PHIL 1000 Section: 004 Time: TR 10-11:15, LA 002 Professor: Eric Stencil Office: LA 121 T Office Hours: TR 1:30-2:30 Email: eric.stencil@uvu.edu Course Requirements 50%--Two in class exams (25% each)

There will be two in class exams for this course (not counting the final). You will be required to bring your own “green book” for the purposes of the taking the exam. Each exam will be a mix of short answer questions and short essay questions. I will provide, about one week before the exam, a set of essay questions out of which the essay questions on the exam will be selected. At the beginning of each class I will, on the left side of the board, provide in list from the key concepts, arguments, problems, etc, of the class for that day. All short answer questions will be taken from those lists. There will be no review sheet. You are responsible to keep the list of terms.

25%---Paper One 3-5 page paper engaging one of the topics/texts covered in class. The paper needs to directly engage an argument/thought experiment/view etc. covered in one of the assigned readings and include a 1-2 summary of the argument/thought experiment/view/etc. and a 2-3 page philosophically interesting response to the material covered in summary. 10% of the paper grade will be determined by participation in in-class paper outline workshop and another 10% will be determined by participation in in-class rough draft workshop. Due on the final day of class.

10%-- Vocabulary exercise Throughout the term, keep a ‘journal’ of vocabulary words from the texts that are unfamiliar. At the end of the term, you will be required to turn in the ‘journal’ (typed) of 25 of the words (no more than 7 from any single text). You will need to provide (a) the name of the text, (b) the passage in the text that they occur and (c) their meaning as used in the text. This assignment will be graded pass/fail. Due final day of class.

10%--Final Exam Short cumulative final exam.

5%---Class Participation There is no formal attendance requirement, though attendance and participation contribute to final grade.

Note: I reserve the right to give random reading quizzes You are responsible for checking your uvu.edu email regularly, as I will occasionally send out updates and assignment specifics via e-mail. NO CELL PHONES IN CLASS Course Description: In this course, we will cover some basic issues in Philosophy by focusing on three of the most influential philosophers in the history of philosophy: Plato, René Descartes and David Hume, as well as various articles by contemporary philosophers. Course Objectives:

1. To become familiar with some fundamental questions in philosophy. 2. Develop one’s ability to think critically. 3. To develop one’s communication skills, especially the ability to read and understand difficult texts and to

be able to write clearly and concisely.

Course Texts: Plato, Five Dialogues (Hackett 1981) Abbreviated ‘P’ David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding (Hackett, 1993), Abbreviated ‘H’ René Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy (Hackett, 1993) Abbreviated ‘M’ JSTOR: Our library pays for access to many research databases. These databases give us access to many scholarly

articles. Some of the papers on the syllabus below are available on JSTOR. To access JSTOR go the library’s homepage, and click on the “Articles” tab. Click on ‘Complete List of Databases’. Then, scroll down to find JSTOR and click on the link. Then, search for the paper. Make sure the paper Title, Author and Journal all match up.

Books on reserve in library: Reason and Responsibility, ed. Joel Fienberg and Russ Shafer-Landau, 14th edition, Wadsworth. Women Philosophers of the Early Modern Period, ed. Margaret Atherton, (Hackett) Abbreviated Questions of Miracle, ed. Robert Larmer Agency and Responsibility, ed. Laura Ekstrom NO CELL PHONES IN CLASS Grading Scale A = 94% and above A- = 90 – 93 B+ = 87 – 89 B = 84 – 86 B- = 80 – 83 C+ = 77 – 79 C = 74 –76 C- = 70 – 73 D+ = 67 – 69 D = 64 – 66 D- = 60 – 63 E (Failing) = Below 60 NO CELL PHONES IN CLASS Accessibility Services Statement: Students who need accommodations because of a disability should contact the UVU Accessibility Services Department (ASD), located on the Orem Campus, in LC 312. To schedule an appointment, or speak with a counselor, call the ASD office at 801-863-8747, or for Deaf/Hard of Hearing individuals, use the video phone number, 886-760-1819 Academic Dishonesty Students are expected to maintain high standards of academic honesty and integrity, as outlined in the UVU Policies and Procedures, see especially IV-D. Each student is expected to maintain academic ethics and honesty in all its forms, including but not limited to, cheating and plagiarism as defined hereafter:

1. Cheating is the act of using or attempting to use or providing others with unauthorized information, materials or study aids in academic work. Cheating includes, but is not limited to, passing examination answers to or taking examinations for someone else, or preparing or copying other's academic work.

2. Plagiarism is the act of appropriating any other person's or group's ideas or work (written, computerized, artistic, etc.) or portions thereof and passing them off as the product of one's own work in any academic exercise or study.

Please cite any and every source you use in completing an assignment (including all articles, books, websites, etc.). The punishment of any instance of cheating or plagiarism will be determined by the professor and depending upon the severity of the offense can range from failing the assignment to failing the entire course. Please see me right away if you ever have any questions or uncertainties regarding plagiarism. SERIOUSLY, NO CELL PHONES IN CLASS

Reading Schedule (subject to change): Week 1: Introduction to the Course, Begin Plato Tuesday August 27: Introduction to the Course Thursday August 29: Plato’s Apology, P 23-44; Recommended: “Socrates” by Debra Nails, in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, available: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/socrates/ Week 2: Continue Plato Tuesday September 3: Plato’s Apology, P 23-44; begin Plato’s Euthyphro P 5-22 Thursday September 5: Plato’s Euthyphro P 5-22 Week 3: Plato Tuesday September 10: Plato’s Meno P 59-88 Thursday September 12: Plato’s Meno P 59-88; Begin René Descartes’ Meditation I, M 13-17 Week 4: Descartes Tuesday September 17: Meditation I, M 13-17 Thursday September 19: Meditation II, M 17-24 Week 5: Tuesday September 24: David Hume Enquiry Sections II-III, H 9-15 Thursday September 26: Meditation III, M 24-35 and JSTOR ARTICLE: “The Cosmological Argument”, by William L. Rowe , in Noûs, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Feb., 1971), pp. 49-61 Week 6: Tuesday October 1: Continue: Meditation III, M 24-35 and JSTOR ARTICLE: “The Cosmological Argument”, by Rowe , in Noûs, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Feb., 1971), pp. 49-61

Wednesday October 2nd: Philadelphia Flyers opening day! Thursday October 3: Exam 1 Week 7: Tuesday October 8: Meditation IV, M 35-42 and JSTOR ARTICLE Evil and Omnipotence, J. L. Mackie Mind Vol. 64, No. 254 (Apr., 1955), pp. 200-212

Thursday October 10 FALL BREAK NO CLASS Week 8: Tuesday October 15: Meditation IV and JSTOR ARTICLE: Evil and Omnipotence, Mackie Mind Vol. 64, No. 254 (Apr., 1955), pp. 200-212

Thursday October 17: Baron Holbach The System of Nature Chapter XI, available: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/8909/8909-h/8909-h.htm Week 9: Tuesday October 22: “Indeterminist Free Action”, Laura Ekstrom, in Agency and Responsibility Thursday October 24: Hume Enquiry Section VIII, H 53-69 Week 10: Tuesday October 29: Meditation VI, Descartes-Elizabeth of Bohemia Correspondence in Women Philosophers of

the Early Modern Period, pp. 9-21, Recommended: Lisa Shapiro, "Elisabeth, Princess of Bohemia", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, available: http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2013/entries/elisabeth-bohemia/ Thursday October 31- Brie Gertler In Defense of Mind-Body Dualism, in Reason and Responsibility, pp. 303-314. Week 11: Tuesday November 5— John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding Book II, Chapter 27, “Of Ideas of Identity and Diversity” Available: http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/10615/pg10615.html Thursday November 7-- Hume Enquiry Sections IV-V, H 15-37 Week 12: Tuesday November 12— Hume Enquiry Sections IV-V, continued H 15-37, Enquiry VII H 39-53 Thursday November 14 Hume Enquiry Section X H 72-90 Week 13: Tuesday November 19—Christine Overall “Miracles as Evidence Against the Existence of God” Southern Journal of Philosophy 23, pp. 347-353, in Questions of Miracle Thursday November 21—PAPER OUTLINE DAY Week 14: Tuesday November 26-- JSTOR article Judith Jarvis Thomson, “A Defense of Abortion” Philosophy & Public Affairs, Vol. 1, No. 1 (1971), pp. 47-66 Thursday November 28 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY NO CLASS Week 15: Tuesday December 3—JSTOR Peter Singer “Famine Affluence and Morality Philosophy & Public Affairs, Vol. 1, No. 3 (Spring, 1972), pp. 229-243 Thursday December 5— GUEST SPEAKER Week 16: Tuesday December 10—PAPER DRAFT DAY Thursday December 12—Final Paper Due, Hugh Lafollette, “Licensing Parents” Philosophy & Public Affairs, Vol. 9, No. 2 (Winter, 1980), pp. 182-197 Final Exam: Tuesday December 17th 9-10:50 am