Weekly Class Work Space for Proseminar Fall 2015

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SEP 1

  • Course Introductions:
  • Introductions, Course goals, Course websites: alfino.org and wiki, Grading Schemes, Peerceptive, Google forms, Philosophical Research Tools
  • Assignment for Friday: Choose your pseudonym (google form), then write a short reconstruction and critical response to the McGinn article.
  • Explication of "reconstruction" and "critical response"
  • Break
  • Having a philosophical life --
  • Recent Books:
  • Matthew Crawford, The World Outside Your Head
  • Nicholas Carr, The Glass Cage
  • Pope Francis, LAUDATO SI’
  • David Sloan Wilson, Does Altruism Exist
  • Peter Singer, The Most Good you Can Do (appear on the West side soon!)
  • Course Topics
  • Historiography in Philosophy/What is Philosophy? (Who were the Ancients?)
  • Science and Philosophy -- Problem of Induction
  • Philosophy vs. Non-Philosophy
  • Obligations to Aid and Globalization of Ethics
  • Thought Experiments / Genetic Engineering and Transhumanism
  • Kant as Turning Point
  • Faith and Reason / Contemporary study of Religion
  • Introduction to Continental and Analytic Divide
  • Philosophy of Law - Felony Murder
  • Naturalism, Evolution, and Epistemology
  • Buddhism and Personal Identity
  • Food and Philosophy
  • Free Will

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SEP 15

SEP 22

SEP 29

OCT 6

OCT 13

OCT 20

OCT 27

NOV 3

NOV 11

NOV 17

NOV 24

DEC 1

DEC 8

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