Philosophy Through Film Revised Calendar

 

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