Introduction to Philosophy Richard Lee
Philosophy 2003 C 001Autumn 1999

Schedule of Readings
 
-- Wisdom & Argument --8/23 - 9/1
Pojman, "What Is Philosophy?" pp.2-5
Pojman, "How to Read and Write a Philosophy Paper" pp.637-639
Plato, "Socratic Wisdom" pp.6-18
Lee, "Identifying and Formulating Arguments"web
Pojman, "Excursus: A Little Bit of Logic" pp.23-37
 
-- God & Causes --9/8 - 9/20
Edwards, "A Critique of the Cosmological Argument" pp.46-55
Hume, "A Critique of the Teleological Argument" pp.60-67
 
First Examination9/22
 
-- Evil & Faith --9/27 - 10/6
Johnson, "Why Doesn't God Intervene to Prevent Evil?" pp.77-82
James, "The Will to Believe" pp.97-105
 
-- Right & Wrong --10/11 - 10/18
Rachels, "Morality is Not Relative" pp.375-384
Kant, "The Moral Law"pp.418-430
Lee, "Kantian Ethical Theory"web
 
Second Examination10/20
 
-- Skepticism & Knowledge --10/25 - 11/1
Descartes, "Cartesian Doubt and the Search for Foundational Knowledge" pp.129-135
Descartes, "Dualist Interactionism" [in part] pp.221-225
Hume, "The Origin of Our Ideas and Skepticism about Causal Reasoning"pp.157-165
 
-- Mind & Body --11/3 - 11/15
Descartes, "Dualistic Interactionism" [in part] pp.225-228
Moreland, "A Contemporary Defense of Dualism" pp.234-245
Churchland, "On Functionalism and Materialism" pp.245-260
Searle, "Minds, Brains, and Computers" pp.269-276
 
Third Examination11/17
 
-- Freedom & Determinism --11/22 - 11/29
Stace, "Compatibilism" pp.341-347
Taylor, "A Contemporary Defense of Free Will" pp.356-364
 
-- Life & Happiness --12/1
Epicurus, "Moderate Hedonism" pp.517-522
Epictetus, "Stoicism: Enchiridion" pp.523-532
 
Fourth Examination12/6
 
Universal Makeup Examination12/9
 

This schedule is subject to change.


Richard Lee, rlee@comp.uark.edu, last modified: 27 September 1999