Introduction to Philosophy, Section 001
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 2020
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Don Berkich
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MW 2:00 - 3:15, CI-127
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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..
| Wednesday, 8/19 | Introductory Remarks | |
| Monday, 8/24 | The Wisest Man of Athens | |
| Wednesday, 8/26 | Basic Logic Concepts | |
| Monday, 8/31 | Truth Tropic Language I: Defining PC | |
| Wednesday, 9/2 | Truth Tropic Language II: Validity by Truth Table | |
| Monday, 9/7 | Labor Day Holiday | |
| Wednesday, 9/9 | Truth Tropic Language III: Validity by Analytic Tableaux | |
| Monday, 9/14 | Truth Tropic Language IV: Testing Translations | Essay I Assigned |
| Wednesday, 9/16 | Truth Tropic Language V: Extracting Arguments | |
| Monday, 9/21 | Truth Phobic Language | Essay I Due |
| Wednesday, 9/23 | Why is there Something, and not Nothing? | |
| Monday, 9/28 | Does God Exist? | Essay II Assigned |
| Wednesday, 9/30 | Does God Not Exist? | |
| Monday, 10/5 | Is Intelligent Design Scientific? | Essay II Due |
| Wednesday, 10/7 | Can We be Good Without God? | |
| Monday, 10/12 | Why Be Good? | Essay III Assigned |
| Wednesday, 10/14 | Can We be Morally Responsible? | |
| Monday, 10/19 | What are We? | Essay III Due |
| Wednesday, 10/21 | What is it Like to See the Color Red? | |
| Monday, 10/26 | Is Artificial Intelligence Possible? | |
| Wednesday, 10/28 | Ex Machina Discussion | |
| Monday, 11/2 | Rise of the Robots: Loving, Living, and Working? | Essay IV Assigned |
| Wednesday, 11/4 | What am I? | |
| Monday, 11/9 | What Can We Know? | Essay IV Due |
| Wednesday, 11/11 | What Will Happen Next? | |
| Monday, 11/16 | Why Do We Die? | |
| Wednesday, 11/18 | What Shall We Do? | |
| Monday, 11/23 | Concluding Remarks | Essay V Assigned |
| Wednesday, 11/25 | Reading Day | |
| Wednesday, 11/26 | Thanksgiving Holiday | |
| Monday, 11/30 | Reading Day | |
| Wednesday, 12/2 | Essay V Due | 1:45-4:15 |