Sept. 1—3: Intro to Class/Arguments
Wednesday: Introduction to Class (no reading)
Friday: Doing Philosophy (no reading)
September 6—10: Arguments
Monday: LABOR DAY (no class)
Wednesday: Understanding Arguments (RA Chapters 1 & 2)
Friday: Types of Arguments (RA Chapters 3 & 4); group work
September 13—17: Arguments
Monday: Evaluating Arguments (RA Chapter 4 & 5); group work
Wednesday: Deductive Arguments (RA Chapter 6)
Friday: Deductive Arguments (RA Chapters 6); group work
September 20—24: Arguments
Monday: Fallacies (RA Chapter 10)
Wednesday: Fallacies & Biases (handout: Metacognition); group work
Friday: FUN FRIDAY #1: Biases (no reading)
September 27—October 1: 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 4—8: Knowledge & Existence of God
Monday: Skepticism | Descartes’ Meditations One and Two (CWP 482-483, 490-492); group work
Wednesday: Descartes’ Meditations Two (CWP 429-496)
Friday: God | Intro to Philosophy of Religion (handout: Lawhead)
October 11—15: 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: Cosmological Argument | Which Is Weirder? (no new reading)
October 18—22: Existence of God
Monday: Design Argument | Hume II & V in Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion (CWP 862-867, 873-875)
Wednesday: Design Argument | (no new reading); group work
Friday: FUN FRIDAY #2: Proof
October 25—29: Existence of God
Monday: Design Argument | Chance vs. Design (no new reading)
Wednesday: Review for Midterm (no reading)
Friday: MIDTERM
November 1—5: 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: Problem of Evil | Hicks (handout: Soul-Building)
November 8—12: Existence of God & Free Will
Monday: Problem of Evil | wrap-up (no new reading)
Wednesday: Free Will | Freedom vs. Determinism (handout: Nagel)
Friday: Free Will | Maimonides The Guide of the Perplexed
(CWP 434-439)
November 15—19: Free Will & Ethics
Monday: Free Will | Aristotle: Book III in On the Soul
(CWP 223-227)
Wednesday: Free Will | Determinism (handout: Hospers)
Friday: FUN FRIDAY #3 | Practical Ethics; Aristotle Book II of Nicomachean Ethics (CWP 269-275)
November 22—26: Ethics
Monday: Ethics | Virtue Ethics: Aristotle Book III, Chapter 1 in Nicomachean Ethics (CWP 275-277)
Wednesday: Journal due; Ethics | Utilitarianism: Mill part of Chapter 2 in Utilitarianism (CWP 1060-1063)
Friday: THANKSGIVING BREAK (no class!) (woo?)
November 29—December 3: Ethics
Monday: Ethics | Evaluating Utilitarianism (handout: Rachels)
Wednesday: Ethics | Kant 1st section in Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals (CWP 984-991)
Friday: Ethics | Evaluating Kantian Ethics (handout: Rachels)
December 6—10: Ethics/Group Presentations
Monday: preparation for presentations (no reading)
Wednesday: group presentations
Friday: FUN FRIDAY #4 | Importance
December 13—19: Group Presentations & Review
Monday: group presentations
Wednesday: group presentations
Friday: PAPER #2 due; review for Final Exam
December 22: Final Exam
Monday: FINAL EXAM (11:00-11:50 p.m.)
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