Index for
Summer I 2009
PHIL-2010 (May-mester)
Department of Philosophy and
Religious Studies
Summer I Term (May 14 – June 4)
PHIL-2010 Fundamentals of Philosophy
2010
Syllabus 2010su09 Schedule
for Readings and Deadlines
Online Student Evaluations
Instructions for Online Student Evaluations
Online Texts
For
Plato
Allegory of the Cave (see You Tube video on the Cave)
Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience ML King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
For
Descartes
Meditation I Meditation II Meditation III
Meditation IV Meditation V Meditation VI
Study Guide and Question Pool for
Quizzes
Reading and Writing Guidelines
Plato Study Questions Descartes Study Questions Quinn Study Questions
What the Bleep? Study Questions Matrix Study Questions Truman Show Study Questions
Imposter Study Questions Paycheck Study Questions Instinct Study Questions
Class Exercises
Presocratics Exercise Cave Exercise Apology Exercise
Euthyphro
Exercise #1 Euthyphro
Exercise #2 Crito
Exercise1
Crito
Exercise2 Matrix
Exercise Descartes
God Exercise
Descartes
Error Exercise Quinn
Titles Exercise
Writing Assignments
What Is Philosophy? Take 1 (first day)
What Is Philosophy? Take 2 (after Plato)
What Is Philosophy? Take 3 (after Descartes)
What Is Philosophy? Take 4 (after Quinn)
Supplementary Notes
Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (general index)
Santas Notes on Philosophy
for Plato: http://www.iep.utm.edu/p/plato.htm
Santas Ancient Intro Notes Santas Notes Plato Background
Santas Notes Allegory of the Cave Santas Notes Apology
Santas Notes Euthyphro Santas Notes Crito
for René Descartes: http://www.iep.utm.edu/d/descarte.htm
Santas Notes Descartes Intro
Santas Notes Meditation I Santas Notes Meditation II
Santas Notes Meditation III Santas Notes Meditation IV
Santas Notes Meditation V Santas Notes Meditation VI
For Daniel Quinn:
Quinn’s Website: http://www.ishmael.com/welcome.cfm
Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Quinn