| Week |
Dates |
Readings,
Assignments, and Due Dates |
| 1 |
April 3 - April 9 |
Introductions. What is philosophy? The origins
of philosophy. |
| 2 |
April 10 - April
16 |
The Milesians (Thales, Anaximander, Anaximenes).
Reading: Chapter 3 (pp. 45- 65) in Cambridge Companion |
| 3 |
April 17 - April
23 |
Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Parmenides. Reading: Chapter 4 (pp. 66-87), Chapter 5 (pp. 88- 112), Chapter 6 (pp. 113-134) in Cambridge Companion |
| 4 |
April 24 - April
30 |
Empedocles and Anaxagoras. Reading: Chapter 8 (pp. 159-180) in Cambridge Companion |
| 5 |
May 1 - May 7 |
The Atomists (Leucippus and Democritus) Reading: Chapter 9 (pp. 181-204) in Cambridge Companion |
| 6 |
May 8 - May 14 |
Protagoras and the Sophists Reading: Chapter 14 (pp. 290-310) in Cambridge Companion |
| 7 |
May 15 - May 21 |
Introduction to Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Socrates' Life, Trial, and Death. Socratic Method. Reading: The Trial of Socrates |
| 8 |
May 22 -May 28 |
ONLINE MIDTERM EXAM |
| 9 |
May 27 - June 4 |
BREAK |
| 10 |
June 5- June 11 |
Plato: The Cave Analogy and Forms. Reading: pp. 103-190 in Greek Philosophers RESEARCH PAPER DRAFT DUE |
| 11 |
June 12- June 18 |
Plato: Critique of Democracy. Reading: online reading from the Republic |
| 12 |
June 19- June 25 |
Aristotle: Metaphysics and Ethics. Reading: pp. 191-301 in Greek Philosophers and online reading from Nicomachean Ethics |
| 13, 14 |
June 26-July 7 |
PROCTORED EXAM WEEK (2 week period) RESEARCH PAPER FINAL DRAFT DUE |