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 Contact Information
Professor: Daniel Bonevac, WAG 403, 232-4333, bonevac@mail.utexas.edu, Thursday 9:30-11:30
Reader: Nora Berenstain
Reader: Ginger Clausen
Reader: Enrico Grube
Reader: Alex Grzankowski
Reader: David Ivy
Reader: Gerald Marsh

 Writing Philosophy
My UT site
Jim Pryor's Princeton site
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill site
Dartmouth College site

 Online Texts
Confucius, Analects
Plato, Laches
Plato, Euthyphro
Plato, Apology
Plato, The Republic
Plato, Theaetetus
Plato, Meno
Plato, Phaedrus
Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics
Aristotle, Categories
Aristotle, Metaphysics
Philo, On Drunkenness
Origen, On Principles
Augustine, Confessions
Augustine, Enchiridion
Anselm, Proslogion
Aquinas, Summa Theologica
Aquinas, On Being and Essence
Descartes, Meditations
Descartes, Principles of Philosophy
Hobbes, Leviathan
Leibniz, Monadology
Locke, Second Treatise of Government
Locke, Essay Concerning Human Understanding
Rousseau, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality
Rousseau, The Social Contract
Berkeley, Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous
Hume, Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Hume, Treatise of Human Nature
Kant, Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals
Kant, Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics
Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
Bentham, Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation
Mill, On Liberty
Mill, Utilitarianism
James, The Varieties of Religious Experience
Russell, The Problems of Philosophy

PHL 301

Introduction to Philosophy


You may download the PowerPoint slides used in class by clicking on the links below.

Introduction
Philosophy
Kinds of Philosophers
Ethics and the Philosophy of Mind
Greek Philosophy: Mind and Ethics
Chinese Philosophy: Mind and Ethics
Enlightenment Philosophy of Mind
Enlightenment: Kant's Moral Philosophy
Enlightenment: Bentham and Mill's Utilitarianism
The Absent Self: Hume on Mind and Ethics
Epistemology: The Theory of Knowledge
Knowledge
Skepticism
Rationalism
Empiricism
Metaphysics: On What There Is
Metaphysics: Substance
Metaphysics: Essence
Idealism
Realism
Truth
God: A Priori Arguments
God: A Posteriori Arguments
 Required Text

 Worldly Wisdom

Daniel Bonevac, Worldly Wisdom (Mountain View: Mayfield, 2001).


 Requirements

There are two paths to a grade in this course. The path of reflection emphasizes the homework writing assignments, though exams are also important. The path of examination emphasizes the exams, though the homework remains important. We will figure your grade according to both paths and assign you the higher grade.

Path of Reflection Path of Examination
Exam 1 15% 25%
Exam 2 15% 25%
Final Exam 15% 25%
Homework 55% 25%

The midterm exams will consist of 55 multiple choice questions Roughly half will be quotations; you will have to identify the authors.

The final exam will consist of a mandatory part, that everyone will have to take, and an optional part, that can replace your first two exam scores if that will help your grade. Both parts will be similar in form to the midterm exams: 55 multiple choice questions, about half of which will be quotations.

Your homework grade will be based on three papers (max. 1500 words) on topics to be assigned, due on September 22, October 20, and December 1.