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Schedule of
Assignments, Readings and Important Dates
Revised 1/22/08
Students are advised that travel
arrangements that conflict with the University calendar or the class schedule do
not serve
as excuses for missed classes or assignments unless excused by the Dean of Students.
All readings are in
Philosophical Reflections on Mind, Matter and
God ,
arranged by J. Christopher Maloney: Pearson Custom
Publishing (second edition or later, 2003 or later).
The table below shows the
dates for examinations and reading assignments
as well as various other important dates. All dates are subject to revision.
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Assignment |
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1/17/2008 |
Read syllabus and review course website |
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1/22/2008 |
Lecture on Presocratics (no reading assignment); last day to add
this class is Jan. 24 |
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1/24/2008 |
Lecture on Presocratics (no reading assignment); last day to add
this class is Jan. 24 |
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1/29/2008 |
Read Plato's Apology and Crito |
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1/31/2008 |
First Quiz |
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2/5/2008 |
Read Plato's Phaedo |
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2/7/2008 |
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2/12/2008 |
Read Plato's Republic (excerpted)
pages 136-141; last day to drop without a grade |
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2/14/2008 |
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2/19/2008 |
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2/21/2008 |
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2/26/2008 |
Review |
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2/28/2008 |
First
Examination |
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3/4/2008 |
Read
Read Plato's Meno |
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3/6/2008 |
Aristotle's Categories and Physics |
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3/11/2008 |
Read Aristotle's Metaphysics and On the Soul. Last day to drop with W is October 12 |
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3/13/2008 |
Read Augustine's Confessions |
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3/18/2008 |
Spring Break |
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3/20/2008 |
Spring Break |
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3/25/2008 |
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3/27/2008 |
Read Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy; last day to drop with a W |
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4/1/2008 |
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4/3/2008 |
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4/8/2008 |
Review |
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4/10/2008 |
Second
Examination |
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4/15/2008 |
Read Anselm's Prosologion and Gaunilo and Anselm: Debate |
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4/17/2008 |
Read Aquinas' Summa Theologica |
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4/22/2008 |
Read Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy (through the sixth
meditation) |
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4/24/2008 |
Read Berkeley's Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (through
the first dialogue) |
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4/29/2008 |
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5/1/2008 |
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5/6/2008 |
Review; last day of lecture |
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5/13/2008 |
Final Examination from 11:00am to 12:50pm in Soc. Sci. 100 |
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