{"id":1964,"date":"2015-09-03T11:40:05","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T18:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phil102\/?page_id=1964"},"modified":"2018-01-05T17:29:53","modified_gmt":"2018-01-06T00:29:53","slug":"wk1-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/phil102\/weekly-schedule\/wk1-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan. 3-12 (Intro, Socrates & Plato)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wed., Jan. 3<\/span>
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We’ll just introduce the class and talk a bit about our initial thoughts on what philosophy is–we’ll put them on this document<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Below are some optional<\/span> things you might read\/listen to\/watch to hear<\/strong> what some people think philosophy is (choose as many as you’d like).<\/p>\n

Podcasts<\/em><\/p>\n

“What is Philosophy?”<\/a> Interviews with numerous philosophers answering this question, from the Philosophy Bites<\/em> podcast. See the link in blue towards the top of the page (it’s a busy page, so easy to miss the link!) (it’s 25 minutes; you can listen to just part of this if you’d like)<\/p>\n

Definitions of philosophy from many philosophers<\/a>, from the Philosophy Bites<\/em> book (may be similar to the podcast, above). From http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org.<\/p>\n

Videos<\/em><\/p>\n

“What is Philosophy For?”<\/a>, a video by “The School of Life” (about 5 mins)<\/p>\n

“What is Philosophy?”<\/a> a video with an answer by Jack Russell Weinstein, Director of the Institute for Philosophy in Public Life. (6 minutes)<\/p>\n

“The Value of Philosophy in our Daily Lives,”<\/a> a video by Tim Maudlin on Big Think (about 3 mins)<\/p>\n

Blog posts<\/em><\/p>\n

“What is Philosophy?”<\/a> a blog post by John S. Wilkins, an Australian philosopher.<\/p>\n

Discussion meetings Jan. 5-7<\/span>
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No discussion meetings this week.<\/span><\/strong> Instead, please put some thoughts on this document<\/a> (if you didn’t do so during class) as to your current view of what philosophy is. It doesn’t matter if you have never taken a philosophy class before or don’t know much; just put down what you think at the moment! You don’t have to have read or watched anything above before doing so, though you may if you wish. The above readings\/videos\/podcasts are all optional.<\/p>\n

Checklist of things to do this week:<\/span><\/h1>\n