| Date | Reading | Topic | Notes |
| 31-Jan | - | Introduction | |
| 2-Feb | CLASSES CANCELLED
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| 4-Feb | Nagel, "Death" | ||
| 7-Feb | "Logical Toolkit" | Logic & Argument | |
| Philosophy of Religion |
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| 9-Feb | Aquinas, "The Existence of God" | Cosmological Argument | |
| 11-Feb | Anselm, "The Ontological Argument" | Ontological Argument | |
| 14-Feb | Rowe, "The Ontological Argument"* | ||
| 16-Feb | Hume, "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion" (part II, part V) | Design Argument | HW1 Assigned |
| 18-Feb | Paley, "Natural Theology" | ||
| 21-Feb | Perry, "Dialogue on Good, Evil, and the Existence of God" (part 1) | Problem of Evil | HW1 Due |
| 23-Feb | Perry, "Dialogue on Good, Evil, and the Existence of God" (part 2 - part 3 [top of p. 111]) | ||
| 25-Feb | Perry, "Dialogue on Good, Evil, and the Existence of God" (part 3 [top of p. 111] - part 4 [p. 115]) | ||
| 28-Feb | Pascal, "The Wager" | Pascal's Wager | |
| 2-Mar | |||
| 4-Mar | EXAM 1 | ||
| Epistemology |
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| 7-Mar | Plato, "Theaetetus"* | Analyzing Knowledge | |
| 9-Mar | Gettier, "Is Justified True Belief Knowledge" | ||
| 11-Mar | |||
| 14-Mar | Hume, "Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" (IV) | Problem of Induction | |
| 16-Mar | HW2 Assigned | ||
| 18-Mar | Salmon, "The Problem of Induction" (Section I - Section II.1) | ||
| 28-Mar | Russell, "Appearance and Reality"* | Skepticism | HW2 Due |
| 30-Mar | Descartes, "Meditations" (I, II) | ||
| 1-Apr | No Class Meeting | ||
| 4-Apr | Grau, "Bad Dreams, Evil Demons…" | ||
| 6-Apr | Perry, "Dialogue on Personal Identity" (The First Night) | Personal Identity | |
| 8-Apr | Perry, "Dialogue on Personal Identity" (The Second Night) | ||
| 11-Apr | Perry, "Dialogue on Personal Identity" (The Third Night) | ||
| 13-Apr | EXAM 2 | ||
| Ethics |
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| 15-Apr | Introduction to Ethics (pp. 449-456) | Intro to Ethics | |
| 18-Apr | Singer, "Famine, Affluence and Morality" | How Moral Must We Be? | |
| 20-Apr | Rough Draft Due | ||
| 22-Apr | O'Neill, "Kantian Approaches…" | ||
| 25-Apr | |||
| 27-Apr | Wolf, "Moral Saints" | HW3 Assigned | |
| 29-Apr | |||
| 2-May | Plato, "The Republic" | Why Be Moral? | HW3 Due |
| 4-May | |||
| 6-May | Hume, "Enquiry…Principles of Morals" (Section IX, Part II) Gauthier, "Morality and Advantage" |
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| 9-May | |||
| 11-May | Mackie, "Law of the Jungle" | Final Paper Due | |
| 19-May | EXAM 3 | ||