Course Schedule

January 21—27: Intro to Class
-Check. Check One. Sibilance (no reading)
-Doing Philosophy (no reading)

January 28—February 3: Some Logic
-Deductive Arguments (pages 37—45)
-Inductive & Abductive Arguments (pages 4—11)

February 4—10: Epistemology
-Descartes vs. Skepticism (pages 50-53; 58-71)
-Descartes vs. Skepticism (pages 50-53; 58-71)
(Reading Response #1 due)

February 11—17: Epistemology
-Hume & Induction (pages 104—113)
-QUIZ; Hume & Induction (pages 104—113)

February 18—24: Does God Exist?
-Aquinas & The Cosmological Argument (pages 306—316)
-Taylor & The Cosmological Argument (pages 317—322)

February 25—March 3: Does God Exist?
-Ontological Argument (pages 337—342)
-Ontological Argument (pages 337—342)
(Reading Response #2 due)

March 4—10
SPRING BREAK! (woo?)


March 11—17: Does God Exist?
-Paley & The Design Argument (pages 322—325)
-Review for Midterm

March 18—March 24: Does God Exist?
-MIDTERM
-Hume & The Design Argument (pages 326—337)

March 25—March 31: Does God Exist?
-Design Argument wrap-up (no new reading)
-Camus & The Problem of Evil (pages 356—360)
(Reading Response #3 due)

April 1—7: Does God Exist?
-Hick & The Problem of Evil (pages 360—372)
-Problem of Evil wrap-up (no new reading)

April 8—14: Faith & Reason & Free Will
-Pascal (pages 342—347)
-Free Will Overview (pages 250—261)

April 15—21: Free Will
-Determinism (pages 261—275)
-Libertarianism (pages 276—283; 288—290)
(Reading Response #4 due)

April 22—28: Free Will
-Compatibilism (pages 290—299)
-Free Will wrap-up (no new reading)

April 29—May 5: Final Exam
-Review for Final Exam
-(FINAL EXAM)*

May 6—11: Final Exam
-(FINAL EXAM)**

*Sections 33, 35, & 75 will take the final on Thursday, May 3
**Section 81 will take the final on Monday, May 7