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100
http://plato.stanford.edu
What is the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy?
100
Jonathan Rutledge
What is your instructor's name?
100
Theory of Knowledge
What is epistemology?
100
A cumulative exam, composed of both short answer and essay questions, to be taken on May 4.
What is the Final Exam?
100
Virtues of the Mind, by Linda Zagzebski
What is part of the reading assignment for February 23?
200
The practice of contributing to class discussion by way of attending class (i.e. missing no more than 2 class periods), interacting with other students both in and outside of class at appropriate times & coming prepared to discuss the reading assignments.
What are the expectations of Class Participation?
200
Jonathan_Rutledge@ou.edu
What is Jonathan's email address?
200
Thinking really really hard about something.
What is philosophy?
200
A take-home exam, due on March 13, that will focus on the epistemology section of the course.
What is the Mid-term Exam?
200
"Who or What is God" by Linda Zagzebski; "The Idea of God" by Peter van Inwagen
What is the reading assignment for March 23?
300
the content of http://integrity.ou.edu/files/Academic_Misconduct_Code.pdf
What is the University of Oklahoma Academic Misconduct code?
300
the Collaborative Learning Center, in the library
What is the location of Jonathan's office hours?
300
cooperatively & with loads of encouragement to develop intellectual & moral virtue
How is philosophical dialogue carried out?
300
250-300 word logical summaries of the reading, 8 of which should be completed by each student by the end of the semester.
What are Reading Response Journals?
300
Socrates
Who is the character in the Platonic Dialogues, the Meno and Theaetetus, of which we will be reading selected excerpts? Or...who was Plato's teacher? Or...who was the most irritating philosopher in history, as evidenced by his death sentence, which was made on the basis of his corrupting of youth with philosophy?
400
The policy of the University to excuse the absences of students that result from religious observances and to provide without penalty for the rescheduling of examinations and additional required class work that may fall on religious holidays.
What is the Religious Observances Policy?
400
Copeland Hall 118
What is Jonathan's campus office?
400
The attitude of withholding belief in any and every proposition, usually grounded in a radical disposition to doubt.
What is extreme skepticism?
400
Short activities found in the content section of D2L, which aid you in reflecting on the development of your own intellectual virtue throughout the course of the semester. You will complete 2 of these by the end of the semester.
What are the Intellectual Virtue Self-Reflection Exercises?
400
What's a Philosophical Argument?
What is the reading assignment for January 26?
500
The policy of treating all students and instructors with dignity, manifested in the prohibition of any discrimination on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, country of origin, sexual orientation, age or any other aspect of ingrained personal identity.
What is the Non-Discrimination Policy?
500
Kaufman Hall 138, Mondays 6:30-9:00pm
When and where will we hold class?
500
The study of the concept of God and the implications thereof.
What is Philosophy of Religion?
500
Attendance (15%); Journals & Self-Reflection (20%); Midterm (30%); Final Exam (35%)
What is the Grade Distribution on Assignments?
500
“Skeptical Theism and Rowe’s New Evidential Argument from Evil” by Michael Bergmann; “On Horrendous Evils and the Goodness of God” by Marilyn McCord Adams
What is the reading assignment for April 27?