Philosophy 100
Fall 1999
Professor David A. Salomon
Revised Syllabus: First Half of Course
               
Socratic Dialogues are noted in the parenthesis. Please keep your presentation to between 5 and
10 minutes and relate it to a topic we are covering for that week. The presentation can be
impromptu or read from a prepared text.

Shadows and Other Forms: Platonic Philosophy
W, 9/22: Plato, The Republic, Book Seven
F, 9/24: Plato, The Republic, Book Seven

How to Lead the Good Life
M, 9/27: Introduction in Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (NE) (Allen and Zarr)
W, 9/29: Aristotle, NE, Books One through Four
F, 10/1: Aristotle, NE, Books Five through Ten (omit Book Seven) 
     
The Good Life Illustrated
M, 10/4: Film: "High Noon" (Andersen and Stephens)
W, 10/6: Film: "High Noon"
F, 10/8: Film: "High Noon" (Bessette and Divan)

Review and Midterm Examination
M, 10/11: No Classes; Native American Day
W, 10/13 Discussion of "High Noon"
     Review of Greek Philosophy
     Short Paper #1 Due
     F, 10/15:Midterm Examination: Open Notes/Open Text; 50 minutes; One Essay (from a choice
     of three) 

Rest of Syllabus Coming 10/13
     



                    




















Week Six: Christian Philosophy and Metaphysics
     Thomas Aquinas, selections (Bingham and Standen)

Week Eight: Modern Angst and the German Question, Part One
     Friedrich Nietzche, The Birth of Tragedy (Bohls and Sprague)
          Short Paper #2 Due

Week Nine: Modern Angst and the German Question, Part Two
     Friedrich Nietzche, The Birth of Tragedy (Burrington and Sibson)
     Longer Paper Topics Due

Week Ten: A (Very Brief) Introduction to Native American Philosophy
     Vine Deloria, Custer Died for Your Sins, selections (on reserve)
     Gary Witherspoon, Language and Art in the Navajo Universe, chapter one (on reserve)
                                        

Week Eleven: What is "art"?
     Yasmina Reza, Art
     Seneca, "On The Happy Life," on reserve
               An overview of contemporary aesthetics and art criticism, including an examination (via
          the Internet, video, and slides) of contemporary art: painting and performance art

Week Twelve: Contemporary Philosophical Issues
               Arthur C. Danto, After the End of Art: Contemporary Art and the Pale of History
          (Princeton UP, 1999)

Week Thirteen: Race and Social Justice
     Film: "The Planet of the Apes"
               Read Eric Greene, "Planet of the Apes" as American Myth, chapter one (on reserve in the
          library)
     Longer Paper Due

Week Fourteen: Conclusion
     Final Examination