Tuesday classes before Thanksgiving Holiday

For History of Philosophy on the last lecture discussing Aquinas the question I posed was how does seeing what Aquinas achieved make you feel towards his treatment of dogma? It seems to make it possible for science to be reconciled with scripture through inventive interpretation. What do you think about that? (Or do you disagree with my interpretation of Aquinas?) For Introduction to Philosophy today I asked what everyone plans on doing for Thanksgiving?

Friday Logic

The quiz question today was with regard to a long argument - what are the five major points that Jared Diamond describes as central to whether a civilization survives or fails in his presentation and book Collapse?

Thursday classes

Quiz question for Introduction to Philosophy today was what do you think of Emanuel Swedenborg's claim that he was the Second Coming of Jesus? Quiz question for History of Philosophy - not a very good one I admit - what are your plans for Thanksgiving? (I suppose this is mostly an advertisement to encourage those who can to go to the UAA Thanksgiving Feast from 11 to 1 on Thursday next week at the Gorsuch Commons.

Tuesday Classes

The quiz question for History of Philosophy today was "How many angels can dance on the head of a pin?" For Introduction to Philosophy the quiz question was with regard to Nietzsche and the presumption that you are an ubermensch: Now what are you going to do to create a meaningful world?

Friday Logic

The quiz question today (only one) was to comment on your views regarding the video we watched of the woman walking in NYC. I also need to remind myself to update the test for the final.

Thursday classes

For Introduction to Philosophy doing Marx the question posed was do you think Communism is going to stage a comeback? For History of Philosophy the question concerned this video: woman walking especially in light of this video satire - with Princess Leia. How would linguistic context be used to explain the various opinions on these?

Tuesday (Veterans Day) Classes

For Introduction to Philosophy talking about Kierkegaard my quiz question was what is the difference between depression and despair? For History of Philosophy the question was not are you ready for Aquinas - but instead something a bit more off the wall: why did Kellogg invent Corn Flakes?

Some links

Ahkenaten At the museum and also the code of H stella or Islamic designs. I especially remember seeing this exhibit as a kid. Here is more from the same room of Mummies. This is Greek.

Friday Logic

Only one quiz question today and that was take from the exercises on page 495 question 3.

Thursday Classes

For Introduction to Philosophy the quiz question was a fill in the blank: "it is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a ____ satisfied". For History of Philosophy today I asked that you listen to Tariq Ramadan for a bit - there are lots of interviews with him and even a TEDx talk, and let me know what you think of him.

Tuesday classes

For Introduction to Philosophy today the quiz question challenges you to describe a dialog you have with yourself over something - a decision, or whatever, where you have two sides of yourself trying to figure out what you should do. In History of Philosophy the question today was a request to listen to some samples of Gregorian Chant and pick one you found you liked best.

Not to forget

This was not too long ago but we already discussed Berkeley in class and I forgot to mention it. The tree fell without making a sound.