| Monday | 1/13 | First Day of Class | ||||
WHAT CAN WE KNOW? | ||||||
| Wednesday | 1/15 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.1-11 | ||||
| Friday | 1/17 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.11-22 | ||||
| Monday | 1/20 | NO CLASS: MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY | ||||
| Wednesday | 1/22 | Ney, Logic for Metaphysics | ||||
| Friday | 1/24 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.107-122 | ||||
| Monday | 1/27 | Boghossian, What the Sokal Hoax Ought to Teach Us | ||||
| Wednesday | 1/29 | Alexander, Beware the Man of One Study and Cardiologists and Chinese Robbers | ||||
| Friday | 1/31 | Alexander, Postmodernism for Rationalists and Guided by the Beauty of Our Weapons | ||||
| Monday | 2/3 | Debate: Is Knowledge of Objective Truths Possible and Important? | ||||
| Wednesday | 2/5 | David Foster Wallace, This is Water | Study Guide Distributed | |||
| Friday | 2/7 | Open Question/Discussion Session | Please come prepared with questions about the study guide. | |||
DOES OUR EXISTENCE HAVE A PURPOSE? | ||||||
| Monday | 2/10 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.183-199 | ||||
| Wednesday | 2/12 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.201-209 | ||||
| Friday | 2/14 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.210-219 | ||||
| Monday | 2/17 | Bostrom, Are We Living in a Computer Simulation? | ||||
| Wednesday | 2/19 | Hawthorne, Arguments for Atheism | ||||
| Friday | 2/21 | Debate: Does the World Have a Design or Purpose? | ||||
| Monday | 2/24 | Singer, Ethics and Sociobiology | ||||
| Wednesday | 2/26 | Schafer-Landau, Psychological Egoism | Study Guide Distributed | |||
| Friday | 2/28 | Open Question/Discussion Session | Please come prepared with questions about the study guide. | |||
DO WE HAVE FREE WILL? | ||||||
| Monday | 3/2 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.267-272 | ||||
| Wednesday | 3/4 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.272-277 | ||||
| Friday | 3/6 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.277-285 | ||||
SPRING BREAK | ||||||
| Monday | 3/16 | SPECIAL CLASS: METAPHYSICS ON THE MOUNTAIN | ||||
| Wednesday | 3/18 | SPECIAL CLASS: METAPHYSICS ON THE MOUNTAIN | ||||
| Friday | 3/20 | Sider, Soft Determinism | ||||
| Monday | 3/23 | Mele, Free, Chs.1&2 | ||||
| Wednesday | 3/25 | Mele, Free, Chs.3&4 | ||||
| Friday | 3/27 | Mele, Free, Ch.5 | ||||
| Monday | 3/30 | Mele, Free, Ch.6 | ||||
| Wednesday | 4/1 | Debate: Do We Have Free Will? | Study Guide Distributed | |||
| Friday | 4/3 | Open Question/Discussion Session | Please come prepared with questions about the study guide. | |||
WHAT ARE WE? | ||||||
| Monday | 4/6 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.223-231 | ||||
| Wednesday | 4/8 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.231-245 | ||||
| Friday | 4/10 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.249-253 | ||||
| Monday | 4/13 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.253-260 | ||||
| Wednesday | 4/15 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.260-266 | ||||
| Friday | 4/17 | Brower, Mind-Body Dualism: 12.0-12.2 | THESIS DUE | |||
| Monday | 4/20 | Brower, Mind-Body Dualism: 12.3-12.5 | ||||
| Wednesday | 4/22 | Debate: Are We Wholly Physical Beings? | OUTLINE DUE | |||
| Friday | 4/24 | PvI, Metaphysics, p.287-290 | ||||
| Monday | 4/27 | Paper Workshop | DRAFT DUE - Study Guide Distributed | |||
| Wednesday | 4/29 | Last Day of Class: Open Question/Discussion Session | PAPER DUE - Please come prepared with questions about the study guide. | |||
| Tuesday | 5/5 | FINAL EXAM at 10:00 |