First Quarter Schedule


Philosophy Fall 2008	First Quarter Philosophy Schedule	Back to Main Philosophy Page
Mr. Lamb Jay.Lamb@fcps.edu	Room 209 Office- 222WK	Back to Main Page

Assignments are due on the date they are listed.
Wed. Sept. 3- Introduction to philosophy, Books, Questions, Philosophy discussion groups Fri. Sept 5- Read, Sophie- Garden of Eden and Top Hat, your question, Red Pill or Blue Pill Monday Sept. 8- Continue discussions,R and B paper due, What makes a good philosophy paper? Read Reality Check, Opinion, Theories. Wed. Sept. 10- Logic, Assumptions, Arguments- Read Bad Arguments Swap Wed. and Friday Homework. Mr. Maney will be my substitute on Friday. Fri. Sept. 12- Myth, read Early Greeks H/O and L: 23-26. Know philosophers. Be a Pre-Socratic philosopher! Monday, Sept. 15- Socrates and Plato L: 9-30, Q 1,2 Wed. Sept. 17- The Divided Line L: 31-42, Q 3,4 Back to School Night! Fri. Sept 19- The Tripartite Soul- L: 43-53, Q5,6 Monday, Sept. 22- Ethics- Gyges Ring Wed. Sept. 24- The Ideal State, L: 54-65, Q 7,8,9 Fri. Sept. 26- More Plato Monday, Sept. 29- Aristotle reading on web page, L: 68-76, Q 1,2 Sophieâ€™s World on Aristotle (105-117) Wed. Oct. 1- Aristotle Q 3,4 Paper First Draft Fri. Oct 3- Test 1- Arguments, Myth, Pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle Monday October 6- Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy reading on web page, Q 1,2 Sophie 127-138 Wed. Oct. 8- - Philosophy of the Middle Ages reading on web page Q 1, 2, 3, 4 Sophie 175-187. Fri. Oct. 10- Group 1- Intro to Descartes The Modern Era L: 85-109 Q1,2,3, 4 Homecomming Monday Oct. 13- Colombus Day Holiday Tues. Oct. 14- Anchor Day Descartes Group 2-Clockwork Universe L: 100-130 Q 5, 6, Wed. Oct. 15- PSAT DAY Early dismissal Fri. Oct. 17- Group report-Descartes 7, 8 Discuss Descartes Monday, Oct 20- Enlightenment , Empiricism, David Hume. L: 134-145 Q 1, 2 Wed. Oct. 22- Theory of Knowledge L: 147-158 Q 3, 4 Paper Final Draft Fri. Oct. 24- Causality L: 159-169 Q 5,6 Mon. Oct. 27- Reason the Slave of the Passions L: 170-183 Q 7, 8 Wed. Oct. 29- Test 2 Hellenistic and Middle ages philosophy, Descartes, Hume Fri. Oct. 31- First Quarter paper due, topic discussions END OF FIRST QUARTER Wed. Nov.5 Anchor Day- Kant L; 193-198 Q 1, 2 (Sophie 324-337)