PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON (HONORS)

TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE

FALL 2014


9-03 Practical matters/Overview

9-05 Topics & Introduction--Personal Identity & Ship of Theseus

 

9-08 Logic 1

9-10 Logic 1

9-12 Logic 1

 

9-15 Presocratics

9-17 Socrates & Plato--Apology

9-19 OFF FOR MOVIE!

 

9-22 Plato--Apology & Crito

9-24 Plato--The Cave

9-26 The Cave & Phaedo--FIRST PAPER DUE

 

9-29 Phaedo--P1

10-01 Phaedo--P2

10-03 Phaedo--P3

 

10-06 Buddhist Conception of Human Person--JS

10-08 Buddhist Conception of Human Person--JS

10-10 Chinese Conception of Human Person--SJL

 

10-13 MOVIE #1--SJL

10-15 Hindu Conception of Human Person--SJL

10-17 OFF FOR MOVIE!

 

10-20 African Conception of Human Person & LOGIC 2

10-22 LOGIC 2

10-24 FALL BREAK--NO CLASS!

 

10-27 MIDTERM EXAM

10-29 Lucretius--P4

10-31 Lucretius--P5, P6

 

11-03 Descartes--P7

11-05 Descartes--P8

11-07 Descartes--P9

 

11-10 MOVIE #2--JS

11-12 Descartes & Berkeley--P10

11-14 Berkeley--P11, 12

 

11-17 Berkeley--P13, 14

11-19 Hume--P15

11-21 Hume & Logic 3

 

11-24 LOGIC 3

11-26 OFF FOR MOVIE!

11-28 THANKSGIVING! NO CLASS!

 

12-01 MOVIE #3--MS

12-03 Aquinas--MS

12-05 Aquinas--MS

 

12-08 Aquinas--P16, 17

12-10 Contemporary Accounts--Sartre, Searle, and Gilligan--P18, 19, 20

12-12 Contemporary Accounts--Sartre, Searle, and Gilligan

 

12-15 STUDY DAY REVIEW!

12-16 FINAL EXAM 8-10 am