Introduction to Philosophy, Section 004
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 1301.004: Introduction to Philosophy
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Fall 2020
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Don Berkich
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TR 2:00 - 3:15, RFEB-104
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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..
| Thursday, 8/20 | Introductory Remarks | |
| Tuesday, 8/25 | The Wisest Man of Athens | |
| Thursday, 8/27 | Basic Logic Concepts | |
| Tuesday, 9/1 | Truth Tropic Language I: Defining PC | |
| Thursday, 9/3 | Truth Tropic Language II: Validity by Truth Table | |
| Monday, 9/7 | Labor Day Holiday | |
| Tuesday, 9/8 | Truth Tropic Language III: Validity by Analytic Tableaux | |
| Thursday, 9/10 | Truth Tropic Language IV: Testing Translations | |
| Tuesday, 9/15 | Truth Tropic Language V: Extracting Arguments | Essay I Assigned |
| Thursday, 9/17 | Truth Phobic Language I | |
| Tuesday, 9/22 | Truth Phobic Language II | Essay I Due |
| Thursday, 9/24 | Why is there Something, and not Nothing? | |
| Tuesday, 9/29 | Does God Exist? | Essay II Assigned |
| Thursday, 10/1 | Does God Not Exist? | |
| Tuesday, 10/6 | Is Intelligent Design Scientific? | Essay II Due |
| Thursday, 10/8 | Can We be Good Without God? | |
| Tuesday, 10/13 | Why Be Good? | Essay III Assigned |
| Thursday, 10/15 | Can We be Morally Responsible? | |
| Tuesday, 10/20 | What are We? | Essay III Due |
| Thursday, 10/22 | What is it Like to See the Color Red? | |
| Tuesday, 10/27 | Is Artificial Intelligence Possible? | |
| Thursday, 10/29 | Ex Machina Discussion | |
| Tuesday, 11/3 | Rise of the Robots: Loving, Living, and Working? | Essay IV Assigned |
| Thursday, 11/5 | What am I? | |
| Tuesday, 11/10 | What Can We Know? | Essay IV Due |
| Thursday, 11/12 | What Will Happen Next? | |
| Tuesday, 11/17 | Why Do We Die? | |
| Thursday, 11/19 | What Shall We Do? | |
| Tuesday, 11/24 | Concluding Remarks | Essay V Assigned |
| Wednesday, 11/25 | Reading Day | |
| Thursday, 11/26 | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| Monday, 11/30 | Reading Day | |
| Tuesday, 12/1 | Essay V Due | 1:45-4:15 |