How Will I Be Assessed?

  • Reading Outline Assignment
  • Argument Outline Assignment
  • Reading Quiz 2

Assigned Readings

  • Read and discuss Plato, The Apology, 22–44.
  • Read and discuss Plato, Crito, 45–57.
  • Read and discuss Plato, Phaedo, 96–154.

Lectures

  • What Are the Main Branches of Philosophy?
  • What Is Philosophy’s Main Method?
  • Identifying and Evaluating Arguments
  • Two Categories of Arguments
  • Four Common Syllogisms

Paul Boshears, PhD