Professor
K. Rogers
krogers@udel.edu
831-8480
Office:
204 in 24 Kent Way. Hours: Monday
2-3:30, Friday 3-4:30 and by appointment
Text: Philosophy: History
and Readings Eighth Edition, Samuel Enoch
Stumpf and James Fieser,
eds.
(The
notes from which I lecture are on my web page, http://www.udel.edu/rogers. They are a sketchy outline of material
presented in lectures and will by no stretch of the imagination substitute for
good notes taken on your own. However,
they can be useful in organizing your notes and in making sure that you got
everything in the right order. Sometimes we will have to skip some of the
material in the notes, so be alert to differences between what=s covered in class and what=s in the notes.)
Do the
readings before class. Note that the
book is divided into a primary section about the philosophers under
discussion, and a secondary section of material by the
philosophers. The page numbers start
over at the beginning of the second section.
Requirements: Four multiple choice
tests, one after each section, to be
weighted equally in figuring final grade. 93-100=A,
90-92=A-, 87-89=B+, 83-86=B,
80-82=B-, 77-79=C+, 73-76=C, 70-72=C-, 67-69=D+, 63-66=D, 55-62=D-,
below 55 =
F. Each test will have 30 questions. I cannot alter the score you
receive on
the test, even if it is the result of clerical errors on your part. You
will need to put your student ID# on the test. If you fail to do so, or
make a mistake on the ID#, your score will be lowered as if you had
missed a question on the test. -- that is, minus 3.33 points.
I. ANCIENT
PHILOSOPHY
FEBRUARY
5 Introduction
7 The Pre-Socratics, pp.3-19, 11-15
(from Fragments)
12 The Pre-Socratics continued pp.19-25,
15-16 (from Fragments)
14 The Sophists and Socrates pp.26-40, pp.16-17 (from Fragments), pp. 32-37 (from Apology)
19 Plato, pp. 41-67, pp. 60-69 (from the Republic).
21 Plato continued
26 Aristotle, pp.68-89 (You can skip the
part on art.), pp.70-75 (from Physics,
Metaphysics, and On the Soul)
28 NO CLASS. I HAVE TO BE OUT OF TOWN
MARCH
5 Aristotle continued,
pp 75-89. (from Nichomachean Ethics and Politics).
7 Test #1
II. MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY
12 Introduction to God (no readings)
14 St. Augustine, pp.114 - 129
19 Augustine continued,
pp. 114-119 (from On the Trinity, etc.)
21
St. Thomas Aquinas, pp. 149-168, pp.124-127 (from Summa Theologica.
Note that AObjections@ are
the views with which Aquinas disagrees!).
SPRING
BREAK
APRIL
2 Aquinas continued,
pp.129-133 (from Summa Theologica).
4 TEST #2
III. MODERN
PHILOSOPHY, PART I
9 Descartes,
pp.204-215, pp.150-163 (from Meditations
and The Passions of the Soul).
11 Locke's
epistemology, pp.229-236, 167-173 (from Essay
concerning Human Understanding) and Berkeley, pp.239-244, 174 -183(from Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous).
16 Hobbes
and Locke on government, pp.199-203, 236-239
18 Hume,
pp.244-253, pp.183-196 (from Treatise of
Human Nature)
23 Hume
continued, pp.
210-217 (from Dialogues conerening Natural Religion)
25 Test
#3
IV. MODERN AND
BEYOND
30 Kant, pp.271-284
MAY
2 Kant,
pp.284-290 (skip the part on art), pp.252-258 (from Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals )
7 Mill, pp.327-333, 281-291 (from On Liberty and Utilitarianism)
9 Marx, pp.346-360, pp.291-298(from
"The Communist Manifesto").
14 Analytic Philosophy (Logical Positivism and The Verification
Principle), pp.398-399, 402-409
Test #4 during exam
period. This test covers only section IV. It is not cumulative.