Philosophy 200
January 30 – Introduction to the class, chapter 1
February 1 – Chapter 1
February 6 – Chapter 1
February 8 – Quiz 1 due, Read chapter 2 for class, Suggested problems: all chapter 2 problems.
February 13 – Chapter 2 lecture and problem sets review
February 15 – Chapter 2 lecture and problem sets review
February 20 – No class: President’s Day
February 22 – Chapter 2 quiz Part 1 over exercises 2.1 and 2.2, Read Chapter 3 for class, Discuss Logic in Society 1
February 27 – Chapter 2 quiz Part 2 over exercise 2.4, Chapter 3 lecture and problem sets review, Read Socrates’s Crito
March 1 – Suggested problems: all chapter 3 problems from 3.1, 3.2, and 3.3, begin discussing Socrates critical thinking paper 1 in class
March 6 – Chapter 3 Quiz part 1 over problems sets 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, Chapter 3 lecture, discussion on Socrates critical thinking paper 1, Discuss Logic in Society 1
March 8 – Chapter 3 Quiz Part 2 over problem sets 3.4, 3.5, Read Chapter 4 for class, Logic in Society 1 due, first Socrates assignment due, discuss Socrates and paper
March 13 – Chapter 3 quiz part 3, Socrates critical thinking paper: Work on it in class, begin study on fallacies (Chapters 5-6, handout: Fallacies), Logic in Society 2 due
March 15 – Catch-up
March 20 – Mid-term exam over Chapters 1-3
March 22 – No class, Socrates paper due
April 3 – Discuss Socrates paper, chapter 4
April 5 – quiz over chapter 4, chapter 11, read http://www.chrisbeatcancer.com/bend-over-vaccines/ and http://www.freerangekids.com/group-that-put-missing-kids-pictures-on-milk-cartons-now-says-dont-teach-kids-stranger-danger/ in preparation for class discussion on chapter 11.
April 10 – finish chapter 11, begin Fallacies handout. Please print this handout and bring it to class with you.
April 12 – Quiz over chapter 11, chapters 5-6 and Fallacies handout. If you have not yet done so, please print this handout and bring it to class without.
April 17 – fallacies
April 19 – falacies
April 24 – Quiz over fallacies, Discuss paper 2, Read The Ones Who Walked Away From Omelas
April 26 – Read Utilitarianism and An Introduction to The Principles of Morals and Legislation ONLY CHAPTER 1, Khan Part 1, Khan Part 2, Khan Part 3, Utilitarianism notes
May 1 – Read Virtue Ethics and Nichomachean Ethics Book I Chapters 1-7, and Book II 6-9, Virtue ethics TED, Khan, virtue ethics notes
May 3 – Discuss paper 2 in class
May 8 – LIS 3 due if you have not already turned it in.
May 10 –Paper 2 due, arguments in culture and class assignment, LIS 4 due
May 15 – Arguments in culture and class assignment, LIS 5 due
May 17 – Arguments in culture and class assignment, LIS 6 due
May 22 – Quizzes 6-9 due, paper 3 discussion, exam review, class wrap-up
May 24 – Final exam, Paper 3 due