| Introduction to Philosophy, Honors (section 1) | Spring 1998 |
| Plato, | Meno | 1/13 - 1/22 |
| Descartes, | Meditations on First Philosophy | 1/27 - 2/12 |
| Meditation One: Concerning Those Things that Can Be Called into Doubt | ||
| Meditation Two: Concerning the Nature of the Human Mind: That the Mind is More Known Than the Body | ||
| Meditation Three: Concerning God, That He Exists | ||
| Meditation Six: Concerning the Existence of Material Things, and the Real Distinction of the Mind from the Body | ||
| First examination | 2/17 | |
| Hume, | Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion | 2/19 - 3/10 |
| II. [Design Argument, initial round] | ||
| IV. [Why Go So Far?] | ||
| V. [Inconveniences of Anthropomorphism] | ||
| VI. [Other Ordering Principles] | ||
| VIII. [The Epicurian Hypothesis] | ||
| IX. [The "A Priori" Argument] | ||
| X. [The Logical Problem of Evil] | ||
| XI [The Inferential Problem of Evil] | ||
| Searle, | Minds, Brains and Science | 3/12 - 3/31 |
| 1. The Mind-Body Problem | ||
| 2. Can Computers Think? | ||
| 3. Cognitive Science | ||
| 6. The Freedom of the Will | ||
| Second examination | 4/7 | |
| Mackie, | Ethics: Inventing Right and Wrong | 4/2 - 4/30 |
| Chapter 1: The Subjectivity of Values | ||
| 1. Moral scepticism | ||
| 5. Standards of evaluation | ||
| 6. Hypothetical and categorical imperatives | ||
| 7. The claim to objectivity | ||
| 8. The argument from relativity | ||
| 9. The argument from queerness | ||
| 12. Conclusion | ||
| Chapter 3: Obligations and Reasons | ||
| 1. `Is' and `ought' | ||
| Chapter 5: The Object of Morality | ||
| 1. Consequences of moral scepticism | ||
| 4. Game theory analysis | ||
| Chapter 6: Utilitarianism | ||
| 1. Act utilitarianism | ||
| 4. Rule utilitarianism | ||
| Chapter 7: Consequentialism and Deontology | ||
| 4. Special relationships and the form of moral principles | ||
| 5. Ends and means | ||
| 6. Absolutism and the principle of double effect | ||
| Chapter 8: Elements of a Practical Morality | ||
| 2. Egoism, rights, and property | ||
| 3. Liberty | ||
| Chapter 9: Determinism, Responsibility, and Choice | ||
| 1. Voluntary or intentional actions | ||
| 2. The straight rule of responsibility | ||
| 4. Hard and soft determinism | ||
| Third examination | 5/7 | |
This schedule is subject to change.