INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

APPROACH

• philosophyatcurley.blogspot.com
• Need a Google Account
• Discussion focused and not
• "Is this going to be on the quiz?"
• We will get done what we needs to get done.

POINTS OF EMPHASIS

• Difficult Course
• Preparation is Critical
• Quality over Quantity
• College and Beyond
• Mutual Respect & Enjoyment

GRADING

• Papers/Tests: 40%
• Quizzes: 25%
• Homework: 20%
• Participation: 15%
• Exemptions for both Exams

LATE WORK

• If it is late, you will lose points.
• 1 Day Late= -10%
• 2 Days Late= -20%
• 3 Days Late= -30%
• Give me a head's up.

OUTLINE

• 1st Qtr: Pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
• 2nd Qtr: Augustine, Bonnaventure, Aquinas,
• Scotus, Ockham, Suarez
• 3rd Qtr: Descartes, Kant, Hegel, Hobbes
• 4th Qtr: Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud

REDUNDANCY

• New beginning. Leave it at "beginning."
• Positive improvement. As opposed to what, a negative improvement?
• Totally unique. There aren't degrees of unique. It either is unique or isn't.
• End Result, Collaborate Together, Close Proximity, Free Gift, Serious Crisis.
• Be Careful with Your Word Choice

ERRORS IN THOUGHT

• Affirming the consequent
• Argumentum ad captandum
• Argumentum ad populum
• False alternatives
• Post hoc, ergo propter hoc