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?