Philosophy 100: Introduction to Philosophy

Fall 2001

Prof. David A. Salomon

Corrected Syllabus (ignore previous version)

F, 10/26: Midterm Examination

M, 10/29: G. Lynn Stephens, "Descartes and the Problem of Our Knowledge of the External World," 237-260

W, 10/31: Plato, "The Allegory of the Cave," handout

[Th, 11/1: Film, "The Truman Show," Jonas 105, 6pm]

F, 11/2: Rene Descartes, "Meditations on the First Philosophy," 261-270

M, 11/5: Willard van Orman Quine, "Posits and Reality," 303-309 and Thomas Kuhn, "Scientific Revolutions," 362-378

W, 11/7: James Rachels, "Nietzsche and the Objectivity of Morals," 385-414

F, 11/9: Friedrich Nietzsche, Selections, 414-423

M, 11/12: No Classes

W, 11/14: Gregory Pence, "Four Questions About Ethics," handout

Film: "Crimes and Misdemeanors"

F, 11/16: Film: "Crimes and Misdemeanors"

M, 11/19: "Crimes and Misdemeanors" and discussion

Also read Aristotle, Selections from Nicomachean Ethics, handout

W, 11/21: Class will not meet

F, 11/23: No Classes: Thanksgiving

Postmodern Philosophy and an Introduction to Aesthetics

M, 11/26: Introduction to Postmodernism/What is Beauty?

Reread Rachels, "Nietzsche’s Perspectivism," 394-39

W, 11/28: Jean Baudrillard, Simulations

[Th, 11/29: Film, "Fantasia," Jonas 305, 6pm]

F, 11/30: Jean Baudrillard, Simulations

**Essay Two Due

M, 12/3: Jean Baudrillard, Simulations

W, 12/5: Jean Baudrillard, Simulations

[Th, 12/6: Film, "The Gods Must Be Crazy," Jonas 105, 6pm]

F, 12/7: Alexander Sesonske, "Space, Time, and Motion in Film," handout

M, 12/10: Film, "Run Lola Run"

W, 12/12: Film, "Run Lola Run"

F, 12/14: Film, "Run Lola Run" and discussion

Last Day of Class