Honors Introduction to Philosophy Richard Lee
Philosophy 2003 H 001Spring 2000

Schedule of Readings
Tentative

Plato, Meno1/18 - 2/1
Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion2/3 - 2/17
II. [Design Argument, initial round]
IV. [Why Go So Far?]
V. [Inconveniences of Anthropomorphism]
VI. [Other Ordering Principles]
VIII. [The Epicurian Hypothesis]
IX. [The "A Priori" Argument]
X. [The Logical Problem of Evil]
XI [The Inferential Problem of Evil]
First examination2/22
Searle, Minds, Brains and Science2/24 - 3/14
1. The Mind-Body Problem
2. Can Computers Think?
3. Cognitive Science
6. The Freedom of the Will
Perry, A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality3/16 - 4/4
The First Night
The Second Night
The Third Night
Second examination4/6
Singer, Practical Ethics4/11 - 5/2
Chapter 1: About Ethics
Chapter 2: Equality and Its Implications
Chapter 3: Equality for Animals?
Chapter 4: What's Wrong with Killing?
Chapter 5: Taking Life: Animals
Chapter 6: Taking Life: The Embryo and the Fetus
Chapter 7: Taking Life: Humans
Chapter 8: Rich and Poor
Chapter 9: Insiders and Outsiders
Chapter 10: The Environment
Chapter 11: Ends and Means
Chapter 12: Why Act Morally?
Third examination5/4
This schedule is subject to change.


Richard Lee, rlee@comp.uark.edu, last modified: 17 February 2000