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 1301.001: Introduction to Philosophy
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Fall 2021
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Don Berkich
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TR 9:30 - 10:45, 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..
| Tuesday 8/24 | Introductory Remarks | |
| Thursday 8/26 | The Wisest Man of Athens | |
| Tuesday 8/31 | Basic Logic Concepts | Essay I Assigned |
| Thursday 9/2 | Truth Tropic Language I: Defining PC | |
| Tuesday 9/7 | Truth Tropic Language II: Validity by Truth Table | |
| Thursday 9/9 | Truth Tropic Language III: Validity by Analytic Tableaux | Essay I Due |
| Tuesday 9/14 | Class Canceled Due to Tropical Storm Nicholas | |
| Thursday 9/16 | Truth Tropic Language IV: Testing Translations | |
| Tuesday 9/21 | Truth Tropic Language V: Extracting Arguments | Essay II Assigned |
| Thursday 9/23 | Truth Phobic Language I | |
| Tuesday 9/28 | Truth Phobic Language II | |
| Thursday 9/30 | Why is there Something, and not Nothing? | Essay II Due |
| Tuesday 10/5 | Does God Exist? | |
| Thursday 10/7 | Does God Not Exist? | |
| Tuesday 10/12 | Is Intelligent Design Scientific? | |
| Thursday 10/14 | Can We be Good Without God? | Essay III Assigned |
| Tuesday 10/19 | Why Be Good? | |
| Thursday 10/21 | Can We be Morally Responsible? | |
| Tuesday 10/26 | What are We? | |
| Thursday 10/28 | What is it Like to See the Color Red? | Essay III Due |
| Tuesday 11/2 | Is Artificial Intelligence Possible? | |
| Thursday 11/4 | Ex Machina Discussion | |
| Tuesday 11/9 | Rise of the Robots: Loving, Living, and Working? | Essay IV Assigned |
| Thursday 11/11 | What am I? | |
| Tuesday 11/16 | What Can We Know? | |
| Thursday 11/18 | What Will Happen Next? | Essay IV Due |
| Tuesday 11/23 | Why Do We Die? | |
| Thursday 11/25 | Thanksgiving Break | |
| Tuesday 11/30 | Concluding Remarks: What Shall We Do With Our Lives? | Essay V Assigned |
| Thursday 12/2 | Reading Day | |
| Thursday, 12/9 | Essay V (in class) | 8:00-10:30 |