PHIL 1030 - Introduction to Philosophy - Fall 2001 - Bombardi

Course Outline
 
Part 1 (8/20 - 9/24)
 
  1. Ancient Philosophy
    1. Early Greek Thought (Sophie's World, pp. 3-61)
      1. Syllabus & Introductory  (8/20)
      2. The Presocratics  (8/22)
      3. Socrates & the Sophists  (8/24)
    2. Classical Greek Thought (Sophie's World, pp. 62-94)
      1. Plato  (8/27, 8/29 & 8/31)
      2. Aristotle  (9/5 & 9/7)
    3. Hellenistic Thought (Sophie's World, pp. 93-108)
      1. The Epicureans  (9/10)
      2. The Stoics  (9/12)
      3. The Cynics & Skeptics  (9/14)
    4. Mediæval Thought (Sophie's World, pp. 116-145)
      1. The Semites  (9/17)
      2. Augustine of Hippo  (9/29)
      3. Thomas Aquinas  (9/21)
      4. ** Exercise #1 Due  (9/24)


Part 2 (9/26 - 11/9)
 
  1. Early Modern Philosophy
    1. The New Science (Sophie's World, pp. 146-190)
      1. Galileo  (9/26 & 9/28)
      2. Descartes  (10/1, 10/3, & 10/5)
      3. Hobbes  (10/8)
    2. Continental Rationalism (Sophie's World, pp. 191-197)
      1. Spinoza  (10/10 & 10/12)
      2. Leibniz  (10/15)
    3. British Empiricism (Sophie's World, pp. 198-205 & 217-232)
      1. Locke  (10/17)
      2. Berkeley  (10/22)
      3. ** Exercise #2 Due  (10/24)
    4. Hume (Sophie's World, pp. 206-216)
      1. The Origin of Ideas  (10/26)
      2. Causality & Induction  (10/29)
      3. Liberty & Necessitynbsp; (10/31)
    5. Kant (Sophie's World, pp. 233-262)
      1. A Copernican Revolution  (11/2 & 11/5)
      2. The Limits of Knowledge  (11/7 & 11/9)
      3. ** Exam #1 Due  (11/12)


Part 3 (11/14 - 12/10)
 
  1. Modern & Postmodern Philosophy
    1. Hegelian Idealism (Sophie's World, pp. 263-285)
      1. Reason & History  (11/14 & 11/16)
      2. The Logic of Self-Actualization  (11/19)
    2. Kierkegaard (Sophie's World, pp.286-295)
      1. Existentialism  (11/21)
      2. Three Ways of Life  (11/26)
    3. Marxist Materialism (Sophie's World, pp. 296-309)
      1. The Logic of Alienation  (11/28 & 11/30)
      2. Dialectical Materialism  (12/3)
    4. Two New Sciences (Sophie's World, pp. 310-342)
      1. Darwin  (12/5 & 12/7)
      2. Freud  (12/10)
      3. ** Exercise #3 Due  (12/5)
    5. Final Examination Period
      1. Section 01: Monday, 12/10, 9:30 - 11:30



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