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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Spring 2022
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Don Berkich
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TR 2:00 - 3:15, RFEB-108
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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 1/18 | Introductory Remarks | |
| Thursday 1/20 | The Wisest Man of Athens | |
| Tuesday 1/25 | Understanding Arguments | |
| Thursday 1/27 | Truth Tropic Language I: Validity by Truth Table | |
| Tuesday 2/1 | Truth Tropic Language II: Validity by Analytic Tableaux | |
| Thursday 2/3 | Truth Tropic Language III: Testing Validity | |
| Tuesday 2/8 | Examination I | |
| Thursday 2/10 | Truth Tropic Language IV: Testing Translations | |
| Tuesday 2/15 | Truth Tropic Language V: Extracting Arguments | |
| Thursday 2/17 | Truth Tropic Language VI: Philosophical Arguments | |
| Tuesday 2/22 | Truth Phobic Language I | |
| Thursday 2/24 | Truth Phobic Language II | |
| Tuesday 3/1 | Examination II | |
| Thursday 3/3 | Why is there Something, and not Nothing? | |
| Tuesday 3/8 | Does God Exist? | |
| Thursday 3/10 | Does God Not Exist? | |
| Tuesday 3/15 | Spring Break | |
| Thursday 3/17 | Spring Break | |
| Tuesday 3/22 | Is Intelligent Design Scientific? | |
| Thursday 3/24 | Can We be Good Without God? | |
| Tuesday 3/29 | Why Be Good? | |
| Thursday 3/31 | Examination III | |
| Tuesday 4/5 | Can We be Morally Responsible? | |
| Thursday 4/7 | What are We? | |
| Tuesday 4/12 | Is Artificial Intelligence Possible? | |
| Thursday 4/14 | What is it Like to See the Color Red? | |
| Tuesday 4/19 | Rise of the Robots: Loving, Living, and Working? | |
| Thursday 4/21 | Examination IV | |
| Tuesday 4/26 | What am I? | |
| Thursday 4/28 | What Does it Matter When I Die? | |
| Tuesday 5/3 | Concluding Remarks: What Shall We Do With Our Lives? | |
| Thursday 5/5 | Reading Day | |
| Monday 5/9 | SI Day with Rebecca | 1:00-3:00 OCNR-116; 5:30-7:30 OCNR-118 |
| Tuesday 5/10 | Examination V | 1:45-4:15 |