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Oxnard Course Outline Course ID: PHIL R105 Curriculum Committee Approval Date: 11/08/2017 Catalog Start Date: Fall 2018 COURSE OUTLINE OXNARD COLLEGE I. Course Identification and Justification: A. Proposed course id: PHIL R105 Banner title: Hist of Ancient/Medival Philos Full title: History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy Previous course id: PHIL R105 Banner title: Hist of Ancient/Medival Philos Full title: History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy B. Reason(s) course is offered: This course offers general education in the history and contemporary use of philosophical concepts found in eastern religions, e.g. those religions that have developed in Asia. The course fulfills an AA/AS graduation requirement in General Education. Academic skills in reading primary sources, critical thinking, writing and discussion can be developed in this course. The course transfers to four year schools and is articulated on CSU and IGETC lists. C. Reason(s) for current outline revision: Five-year update with minor modifications and (technical) corrections. Slight change in catalog description. D. C-ID: 1. C-ID Descriptor: PHIL 130 2. C-ID Status: Approved E. Co-listed as: Current: None Previous: II. Catalog Information: A. Units: Current: 3.00 Previous: 3.00 B. Course Hours: 1. In-Class Contact Hours: Lecture: 52.5 Activity: 0 Lab: 0 2. Total In-Class Contact Hours: 52.5 3. Total Outside-of-Class Hours: 105 4. Total Student Learning Hours: 157.5 C. Prerequisites, Corequisites, Advisories, and Limitations on Enrollment: 1. Prerequisites Current: Previous: 2. Corequisites Current: Previous: 3. Advisories: Current: Previous: 4. Limitations on Enrollment: Current: Previous: D. Catalog description: Current: This historical introduction to philosophy traces the development of Western philosophy from early Greece through the Middle Ages, with emphasis upon works of Plato and Aristotle. In addition, philosophical ideas which influenced the Roman Empire and helped shape the rise and development of Christianity and Medieval Europe will be explored. Previous, if different: This historical introduction to philosophy traces the development of Western philosophy from early Greece through the Middle Ages, with emphasis upon works of Plato and Aristotle. In addition, philosophical ideas which influenced the Roman Empire and helped shape the rise and development of Christianity and Medieval Europe will also be explored. E. Fees: Current: $ None Previous, if different: $ F. Field trips: Current: Will be required: [ ] May be required: [ ] Will not be required: [X] Previous, if different: Will be required: [ ] May be required: [ ] Will not be required: [ ] G. Repeatability: Current: A - Not designed as repeatable Previous: 1 - H. Credit basis: Current: Letter Graded Only [X] Pass/No Pass [ ] Student Option [ ] Previous, if different: Letter Graded Only [ ] Pass/No Pass [ ] Student Option [ ] I. Credit by exam: Current: Petitions may be granted: [ ] Petitions will not be granted: [X] Previous, if different: Petitions may be granted: [ ] Petitions will not be granted: [ ] III. Course Objectives: Upon successful completion of this course, the student should be able to: A. Identify the historical causes and conditions that led to the development of philosophy and led to methods used by philosophers. B. Recognize, compare, and contrast core questions and answers investigated by Pre- Socratic philosophers. C. Explain how Socrates fundamentally shifted the discussion and debate away from early science and toward a rational approach to ethics. D. Analyze how the key questions raised by Socrates helped shape the future direction of Western philosophy. E. Explain how Plato transforms Socrates’ investigations of human nature into a broader systematic theory of metaphysics and epistemology. F. Assess the significance of Aristotle’s reaction to Plato's thought in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and logic. G. Compare and contrast Plato’s idealism with Aristotle’s naturalism. H. Compare and contrast Plato’s rationalism with Aristotle’s empiricism. I. Describe the transition from ancient Greek philosophy to the Hellenistic and Roman focus on practical and ethical matters. J. Identify the sources for and influences upon the life and work of St. Augustine and in particular the influence of Plato upon Augustine. K. Recognize the contributions of Islamic and Jewish philosophers during the Middle Ages upon the Christian Scholastic tradition and identify, in particular, the influence of Plato and Aristotle. L. Critique the arguments put forth by Scholastic Christian philosophers as proofs for the existence of God. M. Describe how, alternately, mysticism and natural science impact the ideas of medieval Christian philosophy. IV. Student Learning Outcomes: A. Students will interpret, analyze, and evaluate ancient and medieval (primary) philosophy texts. B. Students will demonstrate familiarity with principal concepts, values and worldviews emphasized by ancient greek thinkers. C. Students will recognize and assess the methods of argumentation applied by nearly all ancient and medieval philosophers, such as deductive and inductive reasoning. V. Course Content: Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to: A. General Introduction to Philosophy 1. Philosophical questions and content 2. Philosophical methods of analysis B. Pre-historical Background C. Pre-philosophical Sources 1. Hesiod and cosmogonical myths (of origin and creation) 2. Homer D. The Milesians and the Beginning of Ancient Greek Philosophy and Science 1. Logos versus mythos 2. Rational discourse and (the) dialectic 3. Thales: All is water 4. Anaximander: Reality is the indefinite 5. Anaximenes: All is air 6. Search for causes, principles, unchanging being, and unchanging knowledge E. The Ionians 1. Pythagoras and Pythagoreans: Reality is number 2. Heraclitus: Change alone is unchanging F. The Eleatics 1. Parmenides: What is, is (change is impossible) 2. Zeno of Elea: The illusion of motion G. The Pluralists and Atomists 1. Empedocles a. Four elements b. Love and strife 2. Anaxagoras a. Mind b. Imperishable elements 3. Democritus: Atoms in the void H. The Sophists 1. Protagoras: Mind as measuring stick of all things 2. Gorgias: Nothing can be known I. Socrates (and Plato) 1. Historical background: Socrates 2. Socrates in the Euthyphro: grappling with holiness 3. Socrates in the Apology: The philosopher on trial 4. Socrates in the Crito: The philosopher in prison 5. Socrates in the Phaedo: The philosopher facing death J. Plato’s Metaphysics: Divine Forms 1. Historical Background: Plato 2. Plato's answer to the Pre-socratics and the sophists: the theory of forms 3. The Republic: Books III, VI-VII (the rule of wisdom and the escape from relativism) 4. The Symposium: selections/(the ladder of Beauty) 5. The Phaedrus: selections/ (erotic love) K. Plato’s Epistemology: Remembering truths that you already know 1. The Republic:Books IV-V (organizing the three-part soul: mind, heart, body) 2. The Meno: selections/(Socrates helps the slave-boy to remember geometric proofs and innate ideas) 3. The Theatetus: selections/(What is knowable?) L. Plato’s Ethics: The Riddle of the Loved Tyrant and the Hated Philosopher 1. The Republic: Book II (“The Ring of Gyges”) 2. The Republic: Book VIII-IX (Corrupt regimes and philosopher kings) 3. The Republic: Book X (Dangerous poets and concluding thoughts about the afterlife) M. Aristotle: Early/Proto-Scientific View of Reality 1. Historical Background: Aristotle 2. Influence on Christianity, Europe, and Western Civilization 3. Categorical thought, classification by divisions, and systematic reasoning 4. Metaphysics: material substance and it natural forms 5. The problem of change, (and its solution: the four causes) N. Aristotle: Science of the Good 1. Nichomachean Ethics: (selections) (Happiness and the mean) 2. Politics: (selections)/(the balanced constitution) 3. Poetics: (selections)/(Theory of art and Greek tragedy) O. Concluding thoughts on the enduring influence of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle P. Hellenistic and Roman Philosophy 1. Hedonism a. Unreflective hedonistic indulgence (Arristipus) b. Epicurus: Life’s purpose is the wise pursuit of pleasure 2. Stoicism a. Epictetus: Life’s purpose as virtuous indifference b. Marcus Aurelius: Meditations, (selections) 3. Sextus Empiricus: The influence of skepticism Q. Early Medieval Philosophy 1. Plotinus and Neo-Platonism: Enneads, (selections) 2. Boethius: The Consolation of Philosophy, (selections) R. Christian Philosophy 1. Augustine and the early Christian Church a. Historical background b. Confessions, (selections) c. City of God vs. City of Man, (selections) 2. Anselm: Proslogion (innate proof of God) (selections) 3. Thomas Aquinas and the high Middle Ages a. Historical background of Aquinas and his contemporaries b. Summa Theologica, (selections) i. Giving Aristotle "a baptism" ii. Five Proofs (based on logic and empiricism) S. Islamic and Jewish Philosophy 1. Avicenna (Ibn Sina): “Essay on the Secret of Destiny” 2. Al-Ghazali: The Incoherence of Philosophers," (selections) 3. Averroes: "Commentaries on Aristotle, (selections) 4. Maimonides: Guide for the Perplexed, (selections) T. Late Medieval Philosophy 1. Early modern science a. Roger Bacon b. William of Ockham 2. Religion a. Bonaventure b. Duns Scotus 3. Religious mysticism a. Meister Eckhart b. Catherine of Siena c. Nicholas of Cusa VI. Lab Content: None VII. Methods of Instruction: Methods may include, but are not limited to: A. Lecture (e.g. on pre-Socratic theories of physics) B. Text
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