A student will make the selection of  two  topics and/or…

A student will make the selection of  two  topics and/or…

A student will make the selection of two  Philosophy Talk  Philosophy talk is a weekly

topics and/or discussions from the following website.

 

(www.philosophytalk.org)

radio series produced by Stanford University. It is hosted by Ken Perry,

Professor of Philosophy at the University and John Perry, Professor of

Philosophy at the University of California at Riverside and Professor Emeritus

at Stanford.

 

Philosophy Talk is a weekly,

one-hour radio series produced by Stanford University. The hosts’ down-to-earth

and no-nonsense approach brings the richness of philosophic thought to everyday

subjects. Topics are lofty (Truth, Beauty, Justice), arresting (Terrorism, Intelligent

Design, Suicide), and engaging (Baseball, Love, Happiness).

1) After identifying the article and the author(s) describe one major argument and one minor argument presented. 2) What insight did you gain from this discussion? I was surprised to learn that… 3) What are the questions that your new learning raises for you? I need to think more about…Why? 4) What connection do you see between the article and the particular “Issue in Philosophy” that we are exploring in the course at this point? Give one example. 5) Describe one implication for your life and thought if you accepted the author(s) argument? 6) Describe one implication for society if it accepted the author(s) argument?