Things to do List: (Philosophy)
Debates - what it will look like and the rubric is here and the groups are here
- we'll likely have work periods on Monday and Tuesday, then do the debates on Wednesday and Thursday - maybe into the following week as well
ANOTHER ESSAY!
Wed. Oct. 24 - Pop Philosophy Essay Assignment Part A - choose the media (your favourite film, book, person...) AND describe the themes in it. That's it!
Help: topics here, and more here, and how to find a theme, and tons of ideas and readings, and a general list of philosophers to choose from, also how to craft an argument (Part C), Sample Essay #1, Sample Essay #2, Essay Rubric, and the Seminar Rubric
EVENT (FYI): Philosophy of Physics talk at UW Fri. Oct. 26 at 3:30 - that's a PD day!
- we'll likely have work periods on Monday and Tuesday, then do the debates on Wednesday and Thursday - maybe into the following week as well
ANOTHER ESSAY!
Wed. Oct. 24 - Pop Philosophy Essay Assignment Part A - choose the media (your favourite film, book, person...) AND describe the themes in it. That's it!
Help: topics here, and more here, and how to find a theme, and tons of ideas and readings, and a general list of philosophers to choose from, also how to craft an argument (Part C), Sample Essay #1, Sample Essay #2, Essay Rubric, and the Seminar Rubric
EVENT (FYI): Philosophy of Physics talk at UW Fri. Oct. 26 at 3:30 - that's a PD day!
What We Did Today:
Fri. Oct. 19
- discuss the next project
- finish our virtuous life posters
- compare and contrast virtuous life theories - which is best and why
- start looking at debate prep
Thurs. Oct. 18
- existentialism - a bit more
Wed. Oct. 17
- existentialism
Tues. Oct. 16
- Taoist fortune telling
- deotological vs teleological
Mon. Oct. 15
- Taoism
Fri. Oct. 12
- Epictetus
- maybe some Taoism
Thurs. Oct. 11
- Epictetus and the Stoics
Wed. Oct. 10
- Jesus
Tues. Oct. 9
- Epicurus
Fri. Oct. 5
- work period - finish your essay! See the cautions above.
- consider reading each other's papers to get a sense of what other people are doing with the same philosopher (or with other philosophers) - if anyone's brave enough to allow people to read their rough draft
Thurs. Oct. 4
- more Plato, then some Aristippus, and Diogenes
Wed. Oct. 3
- The Virtuous Life - reading package
- 10 commandments, Socrates, maybe Plato
Tues. Oct. 2
- final look at ethics survey results
- how we do ethics - brainstorm note
Mon. Oct. 1
- block B assembly for all grade 12s
Thurs. Sept. 27 - Fri. Sept. 28
- look at ethics survey results
Wed. Sept. 26
- brief epistemology quiz
- look at ethics survey results
Tues. Sept. 25
- Epistemology Timed Writing
FYI - ONLY if you're interested in the debate - here's an argument for hard-determinism (Harris), and three rebuttals (Horgan, and again, and Plantinga)
Mon. Sept. 24
- free will
Thurs. Sept. 20
- pragmatism, universalism, relativism
(a bit of modernism/postmodernism if you're interested)
Wed. Sept. 19
- finish Rationalism part of the chart
- Empiricism - read some Hume
Tues. Sept. 18
- bit more about making arguments for or against theories
- Descartes
Mon. Sept. 17
- Rationalism (Epistemology reading package)
- Plato's cave --> how to argue for or against an epistemological theory
Fri. Sept. 14
- logic quiz
- Epistemology - Skepticism
Thurs. Sept. 13
- read some Plato - find premises and conclusion (handout)
Wed. Sept. 12
- illustrate the fallacies
- look at fallacies in Lorna's article
- "Find the Fallacies" (handout) - answers to the back here
Tues. Sept. 11
- look at examples of fallacious reasoning
Mon. Sept. 10
- finish premises/conclusion worksheet
- look at some rants
- look at a video of an argument
- look at an argument from a newspaper --> find the conclusion and premises
Fri. Sept. 7
- look at the Ethics Essay assignment, and do the ethics survey
Thurs. Sept. 6
- talk a bit more about critical thinking
- start formal logic (handout)
Wed. Sept. 5
- seating plan --> What's happiness, and how do we get some?
- look a bit at critical thinking (handout)
Tues. Sept. 4
- find out about the course (handout)
- look at the marksheets
- HMWK: answer the questions above
- discuss the next project
- finish our virtuous life posters
- compare and contrast virtuous life theories - which is best and why
- start looking at debate prep
Thurs. Oct. 18
- existentialism - a bit more
Wed. Oct. 17
- existentialism
Tues. Oct. 16
- Taoist fortune telling
- deotological vs teleological
Mon. Oct. 15
- Taoism
Fri. Oct. 12
- Epictetus
- maybe some Taoism
Thurs. Oct. 11
- Epictetus and the Stoics
Wed. Oct. 10
- Jesus
Tues. Oct. 9
- Epicurus
Fri. Oct. 5
- work period - finish your essay! See the cautions above.
- consider reading each other's papers to get a sense of what other people are doing with the same philosopher (or with other philosophers) - if anyone's brave enough to allow people to read their rough draft
Thurs. Oct. 4
- more Plato, then some Aristippus, and Diogenes
Wed. Oct. 3
- The Virtuous Life - reading package
- 10 commandments, Socrates, maybe Plato
Tues. Oct. 2
- final look at ethics survey results
- how we do ethics - brainstorm note
Mon. Oct. 1
- block B assembly for all grade 12s
Thurs. Sept. 27 - Fri. Sept. 28
- look at ethics survey results
Wed. Sept. 26
- brief epistemology quiz
- look at ethics survey results
Tues. Sept. 25
- Epistemology Timed Writing
FYI - ONLY if you're interested in the debate - here's an argument for hard-determinism (Harris), and three rebuttals (Horgan, and again, and Plantinga)
Mon. Sept. 24
- free will
Thurs. Sept. 20
- pragmatism, universalism, relativism
(a bit of modernism/postmodernism if you're interested)
Wed. Sept. 19
- finish Rationalism part of the chart
- Empiricism - read some Hume
Tues. Sept. 18
- bit more about making arguments for or against theories
- Descartes
Mon. Sept. 17
- Rationalism (Epistemology reading package)
- Plato's cave --> how to argue for or against an epistemological theory
Fri. Sept. 14
- logic quiz
- Epistemology - Skepticism
Thurs. Sept. 13
- read some Plato - find premises and conclusion (handout)
Wed. Sept. 12
- illustrate the fallacies
- look at fallacies in Lorna's article
- "Find the Fallacies" (handout) - answers to the back here
Tues. Sept. 11
- look at examples of fallacious reasoning
Mon. Sept. 10
- finish premises/conclusion worksheet
- look at some rants
- look at a video of an argument
- look at an argument from a newspaper --> find the conclusion and premises
Fri. Sept. 7
- look at the Ethics Essay assignment, and do the ethics survey
Thurs. Sept. 6
- talk a bit more about critical thinking
- start formal logic (handout)
Wed. Sept. 5
- seating plan --> What's happiness, and how do we get some?
- look a bit at critical thinking (handout)
Tues. Sept. 4
- find out about the course (handout)
- look at the marksheets
- HMWK: answer the questions above