PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON (PAIRED COURSE--IBL)

TENTATIVE CLASS SCHEDULE

FALL 2008

9-04                   Practical matters/Overview

9-09                   Topics & Introduction--Personal Identity & Ship of Theseus & Logic 1

9-11                   Logic 1

9-16                   Logic 1

9-18                   Hindu & Buddhist Conceptions of Human Person

9-23                   Chinese & Japanese Conceptions of Human Person

9-25                   African Conception of Human Person-- FIRST PAPER DUE

9-30                   Ship of Theseus Presentations & Presocratics

10-02                 Socrates & Plato--Apology

10-07                 Socrates & Plato--Crito

10-09                 Plato--The Cave & Phaedo

10-14                  Phaedo

10-16                  Phaedo

10-21                  Logic 2

10-23                 Logic 2

10-28                 MIDTERM EXAM

10-30                 Lucretius

11-04                  Lucretius

11-06                  Lucretius

11-11                  Descartes

11-13                  Descartes

11-18                  Berkeley

11-20                  Berkeley

11-25                  Berkeley & Hume

11-27                  THANKSGIVING--NO CLASS

12-02                 Logic 3

12-04                 Aquinas--DEBATE?

12-09                 Aquinas--DEBATE?

12-11                  Contemporary Accounts--Searle-- SECOND PAPER DUE

12-18                  FINAL EXAM (10:30-12:30 pm)