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Ph 205 Historical Introduction to Philosophy
Course Outline & Schedule: (Up-dated Nov. 6, 2012)
PHR pH.= Philosophy: History and Readings (History);
† PHR pR. = Philosophy: History and Readings (Readings)
{† = Enrichment Assignment}
Date
Topic
Assignments
1. Fri., Aug. 31
Syllabus & PrePHR pH. 3-12
Socratics: Where do all † PHR pR. 11-16
things come from?
(Pre-Socratic Fragments)
2. Tues., Sept. 4
Pre-Socratics
PHR pH. 12-25
(continued): What
† PHR pR. A-11 – A-22 (Confucianism)
causes change?
†http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/laozi/
†http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/comparphilchiwes/
3. Fri., Sept. 7
Sophists & Socrates:
PHR pH. 26-37
Can truth be known?
† PHR pR. 16-31
(Euthyphro)
4. Tues., Sept. 11
Socrates’ Moral
PHR pH. 37-40
Theory: How does one
† PHR pR. 32-50
become virtuous?
(Apology)
5. Fri., Sept. 14
Test 1 (covers PHR pH. Test 1
3-40)
6. Tues., Sept. 18
Plato’s Theory of
PHR pH. 41-52
Knowledge: Can the
† PHR pR. 60-66
visible world give
(The Republic)
knowledge of the truth?
7. Fri., Sept. 21
Plato’s Moral Theory:
PHR pH. 52-64
Is what is good or bad
† PHR pR. 66-69
based on public
(Phaedo)
opinion?
8. Tues., Sept. 25
Aristotle’s Logic: What PHR pH. 68-76
is needed to think
† http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/
clearly?
aristotlelogic/#AriLogWorOrg
9. Fri., Sept. 28
Aristotle’s Metaphysics: PHR pH. 76-82
What is change?
† PHR pR. 70-74 (Physics & Metaphyics)
10. Mon., Oct. 2
Aristotle’s Moral
PHR pH. 82-89
Theory: What is the end † PHR pR. 74-84 (On the Soul &
or purpose of life?
Nicomachean Ethics)
11. Fri., Oct. 5
Test 2 (covers PHR pH. Test 2
41-89)
12. Tues., Oct. 9
Classical Philosophy:
PHR pH. 93-103
What must the human
† PHR pR. 93-105
spirit do to survive in a
(Epicurus, Lucretius, & Epictetus)
world that is falling
apart politically,
socially, & morally?
13. Fri., Oct. 12
Skeptics & Plotinus:
PHR pH. 103-113
How does one achieve
† PHR pR. 105 -114
peace of mind when the (Outlines of Pyrrhonism)
world seems to be full
of uncertainty?
14. Fri., Oct. 19
15. Tues., Oct. 23
16. Fri., Oct. 26
17. Tues., Nov. 6
18. Fri., Nov. 9
19. Tues., Nov. 13
20. Fri., Nov. 16
21. Tues., Nov. 20
22. Tues., Nov. 27
23. Fri. Nov. 30
Mid-Term Exam
(covers PHR pH. 3113)
Augustine – Faith &
Reason: How can we
explain the existence of
evil in a world created
by a good God?
Augustine’s Moral
Theory: What is true
happiness & how can
we obtain it?
Mid-Term Exam
Boethius & Universals:
Is beauty in the eye of
the beholder or is there
an objective standard?
Aquinas & Existence of
God: Should nonCatholic sources of
knowledge be used in
theology?
PHR pH. 130-133; 137-143
† http://www.exclassics.com/
consol/consol.pdf
Aquinas’ Moral Theory:
Are things good
because God tells us
they are good or are
they good in
themselves?
Bacon Is knowledge the
discovery of new
concepts or the
development of ancient
truths?
Test 3 (covers PHR pH.
114-133; 137-165
Descartes: When
presented with a variety
of different opinions of
what is true, how does
one decide which truth
is correct?
Locke’s Theory of
Knowledge & Morality:
Is the human mind
capable of discovering
the true nature of the
universe?
PHR pH. 114-124
† PHR pR. 114-119
(Augustine)
PHR pH. 124-129
†http://faculty.cua.edu/hoffmann/
courses/201_1068/201%20Augustine
1%20DLA%20outline.pdf
PHR pH. 143-148, 149-157
†http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/
arabicislamic-influence/
†http://plato.stanford.edu/
entries/maimonides/
† PHR pR. 124-129
(Summa Theologica)
PHR pH. 157-165
† PHR pR. 129-133
(Summa Theologica)
PHR pH. 175-177; 187-194
† http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ francisbacon/
Test 3
PHR pH. 204-215
† PHR pR. 150-163
(Meditations & The Passions
of the Soul)
PHR pH. 229-239
† PHR pR. 167-173
(Essay Concerning Human
Understanding)
† http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/lockemoral/
24. Tues., Dec. 4
25. Fri., Dec. 7
26. Tues., Dec. 11
27. Dec. 14, 18, 19,
& 20
Kant’s Copernican
Revolution: Is the
source of human
knowledge in
experiences of the
senses or the concepts
of the mind?
Nietzsche’s moral
theory: The world lacks
belief in God & lives
godlessly. Is this a sign
of the death of God?
PHR pH. 271-284
† PHR pR. 241-258
(The Critique of Pure Reason &
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals)
PHR pH. 341, 360-368
† PHR pR. 299-307
(Turning Values Upside Down & Beyond
Good & Evil)
Edith Stein – the
Handout
Individual &
Community: How does
one build community?
Final Exam (covers
Final Exam
PHR pH. 114-133; 137165; 175-177; 187-194;
204-215; 229-239; 271284; 341; 360-368;
Edith Stein & some
general concepts from
the first half of the
semester