Philosophy: An Innovative Introduction: Fictive Narrative, Primary Texts, and Responsive Writing

CONTENTSPrefaceGlossary Part 1: Direct and Indirect Discourse in Philosophy * 1. Direct and Indirect Discourse in PhilosophyReading and Discussion Questions * 2. How Can I Respond to Claims Using Direct Logical Discourse?Reading and Discussion Questions * 3. How Can I Respond to Claims Using Indirect Fictive Narrative Discourse?Reading and Discussion Questions Part 2: Ancient and Medieval Philosophy * 4. PlatoShort Story: The Cynic, Charles JohnsonReading and Discussion QuestionsFictive-Narrative Philosophy FeedbackPrimary Text: Plato, The Myth of the Charioteer Reading and Discussion QuestionsClass ExercisesPrimary Text: Plato, CritoReading and Discussion QuestionsClass Exercises * 5. AristotleShort Story: Aristotle the Outsider, Michael BoylanReading and Discussion QuestionsFictive-Narrative Philosophy FeedbackPrimary Text: Aristotle, The Nature of Mind Reading and Discussion QuestionsClass Exercises * 6. BuddhaShort Story: Prince of the Ascetics, Charles JohnsonReading and Discussion QuestionsFictive-Narrative Philosophy FeedbackPrimary Text: From the Dhmmapada Reading and Discussion QuestionsClass Exercises * 7. AquinasShort Story: The Murder of Thomas Aquinas, Michael Boylan Reading and Discussion QuestionsFictive-Narrative Philosophy FeedbackPrimary Text: Thomas Aquinas, On the Natural Law Reading and Discussion QuestionsClass Exercises MIDTERM PROJECT Part 3: Modern and Contemporary Philosophy * 8. DescartesShort Story: The Queen and the Philosopher, Charles Johnson Reading and Discussion QuestionsFictive-Narrative Philosophy FeedbackPrimary Text: Ren Descartes, Finding a Foundation for Knowledge Reading and Discussion QuestionsClass Exercises * 9. Kant Short Story: Kant Awakened, Michael Boylan Reading and Discussion QuestionsFictive-Narrative Philosophy FeedbackPrimary Text: Gottfried Leibniz, On Geometrical Method and the Method of MetaphysicsReading and Discussion QuestionsClass ExercisesPrimary Text: Christian Wolff, Three Types of Human Knowledge Reading and Discussion QuestionsClass ExercisesPrimary Text: David Hume Of the Academical or Skeptical PhilosophyReading and Discussion QuestionsClass ExercisesPrimary Text: Immanuel Kant, The Possibility of Metaphysics Reading and Discussion QuestionsClass Exercises * 10. Marx Short Story: A Game of Chess in Paris, Michael Boylan Reading and Discussion QuestionsFictive-Narrative Philosophy FeedbackPrimary Text: G.W.F. Hegel, Preface Reading and Discussion QuestionsClass ExercisesPrimary Text: G.W.F. Hegel, Lordship and Bondage Reading and Discussion QuestionsClass ExercisesPrimary Text: G.W.F. Hegel, Morality and the Ethical CommunityReading and Discussion QuestionsClass ExercisesPrimary Text: Karl Marx, Alienated Labor Reading and Discussion QuestionsClass Exercises Primary Text: Karl Marx, Private Property and LaborReading and Discussion QuestionsClass Exercises * 11. Heidegger and ArendtShort Story: Eichmann and Heidegger in Jerusalem, Michael Boylan Reading and Discussion QuestionsFictive-Narrative Philosophy FeedbackPrimary Text: Martin Heidegger, The Exposition of the Question of the Meaning of BeingReading and Discussion Questions Class ExercisesPrimary Text: Hannah Arendt, An Expert on the Jewish QuestionReading and Discussion Questions Class Exercises * 12. MurdochShort Story: An Accidental Woman, Michael BoylanReading and Discussion QuestionsFictive-Narrative Philosophy FeedbackPrimary Text: Iris Murdoch, Ludwigs ConundrumReading and Discussion QuestionsClass Exercises * 13. KingShort Story: Dr. Kings Refrigerator, Charles JohnsonReading and Discussion QuestionsFictive-Narrative Philosophy FeedbackPrimary Text: Martin Luther King, Jr. Letter from a Birmingham JailReading and Discussion QuestionsClass Exercises FINAL PROJECTAppendix: Some Philosophy GamesAbout the AuthorsCredits and AcknowledgmentsIndex