PHILOSOPHY 101
AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
Topics to be taken up in the written entries:
The following are 14 topics concerning which the student is to write a minimum of 11 entries. The required length of each entry is 500 words. Following the individual topic is the date that the entry is due. This is not an Open Entry/Open Exit cours
Je. The 14 topics to be discussed in your entries will be due every four
dJays with the exception of the last four entries which will be due every
thJree days. Since only 11 entries will be required of you and will be
the basis of your grade, you may miss any three of the written
assignments. With this requirement of 11 entries you will have
approximately 5 days to prepare and submit each of the eleven entries.
| 1. LEISURE: THE BASIS OF CULTURE | 6/14 |
| 2. TEACHING/LEARNING AND THEIR CONTERFEITS | 6/18 |
| 3. THE INTRODUCTORY QUESTIONS CONCERNING SOPHISTRY | 6/22 |
| 4. THE THEAETETUS | 6/26 |
| 5. THE ALLEGORY OF THE CAVE | 6/30 |
| 6. THE LAW | 7/4 |
| 7. THE REALITY OF IDEAS | 7/8 |
| 8. THE CLOSING OF THE AMERICAN MIND (CH. 1: OUR VIRTUE) | 7/12 |
| 9. THE ABUSE OF LANGUAGE/THE ABUSE OF POWER | 7/16 |
| 10.
IDEAS OF BEING
AND BECOMING/PRINCIPLE OF IDENTITY -- First Reading IDEAS OF BEING AND BECOMING/PRINCIPLE OF IDENTITY -- Second Reading and Assignment |
7/19 |
| 11. THE IDEA OF TRUTH (1 of 4) | 7/22 |
| 12. THE POSSIBILITY OF MORAL TRUTH | 7/25 |
| 13. THE 1ST PRINCIPLE OF MORAL REASONING | 7/29 |
| 14. THE FOUR SECONDARY PRINCIPLES OF MORAL TRUTH | 8/1 |
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