Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Early Modern Philosophy and Introduction to Philosophy lecture 13

Today in Early Modern Philosophy we discussed Hegel. A partial video is posted here. The quiz question was can you think of any field that does not use the paradigm of evolution? For Introduction to Philosophy today we discussed Hobbes and the Social Contract Theory. The video is posted here. The quiz question was do you think the mayor of Oakland was abetting a crime by warning illegal aliens of a pending ICE raid in Oakland?

Friday, February 23, 2018

Ancient and Medieval Philosophy lecture 11 and 12

This evening we continued discussing Aristotle both sessions. The video for the first is here and the second is here. The first quiz question was what does the word good mean? The second was what is your favorite tragedy? Comedy?

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Early Modern Philosophy and Introduction to Philosophy lecture 12

Today's Early Modern Philosophy lecture included Mary Wollstonecraft and an Introduction to Hegel. The video is posted here. The quiz question was who do you think would be an exanmple of Faust today? For Introduction to Philosophy the camera didn't start so there is no video. The topic was Sartre and Free Will. The quiz question today was are the educated elite better than others? (If so how so?)

Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Early Modern Philosophy and Introduction to Philosophy lecture 11

Today in Early Modern Philosophy we discussed Kant. The video is here. The quiz question was do you think Elon Musk's car in space is art? The quiz question was the same in Introduction to Philosophy. A forty five minute portion video of the class is posted here.

Friday, February 16, 2018

Ancient and Medieval Philosophy lectures 9 and 10

This evening we discussed Aristotle's Categories and Logic. The video is posted here. The quiz question is, we can create new words but can we create new grammar? The second half of class was on the Logic and the video is posted here. The quiz question was give an argument of the form AAA-1.

Thursday, February 15, 2018

Early Modern Philosophy and Introduction to Philosophy lecture 10

Today for Early Modern Philosophy we discussed Rousseau and sgtarted Kant. The video is posted here. THe quiz question was . For Introduction to Philosophy today we discussed Anselm's ontological argument. The video is posted here. The quiz question was what kind of car would Jesus drive?

Tuesday, February 13, 2018

Early Modern Philosophy and Introduction to Philosophy lecture 9

For Early Modern Philosophy today we discussed David Hume. The video is posted here. The quiz question was why do you think there is so much criticism of Russian attempts to influence the election? For Introduction to Philosophy today the topic was Nietzsche and the uber mensch. The video is half the class and is here. There was a choice of quiz question today. Either what does Niezsche mean when he asks Do you think you understand me? Or Do you think Nietzsche despised Darwin?