PHIL 1030 - Introduction to Philosophy - Spring 2002 - Bombardi

Course Outline
 
Part 1 (1/07 - 2/11)
 
  1. Ancient Philosophy
    1. Early Greek Thought (Sophie's World, pp. 3-61)
      1. Syllabus & Introductory  (1/7)
      2. The Presocratics  (1/9 & 1/11)
      3. Socrates & the Sophists  (1/14)
    2. Classical Greek Thought (Sophie's World, pp. 62-94)
      1. Plato  (1/16 & 1/18)
      2. Aristotle  (1/23 & 1/25)
    3. Hellenistic Thought (Sophie's World, pp. 93-108)
      1. The Epicureans  (1/28)
      2. The Stoics  (1/30)
      3. The Cynics & Skeptics  (2/1)
    4. Mediæval Thought (Sophie's World, pp. 116-145)
      1. The Semites  (2/4)
      2. Augustine of Hippo  (2/6)
      3. Thomas Aquinas  (2/8)
      4. ** Exercise #1 Due  (2/11)


Part 2 (2/11 - 4/5)
 
  1. Early Modern Philosophy
    1. The New Science (Sophie's World, pp. 146-190)
      1. Galileo  (2/11 & 2/13)
      2. Descartes  (2/15, 2/18, & 2/20)
      3. Hobbes  (2/22)
    2. Continental Rationalism (Sophie's World, pp. 191-197)
      1. Spinoza  (2/25 & 2/27)
      2. Leibniz  (3/1)
    3. British Empiricism (Sophie's World, pp. 198-205 & 217-232)
      1. Locke  (3/4)
      2. Berkeley  (3/6)
      3. ** Exercise #2 Due  (3/8)
    4. Hume (Sophie's World, pp. 206-216)
      1. The Origin of Ideas  (3/11)
      2. Causality & Induction  (3/13)
      3. Liberty & Necessitynbsp; (3/15)
    5. Kant (Sophie's World, pp. 233-262)
      1. A Copernican Revolution  (3/18 & 3/20)
      2. The Limits of Knowledge  (3/22 & 4/1)
      3. ** Exam #1 Due  (4/5)


Part 3 (4/8 - 4/29)
 
  1. Modern & Postmodern Philosophy
    1. Hegelian Idealism (Sophie's World, pp. 263-285)
      1. Reason & History  (4/8)
      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  (4/15)
    3. Marxist Materialism (Sophie's World, pp. 296-309)
      1. The Logic of Alienation  (4/17 & 4/19)
      2. Dialectical Materialism  (4/22)
    4. Two New Sciences (Sophie's World, pp. 310-342)
      1. Darwin  (4/24 & 4/26)
      2. Freud  (4/29)
      3. ** Exercise #3 Due  (4/29)
    5. Final Examination Period
      1. Section 01: Wednesday, 5/1, 9:30 - 11:30


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