Friday evening Ancient and Medieval Philosophy last class before Final

So for our Friday evening Ancient and Medieval Philosophy last class before Final we covered most of the rest of the book to finish up including a few odds and ends along with it - such as who Charles Sanders Peirce was....rather than a quiz question I asked if you have any comments on how to improve the course. Also for our final session note that we will watch a movie decided by those that come next Friday evening. Attendance is optional. But I will be there and watch a movie of relevance to the course and discuss it. Thank you to all who took the course!

Thursday classes - last week before finals

These are the last regular classes before finals. Early Modern Philosophy meets the last time during finals week on Tuesday May 2 at 10. Introduction to Philosophy afternoons meets for the final session on Tuesday May 2 at 1. Thursday evening's Introduction to Philosophy meets at the same Thursday at 6:30 schedule next week. On each of these the class elects to watch a movie and discuss it with regard to its relevance to philosophy. Attendance for finals are not mandatory so if you have a conflict and need to leave early or not come at all it is up to you. I will be there and bring movies that people can vote on to watch. If you have a movie to bring you think might be good we can vote on that too.

Wednesday Logic - last class before final

Today we discussed statistics and their uses and misuses - mostly their misinterpretation. As a central topic of discussion I played some of Sam Harris' podcast with Charles Murray titled Forbidden Knowledge. This was our last regularly scheduled class. On Monday May 1 we have our final session at 1 PM when we will watch and discuss a movie TBD.

Tuesday classes

Today for Early Modern Philosophy we discussed Daniel Dennett and the Brights. The quiz question is have you gotten encouragement for being bright? For Introduction to Philosophy this afternoon we discussed Quine and Neopragmatism. The quiz question is how does Quine's Two Dogmas of Empiricism impact the modern world?

Monday Logic

We are rushing through the remaining chapters of the book since this is our last regular week of classes. The quiz question was what movie would you like to see and discuss on our last meeting. May 1: Final session - Final test due via email. Attendance is not required but class meets 1:00 PM - 3:45 PM. We will discuss a movie.

Friday Ancient and Medieval Philosophy class

For Ancient and Medieval Philosophy this evening we finished with Aquinas and moved on to late Scholasticism and the Reformation. The one quiz question for this evening is what movie would you like to see on our final session if you are coming. The second quiz question was how might contemporary events in Europe today seem connected to events in Europe towards the end of the Middle Ages?

Thursday classes

For Early Modern Philosophy we were talking about modern Monotheism and the quiz question for discussion is do you think atheism is a religion? For Introduction to Philosophy this afternoon the discussion was on pragmatism and the quiz question was how has Dewey's philosophy of education impacted your education? For my evening section of Introduction to Philosophy both halfs of the class were on pragmatism and the quiz question was who do you think is the sexiest philosopher alive? For the second half the quiz question was how has Dewey's philosophy of education impacted your education?