Assignments

Textbook: Moore and Bruder, Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 9th edition ONLY McGraw-Hill, ISBN 9780078038358


 * For second class meeting:**
 * Bring 4x6 index cards for classwork, and turn in your work inside a flat two-pocket folder (not plastic)**
 * A. Prepare a Student Information Card.**

i. Read the home page of this wiki. ii. Pages 4-15 Intro, 18-31 Pre-Socratics, 32-35 and 43-46 Socrates.
 * B. First reading assignment: read for a quiz**

Typed assignments must be double-spaced, in Times or Ariel, 12 or 14 point. In the upper left, type double spaced: your name, Philosophy 101, Linfield, and the date you turn it in. Centered at the top, type the title of the assignment. For this one, type First Assignment as the title. Type answers below continuously on the same sheet(s).
 * C. First written assignment (typed, to be handed in inside your Portfolio Folder):**

Preliminary: First, read the Home Page. Then type one question about it. 1. Read the tab on the wiki, “Philosopher Overviews” and type the names of four or five philosophers you may be interested in, and with each, explain why. 2. Type answers to questions as follows: Page 16, questions 1 and 3: Why do you desire to study philosophy? Why is the most advanced degree in any field called "doctor of philosophy" -- even math, animal husbandry and accounting? Pages 30 and 31, question 9: Can something come from nothing? Yes? No? How do you know? 3. Of Richard Robinson's 8 points about Socrates (p. 35), pick 3 that you think are most important and explain why.

See the Student Info Card tab and follow directions.

The writing on the Portfolio cover must be LEGIBLE: for example, no ball point on a dark color cover.
 * Turn in the written assignment and the Student Info Card inside your two-pocket Portfolio, with your first and last name and "Personal Philosophy Portfolio" written on its cover.**


 * //End of assignment for Jan 14.//**


 * For Wed Jan 2****1:**
 * 1. Do the Current Quiz.**
 * If you did not get a copy of the quiz in class -**
 * See the tab "Current Quiz," print it out & fill it in.**
 * Bring it to class.**
 * Don't write your name on it yet.**
 * 2. Go to the Plato's Cave tab and follow the directions to be ready for a quiz next class.**

1. Read Plato, intro, 35-43; from The Republic, 46-53 (includes The Cave) 2. Write answers to the ten worksheet questions, adding your code name in the upper right.
 * For Monday Jan 26 **

Follow directions on the Plato's Cave tab for writing a 100-150 word profile, complete with name, of the character you'll be role-playing. Bring it with any other materials that might be helpful to work with your team in preparing for the Encounter.
 * For Wed Jan 28 **

For the Roleplay, type the following double spaced to hand in. Write in the name of your character, not as yourself! Retrolanders: write two reasons your character might think that a person should reject the Escapees, and then, two reasons it might be good to pay attention to them. Escapees: type the three best ways you, as your Escapee character, personally might use to convince a Retrolander to leave. Remember, //"You"// are not writing! Your //Character// is writing! You'll read your answers aloud to your Team. Save all your typed material to hand in when I call for your Cave portfolio. Not turning in some of these assignments would mean losing points on your grade. 2. Now, back to "You." Read the PowerPoints tab on this wiki, stopping just before Buddha. Then read Aristotle 60-68, Augustine and Hypatia, 70-81; Type answer to question, page 69 #2, on Aristotle and the Form named “horse.”
 * For Mon Feb 2 **

Retrolanders: Type up a list of questions to ask each individual Escapee. Escapees: Type up a suggested strategy sheet for converting each Retrolander. Back to the textbook, page 81: On a separate sheet, w ithout referring to “human nature,” explain your opinion of why Christians killed Hypatia. About the reading you were assigned on the wiki: On the same sheet as your Hypatia response, type three philosophical questions (not factual questions) based on the PowerPoints from the beginning up to Buddha.
 * For Wed Feb 4 **

See the Plato's Cave tab. Begin reading at the line "Post-Game Analysis" and read to the end of the page. You'll be assembling a mini-portfolio of your work on the Cave. Directions are at the end of the Cave tab. This assignment shall count for your final grade and shall also be preparation for the Mid-Term Exam.
 * For Wednesday Feb 11 **

Term paper proposal due: see Wiki tab Type paragraphs on each of the below, backing up your opinions with reason. Read 81-82: Why did Europe barely qualify as a civilization from 476 to 1000? Read 83-87 and the first PowerPoint section on Aquinas: What in your opinion are the most important aspects of Aquinas? Read Rise of Modern Metaphysics, 92-95; Scientific Revolution: Which of the four ideas on page 93 do you think might today be outdated, and why? Read Descartes 96-98 and Descartes in PowerPoints: Is “I think, therefore I am” a reasonable statement? Mini-Exam 1 shall be on Wed. Feb 25. Watch the Reviews tab for what it shall cover.
 * FOR WED FEB 18: **

Read: Descartes 98-102 Hobbes 102-103 Spinoza 105-107 Locke & Berkeley 109-115 Also read the PowerPoints on these 5 philosophers, stopping just before Buddha. Mini-Exam 1 postponed to Wed. Feb 25 Term Project outline & sources postponed to Monday March 9
 * FOR MON FEB 23 **

Prepare for Mini-Exam 1 See Reviews for Tests and Exams tab
 * FOR WED FEB 25 **

This is not fast reading to do a half hour before class! This reading can cause you to reflect upon your life. Devote enough time for this so you can read for awhile, then take a break, then get back to the reading. Passages to read: Hinduism, 464-467 and Buddhism, 468-472; be sure to read the boxes on Buddha on 469, and on Buddhism and the West on 472. (Save the box on 470-471 on Islamic philosophy for later) Read the PowerPoints on Buddha and related issues stopping before the Moral Philosophy section. As you read, pause frequently, and make notes to use in class on questions you may have on these readings. These questions are going to be used in class discussion. Enjoy the pondering!
 * FOR MON MARCH 2 **

Read 124-130, Hume Read 130-133, Kant Read 133-136 Hegel Read 136-138 Schopenhauer For each section above, type three essential points. Then type an answer to question 1, page 144.
 * FOR WED MARCH 4**

Term paper outline and sources due - see Term Paper tab for format Read Emerson tab on this wiki Suggest you also watch the first few minutes of the documentary Read 145-150, 19th & 20th century overview
 * FOR MON MARCH 9**

Prepare for mid-term See Reviews for Tests & Exams tab on this wiki
 * FOR WED MARCH 11**

Read 152-163, Existentialism and Psychoanalysis, and 166-169, Heidegger. No written assignment. Contemplate this:
 * FOR MON MARCH 23**

Is it philosophically reasonable?

 * HAPPY SPRING BREAK!**

Please note that the Calendar on the Syllabus tab has been revised, with dates of Mini-Exams changed.

Assignment: None J Just take a breather. Contemplate why you decided to take philosophy, and reflect on what you’ve learned, both about it and from it, that you didn’t know. Next class I’ll start answering some of the questions you’ve turned in.
 * FOR WED MARCH 25**

In the Powerpoints: After Nietzsche & Kierkegaard and before Existentialism is a section on Voltaire. Read it along with the Existentialism section for a quiz Monday. Then read in the text: 235-238, intro to moral phil Plato on The Good, 238-243 Aristotle 244-mid 245 Epicureans, Stoics 246-250 Aquinas 256-257 Hobbes & Hume 257-261 Read the PowerPoints under the heading Moral Philosophy. There you'll find comments on the above subjects, plus some information on sociopathy as an element in today's ethical landscape. //Absentees:// For the next Mini Exam (Wed. April 8), view the Voltaire film (30m); Ask for it at the library desk - it'll be on my Reserve Shelf for Phil 101 starting the night of Monday March 30.
 * FOR MON MAR 30 **


 * WED APR 1: Flex Day, no class**

Read about liberalism, conservatism and other "isms" pp. 362-363 Read the book review handed out about the "Age of Acquiescence." Find the general conclusion that the book makes. Then find two points that the article gives to support that conclusion. Type the two points and the conclusion to hand in.
 * FOR MON APRIL 6**

See the Reviews for Tests & Exams tab to prepare for Mini-Exam 2.
 * FOR WED APRIL 8**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">1. Reading: Political Philosophy: Intro 287-288, Hobbes 292-296, Locke 296-301, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Rousseau 301-304, US constitutional theory 304-306, Harriett Taylor 308, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Hegel, Marx, anarchism 311-314, 316-319. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">2. Read handout on Thomas Piketty and Karl Marx. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">2. Type an answer to the question on Harriet Taylor, number 13 on page 333. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Then type an answer to this question: Why, in your opinion, has Piketty's book become a best seller?
 * FOR MON APRIL 13**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Read PowerPoints starting with the header "Chapter 11: Moral & Political Philosophy" to the end. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Turn in a Progress Report for your Term Project as follows: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(1) What question are you attempting to answer with your project? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(2) Name three or more points you are considering and contemplating towards an answer to your question. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">(3) Name some issues which you still have to work on to answer your question. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Type this double spaced, maximum 1 1/2 pages.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">FOR WED APRIL 15 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Readings and writings, Ch. 13, Philosophy & Belief in God: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Intro 374-375; Anselm 376; Aquinas, middle 2 paragraphs on 378 and box on 379. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Mysticism and Juliana of Norwich 382-385. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Kierkegaard 397-398. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Box on 399: Freud’s attack on religion. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(Optional: Intelligent Design page 407 after the first 2 lines.) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Type short paragraphs on (1) Juliana's idea that we can come to love God by loving our own souls, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">(2) Kierkegaard's objection to Aristotle. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Absentees: review the wiki tab which has been <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333330154419px;"> renovated <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Social, Political & Economic Philosophy (no assignment on this yet)
 * FOR MON APRIL 20**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Prepare for Mini Exam 3; see Review tab.
 * FOR WED APRIL 22**


 * OOPS - No Meeting Monday - Fire Evacuation!**
 * The assignment for Mon. carries over for Wednesday evening:**

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read the "Feminist Thought" tab on the wiki <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Ch 14, Feminist Philosophy: readings <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. Intro, 422-bottom of 423 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. Mary Daly 403-406 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Second Wave, bottom of 424 – first part of book list; bottom of 425. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Note that Simone de Beauvoir was the lifelong companion of Jean-Paul Sartre. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. Liberal and radical feminism, bottom of 426-top of 427 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4. Feminist Moral Theory, 430-top 2/3 of 434 (to “hostile dispositions”). <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5. Read the PowerPoints on Ch 14, Feminism and Philosophy
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">FOR WED APR 29 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Chapter 16, 518, first paragraph <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Africa, 520-521, first paragraph <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">522, 2 paragraphs on Senghor <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">523, Profile of Desmond Tutu <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">524, paragraph on Tutu <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The Americas, 524-525, first 2 paragraphs <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Iroquois Confederacy, read __[]__ <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">527, Liberation Theology <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">527-528, Dr. King, one paragraph plus Profile <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">530, Cornel West, Profile plus paragraph <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read the Powerpoints on the issues above, labeled "Postcolonial Thought" <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">And then -- Select one issue from all of the readings above – an issue that you think the whole world should know about. Then type a paragraph about it.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">FOR MON MAY 4 **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">Postcolonial Thought **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. Take-Home Mini-Exam: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Type Mini-Exam 4 to hand in. It's on the "Current Quiz" tab. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. Readings in Eastern thought: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Hinduism 464-467 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Islam 470-471 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Taoism 472-477 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Satyagraha and Gandhi, 534, Profile and 2 paragraphs on 534 and 535 <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Metaphysics and Tagore, Profile on 535 and 2 paragraphs on 535 and 536
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">FOR WED MAY 6 **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Read wiki tab on Joseph Campbell and mythology. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Then read PowerPoints notes on Campbell. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Optional: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">If you are one of those in class who has a Fundamental Life Project of the sort that Sartre wrote about, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">see if you can relate it to Campbell''s "Be Your Own Hero" teaching <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">and write a double spaced page about it. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Turn it in on Monday. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">At the top, type one of these three: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Yes, you may read this to the class, and you may give my name." <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Or <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"Yes, you may read this to the class, but do not give my name." <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Or <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">"I would like this to be confidential, for your eyes only."
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">FOR MON MAY 11 **
 * Soft deadline for Term paper **

No new assignment. :-) You may turn in your term paper today and receive it back at the exam  Amnesty: I'll accept past assignments today that you may have not turned in.  That includes the optional "Fundamental Life Project" assignment.
 * FOR WED MAY 13 **

in the classroom, 5:00 - 6:20.
 * Final Exam Monday May 18 **

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