Friday History of Philosophy I

There were two quiz questions for this evening. The first was what are the ten commandments? The second was on the video Conan the Barbarian the Musical. Did this video bother you? (What I mean to question is not simply how --- odd - this short video is, or how annoyingly the melody gets stuck in our heads, but the moral point of view espoused in this is that the Good is crushing your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the women. Ethics comes a long way just by Plato.

Thursday classes

For History of Philosophy II the quiz question today was a comparison between Augustine's reply to the skeptics (page 290 in the text or here on the web - go to chapter 26) with Descartes' Meditations in the text starting at page 377 or here on the web. This comparison had to be obvious to his contemporaries that all would have been familiar with Augustine... so he became famous among his peers because of his work in mathematics, not the Cogito ergo Sum. For Introduction to Philosophy the quiz question today concerns Socrates argument in the Euthyphro - but sort of updated: if Jesus came to your door and asked you to sell everything you have, give the money to the poor, and then go with Him, would you go? Or would you argue with Him about why you should do this? For Logic in the evening class the quiz question is: what are the ten commandments? for the first half of the lecture. Second half - what is your favorite song? Send me the link!

Wednesday Logic

The quiz question today for logic was what is your favorite song? (Please email me the link if possible.)

Tuesday classes

Met for the first time both History of Philosophy II and Introduction to Philosophy. Quiz question for History was should we drink wine? (Besides wine and beer - and milk! Europeans didn't have anything else to drink in the Middle Ages did they - besides water? I am not sure. Tang was invented for the Space Age. Coca Cola was invented so people could buy a cocaine drink at the soda fountain! Tea and coffee came in late and may partially explain the industrial age! Quiz question for Introduction to Philosophy (should be) what are the ten commandments? We shall see...

Logic

First lecture went well I suppose. Welcome to the new semester. I did give a quiz for the first class: what are the ten commandments? We will discuss them and the reason for the question next class - Wednesday. I did video a bit of this lecture for any that missed it but the batteries died after a few minutes.

End of the semester

Another year, gone. And now it is time for me to award the House Cup....oops. No. Wrong movie. Instead I just turn in grades. They are done. If they are not what you were expecting email me to find out what gives. For the most part, grades were lowered because of missing words or missing work. Hopefully, you will be happy with the way things worked out. I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday. I plan on seeing many of you next semester - perhaps even all of you! It is a small world.

Tuesday classes

Okay, so for both classes now is the time to actually pick the movie we will watch for the final session. So please vote for a movie. Specify which class it is for! Plus today in History of Philosophy I, we are finishing the movie Luther.