This course introduces students to the discipline of philosophy as a way to analyze the principles underlying conduct, thought, knowledge, and the nature of the universe. Course content typically includes exploration of the major philosophers and their writings.
Past Lectures:
Terms & Concepts:
- Philosophy: φιλοσοφία – philosophia, ‘love of wisdom’
- Logos: λόγος
- Telos: τέλος
- Tragedy: τραγῳδία
- Ontos: ὄντως (being), λογία (account)
- Ontology: τοῦ οντος λογία
- Epistêmê / Epistemological: ἐπιστήμη
- Essence: οὐσία
- Virtue: (ἀρετή)
- Technê / Technological: τέχνη
- Psyche: ψῡχή
- The Platonic soul consists of three parts, each located in different regions of the body:
- The logos (λογιστικόν), or logistikon, located in the head, is related to reason and regulates the other parts.
- The thymos (θυμοειδές), or thumoeides, located near the chest region, is related to spirit.
- The eros (ἐπιθυμητικόν), or epithumetikon, located in the stomach, is related to one’s desires.
- The Platonic soul consists of three parts, each located in different regions of the body:
- Socrates
- Difficult Subjects
- Art
- Death
- Ethics
- Birth Without Violence
- The Primacy of Perception*
- Allegory of the Cave
- On Self-Confidence
- Descartes
- Nietzsche
- The Matrix
- Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) – 𑀩𑀼𑀥 𑀲𑀓𑁆𑀬𑀫𑀼𑀦𑀻
Philosophy B
- Steinkamp: Introduction to Clara, or On Nature’s Connection to the Spirit World
- Plato: Symposium
- Stein: On The Problem of Empathy
- Heidegger: The Question Concerning Technology