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I will be in my office a great deal this semester. I greatly enjoy speaking with students outside of class, so, please do not hesitate to drop by and chat about the material, difficulties you are having, or interesting insights you have had. If you do not find me in my office, I am often in the cafeteria or, on nice days, outside. All are welcome.
Office: Des Plaines
2807 Phone: x7084 Hours:
(TBA) and by appointment
I. Course Course Course
Prefix Number Name Credit: Lecture Lab
PHL 230 History of 3 3
0
Ancient
and Medieval
Philosophy
II. Prerequisites
None
III. Course (catalog) Description
This
course will take a historical overview of philosophical inquiry from the first
theological and scientific steps of the pre-Socratic philosophers, through the
classic works or Plato and Aristotle, and on to the works of medieval
philosophers such as Aquinas.
IV. Learning
Objectives
1. Students will develop an understanding of the beginnings of western philosophy and the classic works of philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle.
2. Students
will develop their critical thinking skills.
3. They
will examine criticisms of all the philosophical theories they study and will
debate the alternative solutions offered by these theories to enduring
philosophical questions.
4. They
will study the development of Western philosophy and the ways in which
philosophers uncover and critique the hidden assumptions of their predecessors.
5. Students
will understand the historical contexts within which these theories arose.
V. Academic
Integrity
The
very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted
standards of academic integrity.
Therefore, Oakton Community College has adopted a Code of Academic
Conduct and a Statement of Student Academic Integrity. These may be found in the Student
Handbook. You may also find a summary
of the Code of Academic Conduct in the College Catalog. Among the violations of academic integrity
listed and defined are: cheating,
plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity
in academic dishonesty, falsification of records and official documents,
personal misrepresentation and proxy, and bribes, favors, and threats.
It
is the student's responsibility to be aware of behaviors that constitute
academic dishonesty.
Pursuant to the due process
guarantees contained in the Policy and Procedures on Student Academic
Integrity, the minimum punishment for the first offense for a student found in
violation of the standards of academic integrity is failure in the
assignment. In addition, a disciplinary
record will be established and kept on file in the office of the Vice President
for Student Affairs for a period of 3 years.
VI. Outline
of Topics
1. The
Pre-Socratics & Socrates
2. Socrates
and the Sophists
3. Plato:
Metaphysics: The Forms
4. Plato:
Ethics and Politics
5. Aristotle:
Return to the Phenomena
6. Aristotle:
Ethics
7. Transition
to the Medieval Period
8. Neo-Platonism
and Early Christian Philosophy
9. The
Question of Evil and the Will (Theodicy)
10. Reason
and Faith
11. On
the nature of Universals
VII. Methods
of Instruction
A.
Source materials for reading
B.
Lectures
C.
Oral presentations
D.
Discussion and critical analyses
VIII.
Course Practices & Methods of Evaluation
- There
will be five short quizzes in each of these two classes. You will receive a brief study guide at
least one week before each quiz. The quizzes will be objective and/or
short answer. If you miss a quiz,
you may take a make-up in the Testing Center before the next class. If you cannot make up the quiz at this
point, you will need to make special arrangements to take an alternative
quiz later in the semester. This alternative quiz will be an essay exam.
The humanities and the philosophy quizzes will be entirely separate.
- You
will keep a course journal for the tandem as a whole. In this journal you will record your
reactions to the assigned readings and your responses to questions that we
pose in class. The journal should not consist of notes or summaries of the
readings. Rather, you should take positions and offer arguments for those
positions. The questions that we
pose for you will often emphasize the connections between the two classes,
and you should also use your journal to explore other linkages that you
see. Your journal will be
collected four times during the semester. You will receive a grade for
each section. In addition, you
will receive a fifth grade that reflects your overall intellectual growth
and the quality of your answers to the questions that we have posed in our
comments. Your final journal grade
will be based on the average of these five grades. Your final journal
should be at least 30 typewritten pages. In the interest of
preserving trees, your journal should not be more than double-spaced,
should not use larger than 12-point type, and should not have extra-large
margins or large blank spaces between sections. You will hand in one journal for both classes. However, you will receive separate
humanities and philosophy grades for your journal since your work might be
strong in one area and weak in the other.
There is no “penalty” for handing in your journal late since we
assume that you would not do this without an excellent reason. However, failure to hand in sections on
time will mean that you do not receive feedback from us in a timely
fashion, and this may hurt the grade that you receive for responses to our
comments.
- Participation
is very important in this class.
You may earn participation points by attending class and by
volunteering to give brief presentations on assigned readings. You will receive one participation
point for every class you attend.
(If you are late or must leave early, you will receive half credit
for the day.) In general, you will also receive one participation point
for every presentation you give, and you should plan to give two or three
brief presentations in class. If
your presentation shows little effort, you will receive no credit for
it. If your presentation is truly
outstanding, you will receive 2 participation points. You will also be required to attend
three outside events for each class, and you will receive a participation
point for each event. . We will
also offer some extra credit opportunities to make up for absences. These
opportunities will involve attendance at events relevant to the class such
as Women’s Day. There will be no
excused absences. However, if you
need to be absent because of something such as religious holidays or
family emergency, we will make every effort to insure that you have ways
to earn extra credit that will compensate for your absence. A…35+, B….32-34,
C….29-32, D….26-28. The participation points will be
counted separately for each class.
- There
will be a joint final exam for both classes. This final will be an essay exam. You will be asked to write on several questions that will
allow you to demonstrate your understanding of the larger cultural and
philosophical questions that we have discussed. You will receive a study guide for the final, and you will
have plenty of time to write these essays. Since this final will emphasize the integration of the
material from the two classes, you will receive a joint humanities and
philosophy grade on the final.
- Students who face unusual situations
such as prolonged hospitalization; military service or family emergencies
may work our special plans with me for completing course requirements.
For each class:
1.
The journal will represent 30% of your final
grade.
2.
Class participation will represent 20% of your
final grade.
3.
The five quizzes will count for 25% of your
final grade.
4.
Your final examination will represent 25% of
your final grade
Grading Scale. 91% - 100% = A // 81% - 90%
= B // 71% - 80% = C // 61% - 70% = D // below 61 = F
IX.
Instructional
Materials
Ancient
Philosophy 4th ed. Baird, Forrest E and Walter
Kaufmann, editors. Prentice Hall 2000.
Medieval Philosophy
4th ed. Baird, Forrest E and Walter Kaufmann, editors. Prentice Hall
2000.
X. Other Course Information
A. If you have a documented learning, psychological, or physical disability, you may be entitled to reasonable academic accommodations or services. To request accommodation or services, contact the ASSIST office in Instructional Support Services. All students are expected to fulfill essential course requirements. The College will not waive any essential skill or requirement of a course or degree program
- The
Oakton Community College Catalog states:
Oakton Community
College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion,
national origin, disability, age, sex, sexual orientation, or marital status in
admission to and participation in its educational programs, activities and
services, or employment practices. The
College does not tolerate sexual harassment or sexual assault by or of its
students or employees.
In keeping with this policy of tolerance and non-discrimination, in this class all of us (myself included) should strive to listen and give careful consideration to all ideas expressed in class, especially those that are different from our own, without attacking or demeaning the people who have those views. We should also strive to avoid using insulting terms or telling offensive jokes when talking to or about individuals or groups.
August 16 Faculty
return for Fall 2004 Semester
August 23 Fall
2004 Semester Classes begin
August 23 - 28 noon Late Registration and Schedule Revision
(see posted hours)
August 28 noon Last
day to submit proof of residency, business service agreements and
chargebacks/joint
agreements
September 6 Labor
Day holiday, College closed
September 18 noon Last day to withdraw and have course
dropped from record*
September 18 noon Last day to change to Audit*
September 25 noon Last day for students to submit
materials to make up Incomplete (I) grades
from
Summer 2004.
October 2 noon Incomplete
(I) grades from Summer 2004 session for which required work was
not
submitted will become an F after this date.
October 9 noon Last
day for filing Graduation Petitions
October 16 Mid-term
October 16 noon Last
day to withdraw with a W [no withdrawals after mid-term]*
Students
will receive a grade in all courses in which they are enrolled after
October
16.
November 11 Veterans’
Day holiday, College closed
November 15 Registration
opens for Spring 2005 Semester
November 25 – 26 Thanksgiving
Recess, College closed
November 27 – 28 Thanksgiving
Recess, no classes, College open (most offices closed)
December 14, 15 Evaluation
Days**
December 15 Last
day of student attendance