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 1301.004: Introduction to Philosophy
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Fall 2021
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Don Berkich
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MW 2:00 - 3:15, IH-163
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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..
| Monday 8/23 | Introductory Remarks | |
| Wednesday 8/25 | The Wisest Man of Athens | |
| Monday 8/30 | Basic Logic Concepts | Essay I Assigned |
| Wednesday 9/1 | Truth Tropic Language I: Defining PC | |
| Monday 9/6 | Labor Day Holiday | |
| Wednesday 9/8 | Truth Tropic Language III: Validity by Truth Table | Essay I Due |
| Monday 9/13 | Class Canceled Due to Tropical Storm Nicholas | |
| Wednesday 9/15 | Truth Tropic Language III: Validity by Analytic Tableaux | |
| Monday 9/20 | Truth Tropic Language IV: Testing Translations | Essay II Assigned |
| Wednesday 9/22 | Truth Tropic Language V: Extracting Arguments | |
| Monday 9/27 | Truth Phobic Language I | |
| Wednesday 9/29 | Truth Phobic Language II | Essay II Due |
| Monday 10/4 | Why is there Something, and not Nothing? | |
| Wednesday 10/6 | Does God Exist? | |
| Monday 10/11 | Does God Not Exist? | |
| Wednesday 10/13 | Is Intelligent Design Scientific? | Essay III Assigned |
| Monday 10/18 | Can We be Good Without God? | |
| Wednesday 10/20 | Why Be Good? | |
| Monday 10/25 | Can We be Morally Responsible? | |
| Wednesday 10/27 | What are We? | Essay III Due |
| Monday 11/1 | What is it Like to See the Color Red? | |
| Wednesday 11/3 | Is Artificial Intelligence Possible? | |
| Monday 11/8 | Ex Machina Discussion | Essay IV Assigned |
| Wednesday 11/10 | Rise of the Robots: Loving, Living, and Working? | |
| Monday 11/15 | What am I? | |
| Wednesday 11/17 | What Can We Know? | Essay IV Due |
| Monday 11/22 | What Will Happen Next? | |
| Wednesday 11/24 | Reading Day | |
| Monday 11/29 | Why Do We Die? | |
| Wednesday 12/1 | Concluding Remarks: What Shall We Do With Our Lives? | Essay V Assigned |
| Thursday 12/2 | Reading Day | |
| Wednesday, 12/8 | Essay V (written in class) | 1:45-4:15 |