UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS
PHILOSOPHY 100: INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY
Section B courses.umass.edu/chappell/introf03.html Fall 2003
Vere Chappell, Tom Bell, Andrew Platt
SYLLABUS
Texts
Plato, FIVE DIALOGUES, tr. by Grube (Hackett 1981).
Descartes, MEDITATIONS, tr. by Cress, 3rd ed. (Hackett 1993).
Perry, DIALOGUE ON GOOD, EVIL, AND THE EXISTENCE OF GOD (Hackett 1999).
Perry, DIALOGUE ON PERSONAL IDENTITY AND IMMORTALITY (Hackett 1978).
Books are available at Amherst Books on Main Street in Amherst.
Schedule
Week Class Reading (Author, WORK, Pages) Quiz/Exam Notes
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S 01 -- 01 Handout on Arguments Qz 1 Fri No lect Tue
S 08 02 03 Plato, APOLOGY, CRITO, 23-56 Qz 2 Fri
S 15 04 05 Plato, MENO, 57-88 Qz 3 Fri
S 22 06 07 Plato, PHAEDO, 93-123 Qz 4 Fri
S 29 08 09 Plato, PHAEDO, 146-155 Qz 5 Fri
O 06 X1 10 Descartes, MEDIT I, 1-17 Ex 1 Tue; Qz 6 Fri
O 13 11 12 Descartes, MEDIT II-III, 17-35 Qz 7 Fri
O 20 13 14 Descartes, MEDIT IV-V, 35-47 Qz 8 Fri
O 27 15 16 Descartes, MEDIT VI, 47-59 Qz 9 Fri
N 03 X2 17 Perry, GOOD, EVIL...GOD, 1-17 Ex 2 Tue; Qz 10 Fri
N 10 -- 18 Perry, GOOD, EVIL...GOD, 18-53 Qz 11 Fri No lect Tue
N 17 19 20 Perry, GOOD, EVIL...GOD, 54-69 Qz 12 Fri
N 24 -- -- ------ --------- No lect Tue; no disc Fri
D 01 21 22 Perry, PERS IDENT...IMM, 01-36 Qz 13 Fri
D 08 23 24 Perry, PERS IDENT...IMM, 37-49 Qz 14 Fri
D 15 X3 FX ------ Ex 3+Final ex Date and time TBA
Requirements
(1) Class attendance and participation in discussion sections.
(2) Weekly reading assignments, to be completed before each Tuesday lecture.
(3) Weekly quizzes, given in discussion sections. Students may miss four of these quizzes without
being penalized. If more than ten quizzes are taken, the grades on the best ten of these will be
counted towards the course grade.
(4) Three exams, the first two given in lecture periods on Oct 07 and Nov 04, the third given with the
final exam during the exam period. Students may miss one of these exams without being penalized.
If more than two exams are taken, the grades on the best two will be counted towards the course grade.
(5) Final exam, to be given during the exam period Dec 15-20, date, place, and time to be announced.
The course grade will be based on the quizzes (up to 5 points each), the exams (up to 15 points each), and the final (up to 20
points). Extra points (up to 10)may be given, at the discretion of the discussion instructor, for class participation.
The quizzes and exams must be taken when scheduled; no make-ups will be given.