Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Week 1

6/17/24

Classes Begin

6/18/24

6/19/22

6/20/24

6/21/24

Assignments Due

 

Quiz 1

 

 

Quiz 2

Lectures Notes:

Welcome

 

 

 

Logic: Formal and Informal

 

Argument Analysis: Argument for Vegetarianism

 

 

Links to Lectures

Intro Welcome Lecture Part 1

Intro Welcome Lecture Part 2

 

Logic - Formal and Informal

 

Logic - Argument Analysis: Argument for Vegetarianism

 

Canvas Readings

 

Week 2

6/24/24

Last Day to Drop Without incurring financial liability

6/25/24

6/26/24

6/27/24

6/38/24

Assignments Due

Short Writing Assignment 1:

Paraphrase

 

 

Quiz 3

Short Writing Assignment 2: Diagramming Sentences

Quiz 4

Lectures Notes:

 

Plato’s Metaphysics and Epistemology

 

 

Aristotle’s Metaphysics and  Epistemology

 

Links to Lectures

Plato's Metaphysics & Epistemology: 1st Half (Being & Becoming)

Plato's Metaphysics & Epistemology: 2nd Half (Allegory)

(Quiz #3)

 

Aristotle's Metaphysics and Epistemology 1st Half

Aristotle's Metaphysics and Epistemology 2nd Half

(Quiz #4)

 

Diagramming Sentences

Obscurity and Clear Thinking 2: Natural Kinds, Nec & Suf Video

Canvas Readings

 

Week 3

7/1/24

7/2/24

7/3/24

7/4/24

7/5/24

Assignments Due

Short Writing Assignment 3:

Writing Essays Questions

 

 

Exam 1

 

Independence Day

No Class

 

Lectures Notes:

 

Descartes Epistemology and Metaphysics

 

John Locke’s Metaphysics and Epistemology

 

Berkeley’s Metaphysics and Epistemology

 

 

 

 

Links to Lectures

Descartes' Epistemology and Metaphysics

John Locke’s Metaphysics and Epistemology

Berkeley' Epistemology and Metaphysics

Exam 1 on first three weeks of materials

Canvas Readings

 

Week 4

7/8/24

7/9/24

7/10/24

7/11/24

7/12/24

Assignments Due

Short Writing Assignment 4: Identifying Premises and Conclusions

 

Quiz 5

Quiz 6

 

 

Paper 1a

(Upload to Canvas before Midnight)

 

Lectures Notes:

Hume: Problem of Induction

 

 

Kant and the Synthetic A Priori

 

Philosophy of Science: History of Western Science

 

Philosophy of Science: Demarcation and Scientific Revolution

 

Philosophy of Science: Scientism

 

 

 

 

 

Links to Lectures

Hume's Epistemology and Metaphysics & The Problem of Induction

Kant and the Synthetic A Priori

(Quiz #5)

Active Mind

 

The Evolution of Modern Science (and Modern Philosophy) Part 1

The Evolution of Modern Science (and Modern Philosophy) Part 2

Philosophy of Science: Demarcation and Scientific Revolution

Scientism

 

(Quiz #6)

 

Canvas Readings

 

Week 5

7/15/24

Last Day to Drop with DR Grade

7/16/24

7/17/24

7/18/24

7/19/24

Assignments Due

Short Writing Assignment 5: Identifying Arguments

Quiz 7

Quiz 8

 

 

Paper 1 Peer Review

 

Lectures Notes:

Introduction to Ethics

 

 

 

 

Divine Command Theory

 

The Euthyphro

 

Logical Positivism and Emotivism

 

Aristotle’s Ethics

 

Links to Lectures

Introduction to Ethics

Divine Command Theory

Logical Positivism and Emotivism

(Quiz #7)

 

Aristotle’s Ethics

(Quiz #8)

Canvas Readings

 

Week 6

7/22/24

7/23/24

7/24/24

7/25/24

7/26/24

Assignments Due

 

 

 

Exam 2

 

 

 

Paper 1b

(Upload to Canvas before Midnight)

 

Lectures Notes:

 

Epicurus

 

Utilitarianism

Hume’s Ethics

 

 

Kantian Ethics

 

 

 

 

Links to Lectures

Epicurus

Utilitarianism

Hume’s Ethics

Kant's Ethics

Exam 1 on second three weeks of materials

Canvas Readings

 

Week 7

7/29/24

7/30/24

7/31/24

8/1/24

8/2/24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Final Grades Due

Complete grade report available to students by web