PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON (SUPER)

COURSE OUTLINE

SPRING 2008

1. PRACTICAL MATTERS/OVERVIEW

2. TOPICS

A. HUMAN PERSON--5 VIEWS

B. FIVE PROBLEMS & PRACTICAL QUESTION

C. PERSONAL IDENTITY & SHIP OF THESEUS

3. INTRODUCTION

A. NATURE OF PHILOSOPHY

B. ETYMOLOGY/DEFINITION

C. DIVISIONS

4. LOGIC 1

A. ARGUMENTS

B. PREMISES & CONCLUSIONS

C. TRUTH & VALIDITY

D. HYPOTHETICAL SYLLOGISMS

E. DISJUNCTIVE SYLLOGISMS

F. INFORMAL FALLACIES

5. NON-WESTERN VIEWS

A. INDIA--HINDUISM & BUDDHISM

B. CHINA & JAPAN--CONFUCIANISM & TAOISM

C. AFRICA--TRADITIONAL VIEW

6. PRE-SOCRATICS & WHY GREEKS MATTER

7. SOCRATES

A. QUESTIONS/ANSWERS

B. HIS METHOD

C. APOLOGY & CRITO

8. PLATO--CLASSICAL DUALISM

A. QUESTIONS/ANSWERS

B. HIS METHOD

C. THE CAVE & PHAEDO

9. LOGIC 2

A. CATEGORICAL PROPOSITIONS

B. SQUARE OF OPPOSITION

C. FORMS OF IMMEDIATE INFERENCE

10. LUCRETIUS--MATERIALISM

A. QUESTIONS/ANSWERS

B. HIS METHOD

C. ON THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE

11. DESCARTES--MODERN DUALISM

A. QUESTIONS/ANSWERS

B. HIS METHOD

C. MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY

12. BERKELEY--IDEALISM & HUME

A.QUESTIONS/ANSWERS

B. THEIR METHODS

C. TREATISES

13. LOGIC 3

A. CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISMS

B. RULES FOR REDUCTION TO FIGURE #1

14. AQUINAS--HYLEMORPHISM

A. QUESTIONS/ANSWERS

B. HIS METHOD

C. TREATISE ON HUMAN BEING FROM SUMMA THEOLOGIAE

15. CONTEMPORARY VIEWS

A. QUESTIONS/ANSWERS

B. THEIR METHODS

C. THE NO NATURE VIEW--NON-ESSENTIALISM

D. SARTRE

E. SEARLE

F. SCIENCE & CONSCIOUSNESS