1. What Philosophy Is 80-100 Summer Session I - 2009 Instructor: Karin Howe Carnegie Mellon University

2. Contact Information Email: karinh@andrew.cmu.edukarinh@andrew.cmu.edu Phone: 315-450-4306 Office Hours: by appointment –Office: BH 143 Mailbox: BH 135 Blackboard

3. Course Content Part 1: Introduction to the Course Part 2: Ancient Philosophy Part 3: Epistemology Part 4: Metaphysics Part 5: Ethics Part 6: Political Philosophy

4. Textbook There is no textbook for this class Instead, readings will be available on Blackboard Also available on Blackboard –Homework Assignments and Solutions –Reading Assignments –Paper Topics –Other Good Stuff Guided tour of BlackboardBlackboard

5. Coursework Participation: 10% Homework: 10% Reading assignments: 15% Attendance: none Paper 1: 15% Paper 2: 20% Paper 3: 20% Peer Review: 10%

6. Participation I want you to talk in class and I DON'T want you to talk in class

7. Mapping Homework Mapping tutorial (OLI) iLogos software Grading policy: 10 pts each

8. Reading Assignments Essential that you do the course readings before we discuss them in class To that end, there will be a short reading assignment for each reading Grading policy: Binary: √ or not

9. Attendance Policy None However, I will be taking attendance everyday May be used to decide borderline cases

10. Papers Paper 1: Present an author's argument Paper 2: Present, and critique an author's argument Paper 3: Present your own argument for a thesis Grading policy: A-F, with +/-

11. A word about plagiarism… DON'T

12. Peer Review The best way to improve your writing is to get feedback on your work. Through the peer review process, you will be giving and receiving feedback to/from one of your peers.

13. Course Schedule Week 1 May 18: none (topic: Introduction to course) May 19: Mapping tutorial (Harrell) May 20: The Value of Philosophy (Russell) - HW 1 due May 21: Towards a Logic of Resolution- Oriented Dialogue (Norman) May 22: The Apology (Plato) – HW 2 due

14. Week 2 May 25: Crito (Plato) – HW 3 due May 26: TBA May 27: Meno (Plato) – HW 4 due May 28: The Ethics of Belief (Clifford) May 29: TBA – Paper 1 first draft due

15. Week 3 June 1: The Will to Believe (James) – Paper 1 peer review comments due June 2: A Feminist Epistemology (Code) June 3: Meditations on First Philosophy (Descartes) – HW 5 due June 4: TBA June 5: Minds, Brains, and Programs (Searle) – Paper 1 final draft due

16. Week 4 June 8: The Know-It-All Machine (Thompson) – HW 6 due June 9: TBA June 10: Nicomachean Ethics (Aristotle) – HW 7 due June 11: The Conscience of Huckleberry Finn (Bennett) June 12: Gender and Moral Development (Gilligan) – Paper 2 first draft due

17. Week 5 June 15: Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals (Kant) – Paper 2 peer review comments due June 16The Principle of Utility (Bentham) June 17Two Concepts of Rules (Rawls) – HW 8 due June 18Justice as Fairness (Rawls) June 19TBA – Paper 2 final draft due

18. Week 6 June 22: Natural Law (Aquinas) – HW 9 due June 23: Civil Disobedience (Thoreau) June 24: Letter from Birmingham Jail (King) – HW 10 due June 25: Excerpts from the Apology and Crito (Plato) June 26: none – closing remarks – Paper 3 final draft due