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Midterm Essay |
Monday, Sept. 4 - What is philosophy? |
Wednesday, Sept. 6 - Aristotle (1) |
Monday, Sept. 11 - Aristotle (2) |
Wednesday, Sept. 13 - Aristotle (3) |
Monday, Sept. 18 - Nietzsche (1) |
Wednesday, Sept. 20 - Nietzsche (2) |
Monday, Sept. 26 - Abortion (1) |
Wednesday, Sept. 28 - Abortion (2) |
Excursus 1: Historical overview |
Excursus 2: Abortion in Judaism and Christianity |
Excursus 3: Abortion in Islam |
Excursus 4: Pro-choice argument |
Monday, Oct. 2 - Suicide (1) |
Wednesday, Oct 4 - Revision |
Monday, Oct 16 - Suicide (2) |
Wednesday, Oct 18 - Paradigm shifts |
Monday, Oct 23 - Brave New World (1) |
Wednesday, Oct 25 - Philosophical Anthropology (1) |
Monday, Oct 30 - Sexual History of the USA |
Wednesday, Nov 1 - Philosophical Anthropology (2) |
Monday, Nov 6 - Race, death, tragedy, and bad faith |
Wednesday, Nov 8 - Race, Biology, and Culture |
Monday, Nov 13 - Racism and culture |
Wednesday, Nov 15 - Existentialism |
Monday, Nov 20 - Political Obligation, Moral Duty, and Punishment |
Wednesday, Nov 22 - Kant and Moral Obligation |
Monday, Nov 27 - War and Peace |
Wednesday, Nov 29 - Non-Western Philosophies (1) |
Monday, Dec 4 - Non-Western Philosophies (2) |
Wednesday, Dec 6 - The End |
Final Paper |
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Agreements on the work forms after the midterm break:
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- On Mondays, there will be group presentations on the course's required reading. Students
will read the text in reading groups and one of the groups will present it to the rest. Their class presentation will
be followed by a general discussion.
- On Wednesdays, there will be classical lectures at which key philosophical concepts will
be introduced by the instructor.
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To think about
"Any society that values creativity also
needs to enable criticism. If we cannot question the way we are doing things and thinking about things at present, it will
not occur to us that they could be thought of or done differently. (...) So philosophy is important partly because cultural
criticism is so important."
CHRISTENSON, Tom (2001). Wonder and Critical Reflection.
An invitation to Philosophy, p. 37. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall Inc.
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This page was updated on Nov 21, 2006
at 10.00 PM St Martin Time (-4 UT)
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