Socrates

Plato

Spring 2019 Class Calendar

PHIL-1301-057
Introduction to Philosophy
D. Andrew Christie


Aristotle

Locke


Spring 2019 Course Calendar

Impromptu Quizzes Quiz Dates: Randomly Scheduled
Midterm Exam #1 Exam Date: February 26, 2019
Midterm Exam #2 Exam Date: April 9, 2019
Class Essay Essay Due Date: April 23, 2019
Group Presentations Presentation Date: May 7, 2019
Final Exam Exam Date: May 14, 2019



Hume

Kant

Spring 2019 Class Calendar

Course Outline &
Reading Assignments


Nietzsche

Heidegger



Course Outline/Reading Assignments

Reading assignments in The Great Conversation -- A Historical Introduction to Philosophy (Ed: Norman Melchert; 7th edition)

Week Date Topic Reading (7th edition) Reading (8th edition)
1 22-JAN Introduction & Overview;
Pre-Socratics (Thales, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Atomists)
Ch. 2: pg 10 - 22; 25 - 38 Ch. 2: pg 9 - 34
2 29-JAN The Sophists; Socrates;
Plato's Apology
Ch. 3: pg 39 - 47, pg 55 - 59;
Ch. 4: pg 60 - 71;
Ch. 5: pg 86 - 104
Ch. 4: pg 55 - 63, pg 69 - 73;
Ch. 6: pg 91 - 101;
Ch. 7: pg 102; 116 - 134
3 05-FEB Plato Ch. 6: pg 118 - 154 Ch. 8: pg 148 - 181
4 12-FEB Aristotle Ch. 7: pg 155 - 195 Ch. 9: pg 182 - 219
5 19-FEB Epicureanism, Stoicism, & Skepticism Ch. 8: pg 197 - 215 Ch. 11: pg 235 - 252
6 26-FEB Plotinus (and The Great Chain of Being);
St. Anselm (and The Ontological Argument);
Midterm Exam #1
Ch. 10: pg 235 - 237; Ch. 11: pg 259 - 263 Ch. 13: pg 270 - 272; Ch. 15: pg 311 - 316
7 05-MAR St. Thomas Aquinas and William of Ockham Ch. 11: pg 264 - 290 Ch. 15: pg 316 - 339
8 12-MAR Medieval to Modern Philosophy;
Rene Descartes
Ch. 12: pg 306 - 312; Ch. 13: pg 314 - 354 Ch. 16: pg 306 - 312; Ch. 17: pg 360 - 403
9 26-MAR Thomas Hobbes;
John Locke
Ch. 14: pg 356 - 368, pg 368 - 381 Ch. 18: pg 404 - 416, pg 416 - 427
10 02-APR David Hume Ch. 15: pg 393 - 408 Ch. 19: pg 438 - 439, pg 441 - 453
11 09-APR Taoism & Buddhism;
Midterm Exam #2
Ch. 2: pg 23 - 25; Ch. 15: pg 408; Ch. 22: pg 619 - 620 Ch. 5: pg 88 - 89; Ch. 3: pg 38 - 42; Ch. 26: pg 646 - 647
12 16-APR Immanuel Kant Ch. 16: pg 422 - 455 Ch. 20: pg 465 - 495
13 23-APR Friedrich Nietzsche Ch. 20: pg 528 - 541; pg 546 - 561 Ch. 24: pg 562 - 574; pg 578 - 592
14 30-APR Martin Heidegger - An Overview & A Focus on Technology Ch. 23: pg 627 - 658 Ch. 27: pg 651 - 679
15 07-MAY Group Presentations    
16 14-MAY Final Exam    

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