Introduction to Philosophy
Welcome to the Philosophy Gym, where we exercise our minds, no question or puzzle is off-limits, discussions are open, and we discover the importance of entertaining a proposition without believing it.
PHIL 1301.006: Introduction to Philosophy
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Fall 2018
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Don Berkich
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TR 2:00 - 3:15, BH-206
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Schedule
Please note that this schedule is tentative and authoritative: Changes may be made, but they would be made here. Thus this page supersedes any page with which it conflicts..
| Tuesday, 8/28 | Introductory Remarks | |
| Thursday, 8/30 | The Wisest Man of Athens | PS-01 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 9/04 | Basic Logic Concepts | PS-01 Due |
| Thursday, 9/06 | Truth Tropic Language I | PS-02 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 9/11 | Truth Tropic Language II | PS-02 Due |
| Thursday, 9/13 | Truth Tropic Language III | PS-03 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 9/18 | Truth Phobic Language I | PS-03 Due |
| Thursday, 9/20 | Truth Phobic Language II | PS-04 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 9/25 | Interlude: Puzzles and Paradoxes I | PS-04 Due |
| Thursday, 9/27 | Interlude: Puzzles and Paradoxes II | PS-05 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 10/02 | Why is there Something, and not Nothing? | |
| Thursday, 10/04 | Does God Exist? | PS-05 Due, PS-06 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 10/09 | Is Intelligent Design Scientific? | |
| Thursday, 10/11 | Can We be Good Without God? | PS-06 Due, PS-07 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 10/16 | Why Be Good? | |
| Thursday, 10/18 | Can We Be Morally Responsible? | PS-07 Due, PS-08 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 10/23 | What is the Mind? | |
| Thursday, 10/25 | What is it Like to See the Color Red? | PS-08 Due, PS-09 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 10/30 | Is Artificial Intelligence Possible? | |
| Thursday, 11/01 | Ex Machina | PS-09 Due, PS-10 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 11/06 | Am I Just a Brain in a Vat? | |
| Thursday, 11/08 | What Am I? | PS-10 Due, PS-11 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 11/13 | What is Knowledge? | |
| Thursday, 11/15 | Will the Sun Rise Tomorrow? | |
| Tuesday, 11/20 | Is it All Just Relative Then? | PS-11 Due, PS-12 Assigned |
| Thursday, 11/22 | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| Tuesday, 11/27 | What Matters? | |
| Thursday, 11/29 | What Shall We Do? | PS-12 Due, PS-13 Assigned |
| Tuesday, 12/04 | Concluding Remarks | PS-13 Due |
| Thursday, 12/06 | Reading Day | |
| Thursday, 12/13 | Final Examination | 1:45-4:15 |