Course - Overview

This site should give you an overview on our course and what we have achieved so far:

1.Week

1st Lesson: introduction to philosophy, philosophy as a meta-science and its method of reflection
2nd Lesson: the confirmation bias
3rd Lesson: how to read, the first paragraphs of Descartes

2. Week

1st Lesson: introduction of deduction and induction, Descartes' sense-argument
2nd Lesson: The Dream-Argument, and metaphysical realism
3rd Lesson: The Evil-Demon-Argument, Debate on "Choosing the blue or the red pill? Is truth necessary in order to lead a happy life?

3. Week

1st Lesson: No class, I hope you learn something
2nd Lesson: Debate
3rd Lesson: , Descartes' Cogito, and the wax-argument (close reading)

4. Week

1st  Lesson: Arguments, Introduction, (Plato) Cave-Allegory
2nd Lesson: 1st argument, Cephalus, Second Argument: Polemarcus' Argument
3rd Lesson: Polemarcus Circle

5. Week

1st Lesson: Polemarcus Circle (Repitition), Polemarcus Argument on harming enemies
2nd Lesson: Thrasymacus' first argument: What is power?
3rd Lesson: Socrates Dr. Argument

6. Week
1st Lesson: How to write, Thrasymacus Sheep-Shepard Argument
2nd Lesson: Thraysymacus argument and Debate
3rd Lesson: Debate on the Good

7. Week
1st Lesson: Debate on the Good
2nd Lesson: Deathnote and question of Utilitarianism
3rd Lesson: Nietzsche on Utilitarianism

8.Week

1. Lesson Nietzsche on the Good
2. Lesson Masters and Slave
3. Lesson Punishment

9. Week

10. Week

Foucault