Human Nature

Spring 2009 Course Information

Texts

Plato. Symposium. Edited and translated by Alexander Nehemas & Paul Woodruff. Indianapolis, Indiana: Hackett Publishing Company, 1989.

Rauhut, Nils Ch. " Readings on the Ultimate Questions: An Introduction to Philosophy. editor Nils Ch. Rauhut. 2 ed. New York: Pearson Longman, 2007. 3-9.

Rauhut, Nils Ch. Ultimate Questions: Thinking About Philosophy. New York: Pearson Longman, 2007.

Main Course Links

• Philosophy of Human Nature Lecture Notes

• Philosophical Methods

Additional Readings

• Livius article on Greek Homosexuality
• Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy on Plato's view of Friendship and Eros Highly recommended!
• Paul Bloom, "First Person Plural," Atlantic, Nov. 2008.*
• William James, Lecture Six from Pragmatism, "Pragmatism's Conception of Truth"

Student Work, Exams, Paper Topics

• Student Practice Page
• Meditation Exercises

Old Links

Spring 2008 Sample Student Work

• Fall 2008 Philosophy 201 Sample Student Work
• Fall 2008 Philosophy 201 Study Question Collaboration
• Fall 2008 Philosophy 201 Paper Topics Spring 2008 201 Paper Topics
• Fall 2008 Student Practice Page
• Fall 2008 Midterm Exam
• Spring 2008 Philosophy 201 Mid-term