COURSE SCHEDULE Week 1 What Is Philosophy? Aug 21 Introduction- Welcome to Phil1000 Aug 23 Philosophical Argumentation and Logical Fallacies (*p. 8-13) Introduction (*p. 1-7) of (*p. 17-20) Bernard Russell, “The Value Philosophy” Philosophical Argumentation and Logical Fallacies continued. Aug 25 Week 2 What Is Philosophy? Aug 28 The Socratic Method (*p. 708-719) Republic Plato’s Aug 30 How To Write Philosophy Papers (*p. 14-16) Sep 1 Thought Experiment Friday (1) Week 3 God, Faith, and Evil Sep 4: Labor Day No Class Sep 6 Why Believe? Anselm, (*p. 40-42) The Ontological Argument William Paley, (*p. 45-49) Natural Theology Blaise Pascal, (*p. 50-53) The Wager Sep 8 Thought Experiment Friday (2) Week 4 God, Faith, and Evil Sep 11 The Problem of Evil
COURSE SCHEDULE Week 1 Aug 21 Aug 23 Aug 25 What Is Philosophy? Introduction- Welcome to Phil1000 Philosophical Argumentation and Logical Fallacies (*p. 8-13) Introduction (*p. 1-7) Bernard Russell, “The Value of Philosophy” (*p. 17-20) Philosophical Argumentation and Logical Fallacies continued. Week 2 Aug 28 Aug 30 Sep 1 What Is Philosophy? The Socratic Method Plato’s Republic (*p. 708-719) How To Write Philosophy Papers (*p. 14-16) Thought Experiment Friday (1) Week 3 Sep 4: Labor Day Sep 6 Sep 8 God, Faith, and Evil No Class Why Believe? Anselm, The Ontological Argument (*p. 40-42) William Paley, Natural Theology (*p. 45-49) Blaise Pascal, The Wager (*p. 50-53) Thought Experiment Friday (2) Week 4 Sep 11 God, Faith, and Evil The Problem of Evil
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