Friday, September 13, 2013

Phil Through Film

Revised calendar:
Exam I date Changed!
You also get one more Film, Discussion Sheet (you can now drop one graded DS) and one more discussion day.

Please email me if you see errors


Reading Calendar

August 29                                              Intro to the discipline (Russell)

September 3                                         Labor Day No Class

5                                                              Proof of God ? – Thomas Aquinas

10                                                           Film A River Runs Through It

12                                                           Film A River Runs Through It

17                                                           Discussion- A River Runs Through It

17                                                           The Problem of Perception- Read Descartes (1), Locke (2),Putnam (6)

19                                                           Film Ghost Dog

24                                                           Film Ghost Dog

26                                                           Discussion- Ghost Dog

October 1                                              Free Will- Read Aristotle (41), Hume (42), Lucas (44)

3                                                              Film- No Country for Old Men

8                                                              Film- No Country for Old Men

10                                                           Discussion – No Country for Old Men

15                                                           Mid-Term Exam

18                                                           Personal Identity – Read Chruchland (16), Perry (20), Hume (21)

22                                                           Film- Field of Dreams

24                                                           Film- Field of Dreams

29                                                           Fall Break- No Class

31                                                           Discussion- Field of Dreams

November 5                                          Ethics Obligations to Intimates- Read Aristotle (31), Broad (32)Jeske (36)

7                                                              Film- True Grit

12                                                           Film- True Grit

14                                                           Discussion- True Grit

19                                                           Moral Theory- Read (22) Mill and (23) Kant

21                                                           Film- Saving Private Ryan

26                                                           Film- Saving Private Ryan

28                                                           Thanksgiving- No Class

December  3                                         Final Paper presentations

5                                                              Final Papers due

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