PHIL 201 - Introduction to Philosophy - Spring 2000 - Bombardi

Course Outline
 
Part 1 (1/10 - 2/14)
 
  1. Ancient Philosophy
    1. Early Greek Thought (Sophie's World, pp. 3-61)
      1. Syllabus & Introductory  (1/10)
      2. The Presocratics  (1/12 & 1/14)
      3. Socrates & the Sophists  (1/19)
    2. Classical Greek Thought (Sophie's World, pp. 62-94)
      1. Plato  (1/21 & 1/24)
      2. Aristotle  (1/26 & 1/28)
    3. Hellenistic Thought (Sophie's World, pp. 93-108)
      1. The Epicureans  (1/31)
      2. The Stoics  (2/2)
      3. The Cynics & Skeptics  (2/4)
    4. Mediæval Thought (Sophie's World, pp. 116-145)
      1. The Semites  (2/7)
      2. Augustine of Hippo  (2/9)
      3. Thomas Aquinas  (2/11)
      4. ** Exercise #1 Due  (2/14)


Part 2 (2/14 - 4/5)
 
  1. Early Modern Philosophy
    1. The New Science (Sophie's World, pp. 146-190)
      1. Galileo  (2/14 & 2/16)
      2. Descartes  (2/18, 2/21, & 2/23)
      3. Hobbes  (2/25)
    2. Continental Rationalism (Sophie's World, pp. 191-197)
      1. Spinoza  (2/28 & 3/1)
      2. Leibniz  (3/3)
    3. British Empiricism (Sophie's World, pp. 198-205 & 217-232)
      1. Locke  (3/6)
      2. Berkeley  (3/8)
      3. ** Exercise #2 Due  (3/10)
    4. Hume (Sophie's World, pp. 206-216)
      1. The Origin of Ideas  (3/13)
      2. Causality & Induction  (3/15)
      3. Liberty & Necessitynbsp; (3/17)
    5. Kant (Sophie's World, pp. 233-262)
      1. A Copernican Revolution  (3/20 & 3/22)
      2. The Limits of Knowledge  (3/24 & 4/3)
      3. ** Exam #1 Due  (4/5)


Part 3 (4/7 - 5/8)
 
  1. Modern & Postmodern Philosophy
    1. Hegelian Idealism (Sophie's World, pp. 263-285)
      1. Reason & History  (4/7)
      2. The Logic of Self-Actualization  (4/10)
    2. Kierkegaard (Sophie's World, pp.286-295)
      1. Existentialism  (4/12)
      2. Three Ways of Life  (4/14)
    3. Marxist Materialism (Sophie's World, pp. 296-309)
      1. The Logic of Alienation  (4/17 & 4/19)
      2. Dialectical Materialism  (4/24)
    4. Two New Sciences (Sophie's World, pp. 310-342)
      1. Darwin  (4/26 & 4/28)
      2. Freud  (5/1)
      3. ** Exercise #3 Due  (4/28)
    5. Final Examination Periods
      1. Section 01: Monday, 5/8, 9:30 - 11:30
      2. Section 03: Friday, 5/5, 8:00 - 10:00


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