10-11-07 Welcome and Communication Part I (First half of Star Trek episode Darmok)
10-25-07 Communication Part II (Second half of Darmok)
11-1-07 Introduction to Ethics
11-8-07 Contest: Moral Absolutes vs. Noncognitivism
11-15-07 Ethical Egoism and "Should parents have to get licensed to have children?"
11-29-07 Argument: Anticipating and addressing counter arguments. Also, Intention, Action, and Consequences
12-6-07 Composing your own Normative Ethic and then testing it in student-created situations
12-13-07 Student presentations of five different ethical theories: Social Contract Theory, Utilitarianism, Deontological Theory, Sociobiological Theory, and Virtue Theory
12-20-07 Fairness and Equality: On a galactic level, what do you deserve?
1-3-08 Introduction to Aesthetics: Show and Tell
1-10-08 Found-object Sculpture: Creating something beautiful to share... with bananas!
1-17-08 Defining Beauty and Art, Duchamp's Fountain and Specificity
1-24-08 Simpson's episode Brush with Greatness: "What is beauty to me? Am I willing to let my definition change?"
1-31-08 Student submitted questions about beauty; Santayana's thoughts on beauty, values, and the irrationality of preference.
2-6-08 Death. A look at obituaries and considering the social and communal aspects of dying.
2-14-08 Death. A look at Epicurus' argument.
2-28-08 What constitutes a person? What constitutes a mind? We read part of a National Geographic article on Animal Minds.
3-6-08 Evidence of minds. We watched an animal video and part of the Jungle Book video and then considered John R. Searle's famous thought experiment.
3-13-08 Black box. Defining the essential nature/characteristics of a mind.
3-20-08 Ian neatly resolved all of philosophy's questions and controversies. I wasn't there to witness it, but I heard it was amazing.
3-27-08 We watched part of Judgement Day, a video on the controversies surrounding intelligent design (ID) theory. Then we asked, "Why do we care so much about things--like where we come from--that other animals don't?"
4-3-08 Lindsay B. shared a song with us from G Love and Special Sauce titled Pull the Wool and then we began to discuss the nature of (un)forgiveness.
4-24-08 We read the Myth of Sisyphus.
5-1-08 World View: 10 key questions and exploring connections among beliefs
5-8-08 We watched part of Charlotte's Web and discussed Deconstruction and Reductionism vs. Holism
5-15-08 Is there a semiotic difference between saying "I believe _____" and "I believe in _____"? We listened to an audio essay titled I Believe Evolution.
5-29-08 Aldous Huxley and four kinds of faith vs. Jean Paul Sarte and the bottomless uncertainty of it all
6-5-08 Senior share: Ian B, John C, Anthony N, Anastasia L, and Annie L.
10-25-07 Communication Part II (Second half of Darmok)
11-1-07 Introduction to Ethics
11-8-07 Contest: Moral Absolutes vs. Noncognitivism
11-15-07 Ethical Egoism and "Should parents have to get licensed to have children?"
11-29-07 Argument: Anticipating and addressing counter arguments. Also, Intention, Action, and Consequences
12-6-07 Composing your own Normative Ethic and then testing it in student-created situations
12-13-07 Student presentations of five different ethical theories: Social Contract Theory, Utilitarianism, Deontological Theory, Sociobiological Theory, and Virtue Theory
12-20-07 Fairness and Equality: On a galactic level, what do you deserve?
1-3-08 Introduction to Aesthetics: Show and Tell
1-10-08 Found-object Sculpture: Creating something beautiful to share... with bananas!
1-17-08 Defining Beauty and Art, Duchamp's Fountain and Specificity
1-24-08 Simpson's episode Brush with Greatness: "What is beauty to me? Am I willing to let my definition change?"
1-31-08 Student submitted questions about beauty; Santayana's thoughts on beauty, values, and the irrationality of preference.
2-6-08 Death. A look at obituaries and considering the social and communal aspects of dying.
2-14-08 Death. A look at Epicurus' argument.
2-28-08 What constitutes a person? What constitutes a mind? We read part of a National Geographic article on Animal Minds.
3-6-08 Evidence of minds. We watched an animal video and part of the Jungle Book video and then considered John R. Searle's famous thought experiment.
3-13-08 Black box. Defining the essential nature/characteristics of a mind.
3-20-08 Ian neatly resolved all of philosophy's questions and controversies. I wasn't there to witness it, but I heard it was amazing.
3-27-08 We watched part of Judgement Day, a video on the controversies surrounding intelligent design (ID) theory. Then we asked, "Why do we care so much about things--like where we come from--that other animals don't?"
4-3-08 Lindsay B. shared a song with us from G Love and Special Sauce titled Pull the Wool and then we began to discuss the nature of (un)forgiveness.
4-24-08 We read the Myth of Sisyphus.
5-1-08 World View: 10 key questions and exploring connections among beliefs
5-8-08 We watched part of Charlotte's Web and discussed Deconstruction and Reductionism vs. Holism
5-15-08 Is there a semiotic difference between saying "I believe _____" and "I believe in _____"? We listened to an audio essay titled I Believe Evolution.
5-29-08 Aldous Huxley and four kinds of faith vs. Jean Paul Sarte and the bottomless uncertainty of it all
6-5-08 Senior share: Ian B, John C, Anthony N, Anastasia L, and Annie L.
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