Thursday classes

For the Introduction to Philosophy morning class the quiz question is what would you think of life in monastery or convent? Here is an example of the rule by which people are supposed to live in a religious order. For Ancient and Medieval Philosophy class the quiz question is what do you think is the dominant fallacy used in the Monty Python witch trial scene? And for reference here is one list of fallacies. For Introduction to Philosophy evening class the first quiz question is what does it mean to be Saved? And have you ever been Saved yourself? The second half quiz question is what would you think of life in monastery or convent? Here is an example of the rule by which people are supposed to live in a religious order.

Wednesday Logic

For Wednesday Logic class the quiz question is what do you think is the dominant fallacy used in the Monty Python witch trial scene?

Tuesday classes

For Introduction to Philosophy this morning the quiz question is what does it mean to be Saved? And have you ever been Saved yourself? For Ancient and Medieval Philosophy the quiz question is can something exist without substance?

Logic Monday

Who is your favorite comic and what sort of logical fallacy seems the technique they use the most?

Thursday classes

For the morning section of Introduction to Philosophy my question is why do you think Christianity became the dominant religion of the Roman Empire? For Ancient and Medieval Philosophy my question is which of the Greek Aporias do you find most interesting? How would you solve it? For my evening section of Introduction to Philosophy the quiz questions are which civilization had more impact on our own - Greece or Rome? (You may want to take sides on this debate between Mary Beard and Boris Johnson.) and the second question is why do you think Christianity became the dominant religion of the Roman Empire?

Wednesday Logic

For the quiz question today in Logic the question was do you think this scene is pornographic? Or worse - is it child pornography? Moonrise Kingdom Dance Scene Another interesting question you might want to discuss is what did you think of the Ontological Argument? Still another interesting topic to start off next class is who is your favorite comic and do you have a link to a clip for them?

Tuesday classes

For Introduction to Philosophy today the quiz question was which civilization had more impact on our own - Greece or Rome? (You may want to take sides on this debate between Mary Beard and Boris Johnson.) FOr Ancient and Medivela Philosophy today the quiz question was what other imaginary utopias were based on Plato's Republic?

Monday Logic

The quiz question for Logic this morning was to analyse the argument form presented in either of the movie clips we discussed this morning. This included Maleficent True loves kiss or Poisonous Love Achmed the dead terrorist or the debate over the movie The Life of Brian. You could analyse the argument presented in the clip as you interpret it, or my argument as I interpreted it, or just wing it playing with the technique of diagramming arguments.

Thursday classes

For Introduction to Philosophy (the morning section) what would you consider Eudaimonia? For Ancient and Medieval Philosophy the quiz question today is how do you interpret Plato's allegory of the cave? And a second question, what would you do if you had a ring of power? For Introduction to Philosophy (evening section) the first quiz question is give an example of a statement that is true and the other three categorical statements that are on the traditional square of opposition with it. The second quiz question is what would you consider Eudaimonia? All sections are also invited to comment on how they like or dislike the course so far. Is there anything you would like me to do differently?

Wednesday Logic

Today the quiz question is to contrast a merely verbal dispute with a factual dispute. Give an example of each.

Tuesday classes

For Introduction to Philosophy the quiz question is give an example of a statement that is true and the other three categorical statements that are on the traditional square of opposition with it. For Ancient and Medieval Philosophy the quiz question today is what do you think of Plato's theory of knowledge?

Monday Logic

There were two options to the quiz question in Logic today. One was define bike. The second was define woman. What a wonder is are there counter examples of your definition that we would none the less call the same name? (I am trying to find the whole concept of category problematic.)

Thursday classes

For Introduction to Philosophy the quiz question today was to critique Plato's description of the three social classes. For Ancient and Medieval Philosophy the quiz question today was one of my favorites. Jesus comes to your door and you know it is Him and He is God. He tells you to sell all you have, give the money to the poor and follow Him. Do you argue with Him or follow Him? For Introduction to Philosophy Thursday evening the quiz question for part one is do you have a soul and if so, what is it? The second section quiz question is critique Plato's description of the three social classes.

Wednesday Logic

The quiz question today was what do you think is more efficient: a bicycle or a car?

Tuesday classes

For Introduction to Philosophy the quiz question today was do you have a soul? If you think you do, what do you think it is? For Ancient and Medieval Philosophy today the quiz question was what form of government do you think would be best?

Thursday classes

For the morning Introduction to Philosophy today the quiz question is one of my favorites. It is the hypothetical situation where Jesus comes to your door, you know absolutely He is God and He asks you to sell all you have, give the money to the poor, and go follow Him. Would you go? Or would you argue with Him? Interesting. For my Ancient and Medieval Philosophy class the quiz question is to go ahead and look at the list here on the blog below and see if you can pick one that you might like to do your term paper on. Keep in mind you should use that philosopher to see how they throw light on the ancient and medieval traditions - if they do. I am not sure how this is going to work out! So you guys are breaking new territory here. For my evening Introduction to Philosophy class there are two quiz questions. First: what are the ten commandments. Two: the hypothetical situation where Jesus comes to your door, you know absolutely He is God and He asks you to sell all you have, give the money to the poor, and go follow Him. Would you go? Or would you argue with Him?