Phil
11: Intro to Philosophy
Fall, 2015
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Readings
Thursday, September 24
: (no reading, first class).
Tuesday, September 29
:
no class
due to the second day of
Sukkot
.
Thursday, October 1
: Diogenes Laertius, “Prologue,” “Thales,” and “Anaxagoras,” from
Lives
of Eminent Philosophers
.
reading (PDF)
Tuesday, October 6
:
no class
due to
Simchat Torah
.
Thursday, October 8
: Plato,
Euthyphro
(from
Four Texts on Socrates
: note that this is different from the
Euthydemus
, which we’ll be reading later);
short assignment 1 due.
short assignment 1
Tuesday, October 13
: Aristophanes,
Clouds
(from
Four Texts on Socrates
), lines 1–813;
short assignment 2 due.
short assignment 2
Thursday, October 15
: Aristophanes,
Clouds
, lines 814–end;
short assignment 3 due.
short assignment 3
Tuesday, October 20
: Plato,
Apology
(from
Four Texts on Socrates
), 17a–35d;
short assignment 4 due.
short assignment 4
Thursday, October 22
: Plato,
Apology
, 35d–end;
short assignment 5 due.
short assignment 5
Tuesday, October 27
: Plato,
Meno
, 70a–80b;
short assignment 6 due.
short assignment 6
Thursday, October 29
: Plato,
Meno
, 80b–89c;
short assignment 7 due.
short assignment 7
Tuesday, November 3
: Plato,
Meno
, 89c–96d;
short assignment 8 due.
short assignment 8
Thursday, November 5
: Plato,
Meno
, 96d–end;
Gorgias
, 515a–522c.
Gorgias reading (PDF)
Tuesday, November 10
: Plato,
Euthydemus
, 271
a
–282
e
;
short assignment 9 due.
short assignment 9
Thursday, November 12
: Plato,
Euthydemus
, 283
a
–293
a
, through the end of Socrates’ first speech (“…the rest of our lives beautifully”).
Tuesday, November 17
: Plato,
Euthydemus
, 293
a
–end;
short assignment 10 due.
short assignment 10
Thursday, November 19
: Plato,
Charmides
, 163e–175d.
reading (PDF)
Tuesday, November 24
: Aristotle,
Nicomachean Ethics
, 1.1–4, 1.7, 1.13, 2.6–7;
Politics
, 1.1 and 1.13;
short assignment 11 due.
Ethics reading (PDF)
Politics reading (PDF)
short assignment 11
Thursday, November 26
:
No class (Thanksgiving)
Tuesday, December 1
: Aristotle,
Nicomachean Ethics
1.5, 1.8, 4.5, 4.7; 10.6–8.
reading (PDF)
Thursday, December 3
: Aristotle,
Nicomachean Ethics
6.3–7, 6.12–13;
Metaphysics
, 1.1–2, 4.1–2; (there will be no short assignment 12).
Ethics reading (PDF)
Metaphysics reading (PDF)
Tuesday, December 8
:
final paper due
.
Paper assignment
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