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==September 3, 2013==
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===First Class Topics===
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:*Course, Material, and Goals
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:*Course Methods and web sites
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::*Course website
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::*Course wiki
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::*Einstruction site.
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:*A typical prep cycle for the course: read, engage, review, prep SQs.
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:*6 hours / week !
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:*Grading Schemes
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:*Ereserves - pdf printing encouraged.
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==September 5, 2013==
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1.  Classical Greek Models of Happiness
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:1. The Greek Philosophical Models in Plato and Aristotle
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Plato
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:*Contrast the Symposium with the cult of Dionysius
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:*Reasoning our way to the Good (Happiness).  Symposium as purification ritual.  bad desire/good desire
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:*Object of desire is transcendent.  (Reminder about Platonic metaphysics.)
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Aristotle (note McMahon pp. 41ff and Aristotle reading)
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:*end, function, craft, techne.  Hierarchy of arts.
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:*end vs. final end -- the universal good is the final end, not relative.  sec. 6-7.
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:*happiness as activity of the soul in accordance with virture (def., but also consequence of reasoning from nature of human life)
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:*Section 13: nature of the soul.  two irrational elements: veg/appetitive and one rational.  Note separation/relationship.
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:*Aristotle's extra conditions ....
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:2. The Greek Cultural Model
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:*Connection of the culture with tragedy, appreciate of fate, happiness as gift of gods.
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:*Dionysian culture
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4.  Philosophical Method.
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:*what we did in #1
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:*some reminders about argument.
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5. Happiness Descriptors
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:*Winning
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:*Success
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:*Clicking submit during registration and getting all your classes
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:*Every day of summer
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:*Meditating on a mountain
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:*Picking fruit
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:*Hearing a room of applause and knowing it is for you
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:*Playing with a puppy
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:*Skiing down a mountain
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:*Sense of relief after completing something
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:*Playing music at a house party
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:*Dance parties
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Some of these are in two categories: Life Happiness (H subscript L ) or State Happiness (H subscript S)

Revision as of 16:36, 5 September 2013

Return to Happiness

September 3, 2013

First Class Topics

  • Course, Material, and Goals
  • Course Methods and web sites
  • Course website
  • Course wiki
  • Einstruction site.
  • A typical prep cycle for the course: read, engage, review, prep SQs.
  • 6 hours / week !
  • Grading Schemes
  • Ereserves - pdf printing encouraged.


September 5, 2013

1. Classical Greek Models of Happiness

1. The Greek Philosophical Models in Plato and Aristotle

Plato

  • Contrast the Symposium with the cult of Dionysius
  • Reasoning our way to the Good (Happiness). Symposium as purification ritual. bad desire/good desire
  • Object of desire is transcendent. (Reminder about Platonic metaphysics.)

Aristotle (note McMahon pp. 41ff and Aristotle reading)

  • end, function, craft, techne. Hierarchy of arts.
  • end vs. final end -- the universal good is the final end, not relative. sec. 6-7.
  • happiness as activity of the soul in accordance with virture (def., but also consequence of reasoning from nature of human life)
  • Section 13: nature of the soul. two irrational elements: veg/appetitive and one rational. Note separation/relationship.
  • Aristotle's extra conditions ....


2. The Greek Cultural Model
  • Connection of the culture with tragedy, appreciate of fate, happiness as gift of gods.
  • Dionysian culture


4. Philosophical Method.

  • what we did in #1
  • some reminders about argument.


5. Happiness Descriptors


  • Winning
  • Success
  • Clicking submit during registration and getting all your classes
  • Every day of summer
  • Meditating on a mountain
  • Picking fruit
  • Hearing a room of applause and knowing it is for you
  • Playing with a puppy
  • Skiing down a mountain
  • Sense of relief after completing something
  • Playing music at a house party
  • Dance parties


Some of these are in two categories: Life Happiness (H subscript L ) or State Happiness (H subscript S)

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