |
Introducing
Descartes, Basic
Methodological Issues |
Descartes: Discourse
I, II, III |
QUIZ |
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6 |
Saturday, October 18 |
Searching
for the Foundation of all Knowledge: Methodological
Skepticism and the Cogito |
Descartes: Discourse
IV Meditation I, selections from Meditation II |
QUIZ |
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7 |
Saturday, October 25 |
Philosophy
and Science I |
Discourse V, (VI) |
QUIZ 2nd essay is assigned |
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8 |
Saturday, November 1 |
Philosophy
and Science II |
Morowitz:
Rediscovering the Mind (w/ reflections) [in Mind’s I] |
QUIZ |
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PART III: BASIC FREEDOMS |
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9 |
Saturday, November 8 |
Freedom of
Thought |
Mill: On |
QUIZ 2nd essay is due |
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10 |
Saturday, November 15 |
Freedom of
Action |
Mill: On |
QUIZ |
PART IV: CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
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11 |
Saturday, November 22 |
Thinking
Machines |
Turing: Computing Machinery (Hofstadter: The Turing Test, A Coffeehouse Conversation) |
QUIZ 3rd essay is assigned |
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Saturday, November 29 |
THANKSGIVING RECESS, UNIVERSITY IS CLOSED |
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12 |
Saturday, December 6 |
Thinking
Machines |
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QUIZ, 3rd essay is due |
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13 |
Saturday, December 913 |
TBA |
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QUIZ |
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