THE PERSON & THE GOOD (PHIL 110-01--REGULAR)

COURSE OUTLINE

SUMMER 2022

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. LOGIC 2

A. CATEGORICAL PROPOSITIONS

B. SQUARE OF OPPOSITION

C. FORMS OF IMMEDIATE INFERENCE

6. LOGIC 3

A. CATEGORICAL SYLLOGISMS

B. RULES FOR REDUCTION TO FIGURE #1

7. NON-WESTERN VIEWS

A. INDIA--HINDUISM & BUDDHISM

B. CHINA & JAPAN--CONFUCIANISM & TAOISM

C. AFRICA--TRADITIONAL VIEW

D. GOD?

8. PRE-SOCRATICS

9. SOCRATES

A. APOLOGY & CRITO

10. PLATO--CLASSICAL DUALISM

A. THE CAVE & PHAEDO

11. LUCRETIUS--MATERIALISM

A. ON THE NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE

B. GOD?

12. DESCARTES--MODERN DUALISM

A. MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY

B. GOD?

13. BERKELEY--IDEALISM & HUME

A. TREATISES

B. GOD?

14. AQUINAS--HYLEMORPHISM

A. ARISTOTLE

B. TREATISE ON HUMAN BEING FROM SUMMA THEOLOGIAE

C. GOD?

15. CONTEMPORARY VIEWS

A. NO NATURE VIEW--NON-ESSENTIALISM

B. SARTRE

C. SEARLE

D. GILLIGAN

E. SCIENCE & CONSCIOUSNESS

F. GOD?

16. ETHICAL THEORIES

A. VIRTUE THEORY

B. DEONTOLOGY

C. UTILITARIANISM

D. NON-WESTERN THEORIES

E. THE GOOD HUMAN LIFE?

F. GOD?