History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

Phil 3010. History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy

Tim O'Keefe, instructor

Announcements 4/24. The final exam essay questions have been posted.

4/18. The latest assignment has been posted.

4/17. If you wish to look at them, here are sample papers on Plato's dialogue the Crito one death paper, and one pleasure paper.

4/11. Please look over the sample thesis statements and the paper writing guidelines. More paper ideas can be gleaned from the reading response paper assignments. E-mail me your thesis statement by 4/15.

Course Materials

Class assignments
Possible essay questions and topics for the first exam.
Paper writing guidelines
Class syllabus
Electronic bulletin board for class.

Relevant web sites

Descriptions of what an argument is, of vocabulary describing arguments, and of some good and bad arguments.
Episteme links, probably the best-organized collection of philosophy links and resources on the web.
An annotated bibliography (with some links), organized by topic, of various debates in philosophy.
The Philosophical humor page compiled by David Chalmers.
Socrates' Argument Clinic. Since we'll be spending a lot of time reading Plato's dialogues, in which Socrates is featured, I thought I'd give you the chance to match wits with Socrates yourself.

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