Course Outline
Semester:
Days: TTh
Time:9:45 am – 11:10 am
Location: Building 26D, Room 2044
Professor: Charles T. McGruder, Ph.D.
Office: Building 26B, Room 2551K
Office Hours: MTWTh, 8:45 am - 9:45 am
Telephone: (909) 274-4595
Email: cmcgruder@mtsac.edu
Web Address: https://faculty.mtsac.edu/cmcgruder/
Textbook
Socrates to Sartre and Beyond:
A History of Philosophy
9th Ed., by Stumpf and Fieser
Prerequisite: Eligibility for ENGL 1A
Course Description
Examines the major Western philosophers and philosophical ideas
from the Renaissance to the Twentieth Century.
This is the second half of the History of Western Philosophy course.
Goals
An enhanced self/social understanding.
A disciplined exploration of historical themes and issues in Western philosophy.
Enlargement of communication and critical thinking skills.
Oral Presentations & Research
Individual or group presentations based on research will be a part of the Final Exam.
Outlines are required and must include a bibliography with a minimum of 5 sources.
Grading
90% = A, 80% = B, 70% = C, 60% = D
70% Written Assignments
30% Final Exam (including oral presentation)
Attendance Policy
Attendance is mandatory in all my classes.
The deadline to withdraw from the Spring Semester is Friday,
It is your responsibility to drop the class.
I may drop you for lack of attendance or work.
Make up Policy
No make ups allowed.
I will accept assignments early, but not late.
Calendar Course Outline
Week Date Day Discussion Topic and Reading
1 Feb. 26 T Introduction - Goals and Assignments
Read: Chapter 9 - Philosophy during the Renaissance
28 Th Humanism; The Reformation: Skepticism and Faith
2 Mar. 4 T Advocates of the Method of Science
Bacon and Hobbes
Read: Chapter 10 - Rationalism on the Continent
6 Th Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz
Study Sheet Due!
Read: Chapter 11 - Empiricism in Britain
3 11 T Locke, Berkeley and Hume
Study Sheet Due!
Read: Chapter 12 - Kant
13 Th Kant - Critical Philosophy
4 18 T Kant - Rational Thought
20 Th Kant - Practical Reason
Read: Chapter 13 - German Idealism
5 25 T Hegel
27 Th Hegel
Read: Chapter 14 - Schopenhauer
6 Apr. 1 T Schopenhauer
Read: Chapter 14 - Utilitarianism
3 Th Bentham and Mill
Read: Chapter 20 - Pragmatism
7 8 T Peirce, James and Dewey
Read: Chapter 21 - Marx
10 Th Marx
Read: Chapter 22 - Nietzsche
8 15 T Nietzsche
Read: Chapter 23 - Bergson and Whitehead
17 Th Bergson and Whitehead
Read: Chapter 24 - Analytic Philosophy
9 22 T Russell and Quine
24 Th Wittgenstein
10 29 T Austin
Study Sheet Due!
May 1 Th Ryle and Rorty
Read: Chapter 25 - Existentialism
11 6 T Kierkegaard
8 Th Husserl
12 13 T Jaspers and Marcel
15 Th Heidegger
13 20 T Sartre
22 Th Merleau-Ponty
14 27 T Study Sheet Due!
29 Th Theories of Consciousness
15 June 3 T Theories of Consciousness
5 Th Oral Presentations
16 10 T Oral Presentations
12 Th Final Exam
| Last Updated: 10/19/22 |