Honors Introduction to Philosophy Richard Lee
Philosophy 2003 H 001, 002Spring 2008

Schedule of Readings
Tentative

Plato:Virtue & Knowledge1/14 – 1/23
 
Plato:MenoMeno
 
Mill: Liberty & Society1/25 - 2/4
 
Mill:CUOn Liberty Chapter 1: Introductory
Mill:CUOn Liberty Chapter 2: Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion
Mill:CUOn Liberty Chapter 3: Of Individuality, as One of the Elements of Well-Being
Mill:CUOn Liberty Chapter 4: Of the Limits to the Authority of Society over the Individual
Mill:CUOn Liberty Chapter 5: Applications
 
First Examination2/6
 
Hume: Deity & Evidence2/8 - 2/29
 
Hume:DialoguesII. [Design Argument, initial round]
Hume:DialoguesIV. [Why Go So Far?]
Hume:DialoguesV. [Inconveniences of Anthropomorphism]
Hume:DialoguesVI. [Other Ordering Principles]
Hume:DialoguesVIII. [The Epicurian Hypothesis]
Hume:DialoguesIX. [The "A Priori" Argument]
Hume:DialoguesX. [The Logical Problem of Evil]
Hume:DialoguesXI [The Inferential Problem of Evil]
 
Bentham: Pleasure & Punishment3/3 - 3/10
 
Bentham:CUPrinciples of Morals and Legislation I: Of the Principle of Utility
Bentham:CUPrinciples of Morals and Legislation II: Of Principles Adverse to that of Utility
Bentham:CUPrinciples of Morals and Legislation IV: Value of a Lot of Pleasure or Pain, How to Be Measured
Bentham:CUPrinciples of Morals and Legislation VIII: Of Intentionality
Bentham:CUPrinciples of Morals and Legislation XIII: Cases Unmeet for Punishment
Bentham:CUPrinciples of Morals and Legislation XIV: Of the Proportion Between Punishments and Offences
Bentham:CUPrinciples of Morals and Legislation XV: Of the Properties to Be Given to a Lot of Punishment
 
Second Examination3/12
 
Mill: Morality & Happiness3/14 - 3/28
 
Mill:CUUtilitarianism II: What Utilitarianism Is
Mill:CUUtilitarianism IV: Of What Sort of Proof the Principle of Utility is Susceptible
 
Searle: Mind & Consciousness3/31 - 4/30
 
Searle:Mind1: A Dozen Problems in the Philosophy of Mind
Searle:Mind2: The Turn to Materialism
Searle:Mind3: Arguments Against Materialism
Searle:Mind4: Consciousness Part I: Consciousness and the Mind-body Problem
Searle:Mind5: Consciousness Part II: The Structure of Consciousness and Neurobiology
Searle:Mind6: Intentionality
Searle:Mind7: Mental Causation
Searle:Mind8: Free Will
Searle:Mind10: Perception
Searle:Mind11: The Self
Searle:MindEpilogue: Philosophy and the Scientific World-View
 
Third Examination5/5 or 5/6
 

This schedule is subject to change.


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