Thursday classes

For Early Modern Philosophy this morning I forgot to turn on the camera so did not record the lecture! Sorry! We talked about Bishop Berkeley and his contemporaries - Jonathan Edwards, Jonathan Swift, Leibniz, Newton, Shaftesbury, and the philosophy of British Idealism. There were two interesting questions that came up. One in response to Edwards as an early American Philosopher influenced by Berkeley was what does it mean to be saved? Have you ever been Saved? What do you mean by that? Deborah Hatheway was the person who received the famous letter. But a second question that is the famous one associated with Berkeley is if a tree falls in the forest and there is no one there to hear it fall, does it make a sound? So two quiz questions for today. For Introduction to Philosophy this afternoon the quiz question question is what does it mean to be a Christian? In my evening double session of Introduction to Philosophy the first quiz question was which of the philosophies that I briefly described do you think is closest to your conception of Eudaimonia? The second quiz question was what does it mean to be a Christian?

Wednesday Logic

Working on fallacies today along with jokes because the relationship seems so obvious. SO for today's quiz question go the opposite direction from last class and pick a fallacy, make an argument using it, and then change the argument into a joke.

Tuesday classes

The quiz question this morning for Early Modern Philosophy was on Leibniz - though I can't figure out how. What do you think of the idea that we're all Klein bottles? The quiz question for Introduction to Philosophy this afternoon was which of the philosophies that I briefly described do you think is closest to your conception of Eudaimonia?

Monday Logic

Today we finished up meaning / definitions in the broader sense of narration. Then went on to briefly cover the chapter on diagramming arguments. But in preparation for next class on fallacies I asked who your favorite comic was for the quiz question. Please send me a link to a sketch if you can. And think what type of fallacy does that comic use as their template for jokes?

Friday Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

For the first half of today's discussions the quiz question is what do you think of Plato's theory of knowledge? And for the second the question is what do you consider Love?

Thursday classes

For Early Modern Philosophy this morning discussing Spinoza my quiz question is which way do you think the argument goes - is that than which nothing greater can be conceived necessarily inclusive of everything? Or can there be a separation of God and the world? For Introduction to Philosophy this afternoon on the Nicomachean Ethics, what do you think Eudaimonia is? For my evening Introduction to Philosophy class there are two questions: the first is give an example of a true A statement and show all the other three types of statements using the same S and P, and the second is what do you think Eudaimonia is?

Wednesday Logic

Today in Introduction to Logic we discussed the nature of definitions and meaning and the importance of this to insuring arguments are understood as nearly as possible to what the speaker intended. The quiz question today is what is the difference between a musical meme and a spoken meme? What I was calling Crank in class today is actually called Creak, and also vocal fry.