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Phil. 102: Philosophical Inquiry – Assignments
Fall, 2006 Version 1.0 ©c2006 GFDL
0.1 Legend
Weekly Schedule Version 1.
Note: In the Class Lecture column, the subjects covered by that week are listed, together with important due dates for assignments, reading, and tests. Online Webpages usually begin with “...” which stands for
http://philosophy.lander.edu/
followed by a named directory and the Webpage. To get to the page, type the whole ex- pression into the Address Bar of your browser (Internet Explorer, Netscape, or Firefox).
For example, the first tutorial is listed in the Assignment column as ...intro/what.html You would type into the address bar of your browser
http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/what.html
In most browsers, typing in the “http://” prefix is optional.
RFPI is the abbreviation for the textbook in the course: Reading for Philosophic Inquiry, and IES is the abbreviation for the supplementary sources for papers: Introduction to Eth- ical Studies.
Reading for Philosophical Inquiry (RFPI) is available in chapter segments as HTML, PDF, and MP3 at
http://philosophy.lander.edu/intro/introbook-links.html
(Scroll to the bottom of that page for individual chapter–by–chapter links.)
Introduction to Ethical Studies (IES) is available in toto as HTML and PDF at
http://philosophy.lander.edu/ethics/index.html
Any change to this schedule during the semester will be denoted by a change in version number for the schedule. Specifically, the first change would be named “Weekly Schedule Version 1.1 ” and so forth.
0.2 Fall 2006 Assignment Schedule
Week Class Lecture Assignments 08.17.06 Welcome to the Course Study Online Syllabus R 1 Purpose of the Course Find Online Textbook What is Philosophy? Surf http://philosophy.lander.edu 08.22.06 Some Main Questions of Philosohy
Study Syllabus
T 2 Types of Philosophical Ques- tions
Study RFPI Part I “Personal Uses of Phi- losophy” 08.24.06 The Nature of Philosophical Inquiry
Study RFPI Chapter 2 “The Nature of Learning” R 3 Study RFPI Chapter 3 ”The Nature of Philosophical Inquiry” 08.29.06 Trial of Socrates I Study ...intro/what.html T 4 Study ...intro/character.html 08.31.06 The Socratic Paradox ...intro/socrates.html R 5 Study RFPI Chapter 4 “Just Do What’s Right” 09.05.06 The Trial of Socrates II Study RFPI Chapter 5 ”Seek Truth Rather Than Escape Death” T 6 09.07.06 The Value of Philosophy ...intro/russell.html R 7 Study RFPI Chapter 6 “Enlargement of Self” 09.12.06 Faith Provides Life’s Meaning ...intro/tolstoy.html T 8 Study RFPI Chapter 7 ”Only Faith Can Give Truth” 09.14.06 Only I Can Find Meaning ...intro/camus.html R 9 Study RFPI Chapter 8 “Le Mythe de Sisyphe” 09.19.06 Review for Test I Test I: Philosophy of Life T 10 09.21.06 Test I: Philosophy of Life Read RFPI Part II “Philosophy of Reli- gion” (Intro) R 11 09.26.06 Facts and Ideas Study RFPI Chapter 9: “God and the World” T 12 a priori and a posteriori ar- guments
Study RFPI Chapter 10 “The Ontological Argument” 09.28.06 The Ontological Argument ...intro/anselm.html R 13 The Perfect Island Argument Study RFPI Chapter 11 “An Answer to Anselm” 10.03.06 Fall Break T 10.05.06 Cosmological Arguments, PartI
...intro/aquinas.shtml
R 14 Study RFPI Chapter 13“”From the Na- ture of the Universe”
Week Class Lecture Assignment 12.05.06 Final Exam Period for Sec. 04 Approved Make-Ups
Study RFPI Chapter 33 ”What Makes a Life Significant?” Have a Great Holiday! 12.07.06 Final Exam Period for Sec. 06 Approved Make-Ups
Study RFPI Chapter 33 ”What Makes a Life Significant?” Have a Great Holiday!
