Tuesday classes

For Early Modern Philosophy today the quiz question was what do you think of the Presidents ban on imigration? For Introduction to Philosophy this afternoon the quiz question was 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.

Monday Logic

Lecture four started by finishing up chapter one and then moving on to the chapter on language. The quiz question today is what is the meaning of meaning? (For fun see this: Wittgenstein.)

Friday evening class

Only one quiz question for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy this evening and that was if Jesus comes to your door and you know He is God and He says sell everything you have, give the money to the poor, and then come follow Me. - would you go with Him? Or would you argue with Him? The video this evening was only for the first half of class. But I have lectured on the Euthyphro and the Apology elsewhere if you are interested in videos of them. For those interested in the video of Steve Martin and Socrates Death, this is the link.

Thursday classes

For Early Modern Philosophy this morning my quiz question was what rights do you think we have? For Introduction to Philosophy this afternoon my quiz question was Do you have a soul and what do you think that is? For my Introduction to Philosophy class this evening the two quiz questions were using the famous death bridge scene from the Monty Python Quest for the Holy Grail the quiz question is what is your name, what is your quest, and what is virtue? and the second quiz was Do you have a soul and what do you think that is?

Wednesday Logic

Today we discussed truth and this brought up the conflict between faith and science. I used Sam Harris as a discussion piece. We also discussed the Ontological Argument. We ended discussing the best music and so my quiz question was what piece of music do you think is the best for occasions when you are sitting quietly listening to music? (Only ten minutes was recorded today because the batteries died.)

Tuesday classes

For Early Modern Philosophy the quiz question was do you think modern people are more selfish then non-modern people? (Pope John Paul II argues this is Descartes' fault in his book Memory and Identity. For Introduction to Philosophy this afternoon I used the famous death bridge scene from the Monty Python Quest for the Holy Grail and so the quiz question is what is your name, what is your quest, and what is virtue?

Monday Logic

For the quiz question today in Logic the question was what is truth? Lecture 2.

Friday evening class

For our first session of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy this evening there were two quiz questions that I promised to post since we didn't do them in class. What did you think of Iphegenia choosing to sacrifice herself for her people? Pythagoras also invented the name Philosophy. So we just barely touched the surface on his influence on the development of philosophy. What do you think of his concept of the arche as number? If you want to see the film Iphigenia it is here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcTY7_-gZgw and you can select auto translate and select English and it does sort of okay.

Thursday classes

For my morning session of Early Modern Philosophy my quiz question was does the earth go around the sun or does the sun go around the earth? You might also discuss other models as well - like the Tychonic System! For my afternoon session of Introduction to Philosophy my quiz question was would you have liked a person like Socrates? For my first evening session of Introduction to Philosophy I asked two quiz questions. The first was what are the ten commandments? The second portion of class quiz question was if Jesus came to your door and asked you to give everything you have to the poor and follow him, would you go with him or argue with him?

Wednesday Logic

Our first logic class for the semester began with a discussion of some aspects of language and model dependant realism. The quiz question is why do you think Donald Trump won the election?

Lecture video for Early Modern first class

I made a video of the lecture and it is located here https://youtu.be/gVZFYpxPw3c Sorry the lecture is so boring! But at least here it is for those who missed it.

Tuesday classes

This semester is started! Yeah! For my Tuesday classes the Modern Philosophy class quiz was what do you think the difference between modern and ancient / medieval is? One mention in class was a different authority. Another was empirical evidence as a requirement. What do you think? For Introduction to Philosophy I resorted to a tried and true quiz question: what are the ten commandments?