Honors Introduction to Philosophy Richard Lee
Philosophy 2003 H 002, 005Spring 2009

Schedule of Readings
Tentative

Socrates 1/12 – 1/26
 
Plato:Apology517-529
Plato:Meno7-23
Plato:The Myth of the Cave23-26
 
God1/28 - 2/13
 
AquinasThe Five Ways711-712
HumeDialogues Concerning Natural Religion719-751
JamesThe Will to Believe792-802
 
First Examination 2/16
 
Knowledge2/18 - 3/13
 
DescartesMeditations on First Philosophy 50-76
HumeAn Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 175-206
 
Second Examination3/23
 
Mind3/25 - 4/10
 
SmartSensations and Brain Processes384-390
PutnamThe Nature of Mental States391-397
FodorThree Cheers for Propositional Attitudes409-420
PutnamBrains in a Vat433-443
FrankfurtFreedom of the Will and the Concept of a Person360-368
 
Choice4/13 - 4/29
 
MillSocial Liberty 664-677
SingerFamine, Affluence, and Morality 604-611
NagelWar and Massacre 611-620
MackieThe Subjectivity of Values 554-564
CamusThe Myth of Sisyphus 542-544
 
 
Third Examination5/6 or 5/5
 

This schedule is subject to change.


Richard Lee, rlee@uark.edu, last modified: 29 March 2009