PHIL. 101 COURSE OUTLINE
SUMMER STUDENTS ONLY
First, after reviewing this course outline, you need to go
back to the Philosopy 101: Introduction to World
Philosophy homepage. It contains information
about writing papers, course policies, necessary links, and more. If you fail to read those pages, your grade
for this course will inevitably be lower, even failing.
SUMMER COURSE OUTLINE
All readings are found in the required textbook for this
course, Eliot Deutsch’s Introduction to World Philosophies.
All films assigned are available online through Southern
State’s Library.
You will need to get a ID number
from the LRC (the library) in order
to access
these films from home. Failure to obtain
the ID or failure
to open the
films successfully will not be accepted as excuses for
late
work. My advice is to get your ID right
away and make certain
you can
access each of the films listed below.
Assignments
for Weeks 1 and 2
Readings about Greek Philosophy
Plato
Read pp. 4 through 9; 160 through 165; 219 through 223; and
300 through 304
Aristotle
Read
pp. 98 through 106 and 305 through 312
Film about Greek Philosophy
View the online film, Classical
Greek Philosophy
Graded Assignment for Weeks 1 and 2
Due Date: Before midnight on Monday, July 6th. No late work will be accepted.
The grade is an F—no exceptions.
Format: A Word document sent as an email attachment.
750 words minimum. Formal English. Double-spaced.
Comments
about writing requirements and my grading
procedure are available at the Phil. 101 Homepage. Failure
to comply with all those requirements will lower the grade.
The Topic:
You
are to discuss the main points of EACH reading assignment
and the film. However, when discussing the film, you need
only cover Socrates, Plato, and
Aristotle. The goals for this paper
are simple:
(1)
Convince
me that you have read the
assignments and viewed the film, and
(2)
convince
me that you understand the
material.
Vague,
general comments will lower the grade.
IMPORTANT: Follow these format and length instructions
for all other papers you write for this class,
unless instructed
otherwise.
Assignments for Week 3
Readings
about Early Christian Philosophy
St. Anselm
Read
pp. 458 through 461
St.
Thomas Aquinas
Read
pp. 469 through 470
Film
about Early Christian Philosophy
View the online film, The
Birth of a New Religion:
1st
and 2nd Centuries
Assignments for Week 4
Major Paper Due by midnight, Saturday,
July 18th. It must comply with
the length and format comments given for Weeks 1 &
2. The topic of
this paper will be provided in an email at a later date.
Assignments
for Week 5
Readings
about Later Western Philosophy
John Locke
Read
pp. 178 through 183 and 232 through 239
David
Hume
Read
pp. 48 through 53 and 475 through 477
John
Stuart Mill
Read
pp. 148 through 152
Graded
Assignment for Week 5
Due Date: By midnight on Saturday, July 25
Topic: A paper discussing the main points raised in the readings
by Locke, Hume, and Mill
Assignments for Weeks 6 and 7
Readings
about South-Asian and Asian Philosophy
Buddhism
and Hinduism
Read pp. 38 through 46; pp. 353
through 359; 21 through 24;
and 323 through 334
Confucianism,
Taoism, and Others
Read
pp. 82 through 86; 127 through 129; 166 through 169;
174
through 177; and 345 through 347
Films
About South-Asian and Asian Philosophy
View the two films, Life
of Buddha and Confucianism
Graded
Assignment for Weeks 6 and 7
Due Date: By midnight on Saturday, August 8th
NOTE: This paper must be 1000 words minimum
The
Topic: All of the readings and films
assigned for Weeks
6
and 7 are to be discussed.
Assignments for Week 8
The topic for your assignment
for Week 8—a 750-word-minimum
final paper—will be provided
by email at a later date. The paper
will be due by midnight on
Thursday, August 13th