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LESSON 39: Occam's Razor Reading
LESSON 39: Occam's Razor Reading
Older I get, more I incorporate it into my thinking.
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PARENT LETTER
CLASS ITINERARY
FILMS SHOWN DURING THE COURSE
INTERNET ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PHILOSOPHY
"Basics of Philosophy" Site
LESSON 1: "Introduction to Philosophy"
Introductory message: "Self-Awareness"
Reading: "What is Philosophy?"
LESSON 1: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Introduction to the Class"
LESSON 2: "Know Thyself"
Meyers-Briggs Self test
Meyers-Briggs: What is your personality profile mean?
BEM SCALE PRINTABLE TEST
Sexual Orientation Assessment (Very optional)
Your Learning Style
Bias Test
Multiple Intelligence Test
Philosophical Consistency Test
What Philosophical School are you in?
Visual DNA Who Am I Quiz
Template for "Know Thyself" Question
LESSON 2: END OF CLASS VIDEO- "KNOW THYSELF"
LESSON 4: "Your Soul Profile"
WESTERN v EASTERN PHILOSOPHY VISUAL
Soul Profile/Vision and Mission Statements
LESSON 4: END OF CLASS VIDEO- SOUL PROFILE, PERSONAL VISION, MISSION STATEMENT
LESSON 5: "Six Questions of Socrates"
LESSON 5: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "6 QUESTIONS OF SOCRATES"
LESSON 6: "What is Wisdom?"
Will Durant's, "What is Wisdom"
LESSON 6: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "WHAT IS WISDOM?"
LESSON 7: "Allegory of the Cave"
Claymation video of Plato's Cave
Plato's Cave reading from class
LESSON 7: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Plato's Allegory of the Cave"
LESSON 8: "Cognitive Biases"
ANSWER KEY- COGNITIVE BIASES
Cognitive Bias Chart
COGNITIVE BIASES PROJECT VIDEO
LESSON 8: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Cognitive Biases"
LESSON 9: "Brain in a Vat"
"Brain in a Vat" explanation- film
The Experience Machine
LESSON 9: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Epistemological Thought Exercises"
LESSON 10: "Ship of Theseus"
LESSON 10: Two Stories reading
LESSON 10: PowerPoint
LESSON 10: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "The Ship of Theseus"
LESSON 11: "The Turing Test"
AI in the future workplace.
Turing Intro Video
AI Simulation
LESSON 11: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Alan Turing and Artificial Intelligence"
ASSESSMENT #1 QUESTIONS
Unit 1 Review Video
TRUMAN SHOW MOVIE ASSIGNMENT
LESSON 12: "Intro to Aesthetics"
LESSON 12: Criteria for Aesthetics
LESSON 12: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Introduction to Aesthetics"
LESSON 13: "Aesthetics as it applies to fine art"
LESSON 13: 25 of the World's Great Pieces of Art
LESSON 13: Clarenceville Art Gallery
LESSON 13: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Aesthetics Applied to Fine Art"
LESSON 14: "Applying Aesthetics to music"
LESSON 14: Aesthetics Song Rubric
LESSON 14: "Philosopher's Quotes on Music" Reading
LESSON 14: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Aesthetics as They Apply to Music"
LESSON 15: Aesthetics as it applies to physical beauty
LESSON 15: Studies on Attraction Reading
LESSON 15: Final Breakdown Video
LESSON 15: Video on female attractiveness
LESSON 15: Video on male attractiveness
LESSON 15: Attraction PP
LESSON 15: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Aesthetics of Attraction"
LESSON 16: "Introduction to Architecture"
LESSON 16: Aesthetics in Home Styles
LESSON 16: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Aesthetics in Houses"
LESSON 17: "Intentional fallacy and the Wagnerian Dilemma"
LESSON 17: Reading from Class
LESSON 17: Songs from Class
LESSON 17: "Triumph of the Will" film as it relates to the Intentional Fallacy
LESSON 17: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Intentional Fallacy and Wagnerian Dilemma"
LESSON 18: "Aesthetics in your everyday life"
LESSON 18: "Finding Joe" Assignment
LESSON 18: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Finding Joe Film"
Joseph Campbell Foundation
"The Hero's Journey"
LESSON PLAN 19: "Conclusion of the Aesthetics Unit"
The Sublime vs. The Beautiful
Aesthetics Exam
LESSON 20: "Introduction to Ethics Unit"
LESSON 20: Opening Video Clip on Ethics
LESSON 20: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Introduction to Ethics"
LESSON 21: "Moral relativism vs. absolutism"
LESSON 21: 16 Ethical Issues
LESSON 21: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Moral Absolutism v. Moral Relativism"
LESSON 22: "Ethical Conundrums"
LESSON 22: "Acts and Omissions" Reading and Discussion Questions
LESSON 22: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Ethical Conundrums"
LESSON 23: "Consequentialism"
LESSON 23: Ethics Hypothetical situations
LESSON 23: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Consequentialism"
LESSON 24: "Ethics in the Workplace"
LESSON 24: Philosophical principles in the workplace
LESSON 24: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Ethical Examples in the Workplace"
LESSON 25: "Ethics in History"
LESSON 25: Ethics in History List
LESSON 25: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Ethics in History"
LESSON 26 "Ethics as it Applies to Animal Rights"
LESSON 26: Animal Rights Reading
LESSON 26: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Ethics as they apply to animal rights".
LESSON 27: "Ethics in the Biomedical Field"
LESSON 27: Ethics in the biomedical field reading
LESSON 27: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Ethics applied to biomedical issues"
LESSON 28: "Locke, Hobbes and Freedom"
DAY 28: Reading on Locke and Hobbes
LESSON 28: Positive and Negative freedom explanation
LESSON 28: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Locke, Hobbes, Positive Liberty, and Negative Liberty"
LESSON 29: "Ethics in Politics"
LESSON 29: Ethics in politics reading
LESSON 29: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Ethics in Politics"
LESSON 30: "Just War"
LESSON 30: "Just War" Examples in U.S. History
LESSON 30: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Just War Theory"
LESSON 31: "The Free Rider Problem"
LESSON 31: Free Rider Scenarios
LESSON 31: END OF CLASS LESSON: "Free Rider Problem"
LESSON 32: "Self-interest and Altruism"
LESSON 32: Altruism self-assessment test
LESSON 32: END OF CLASS LESSON: "Rational Egoism v. Altruism"
LESSON 33: "The Golden Rule"
LESSON 33: Opening video on reciprocity
LESSON 33: Golden Rule Reading
ETHICS EXAM REVIEW VIDEO
ETHICS EXAM
Lesson 34: "Introduction to Logic and Deductive Reasoning"
Bracket app for Quarto Tournament
LESSON 34: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Quarto: an introduction to the Logic unit"
LESSON 35: "Inductive Reasoning"
LESSON 35: Inductive Reasoning Examples
LESSON 35: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Introduction to Inductive Reasoning"
LESSON 36: "Logic Fallacies Project"
LOGIC FALLACY POWER POINT
LOGIC FALLACIES WEB SITE
DIGITAL LOGIC FALLACIES .PDF
LOGIC FALLACY VIDEO FALL 2017
LOGIC FALLACY VIDEO FALL 2018
LOGIC FALLACY VIDEO SPRING 2018
LOGIC FALLACY VIDEO SPRING 2019
LESSON 37: "Logic paradoxes"
LESSON 37: Logic Paradoxes Reading
LESSON 37: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Three Logic Paradoxes"
LESSON 38: "Pragmatism"
LESSON 38: Warm-up before the Fish Riddle
LESSON 38: Two Logic Exercises
LESSON 38: Sudoku Link
END OF CLASS VIDEO: DAY 38: "Pragmatism"
LESSON 39: "Occam's Razor"
LESSON 39: PowerPoint
LESSON 39: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Occam's Razor"
LESSON 40: "Constructing an Argument"
LESSON 40: "Synopsis of Logic Unit"
LESSON 40: Argument Clinic
LESSON 40: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Constructing an Argument"
LESSON 41: "Pascal's Wager"
LESSON 41: PowerPoint
LESSON 41: Pascal Wager's Reading
END OF CLASS VIDEO: DAY 41: "Pascal's Wager"
Logic Exam Review
Logic Exam Review
LESSON 42: Kumare Film as Intro to Metaphysics
KUMARE TED TALK
FILM RUBRIC FOR KUMARE' MOVIE
LESSON 42: END OF CLASS VIDEO; "Kumare Film as an Introduction to Metaphysics"
LESSON 43: "Debate on God"
LESSON 43: Debate PowerPoint
LESSON 43: Debate Format/Groups
LESSON 43: Debate Sheet
LESSON 43: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Debate on the Existence of God"
LESSON 44: "Determinism vs. Freewill"
Determinism v Free Will Chart
LESSON 44: Determinism v. Freewill PP
LESSON 44: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Determinism v. Freewill"
LESSON 45: LOVE PP
LESSON 45: "Philosophy of Love"
7 Types of Love
Questions from Class
LESSON 45: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "7 Types of Love"
LESSON 46: "What is Humor?"
LESSON 46: What is Funny Reading
LESSON 46: Humor PowerPoint
LESSON 46: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "What is Humor?"
LESSON 47: "Philosophy of Happiness"
LESSON 47: Happiness PowerPoint
LESSON 47: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Happiness"
LESSON 48: "What is Time"?
LESSON 48: Video on Time
LESSON 48: Time PowerPoint
LESSON 48: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Time"
LESSON 49: "Philosophy of Death"
LESSON 49: Article on Death
LESSON 49: Write your own obituary
LESSON 49: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Write Your Own Obituaries"
LESSON 50: "Meaning of Life"
LESSON 50: PowerPoint
LESSON 50: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "The Meaning of Life"
KNOW THYSELF: "I AM....."
LESSON 51: KNOW THYSELF READING
PARTING WORDS AT THE END OF CLASS
KNOW THYSELF: Different Philosophical Schools
FINAL EXAM KAHOOT STUDY GUIDE
LESSON 1 Song: "My Philosophy" by KRS-One
LESSON 2 Song: "Who Am I?" by Lou Reed
LESSON 4 Song: "Soul Power" by James Brown
LESSON 5 Song: “I Have Questions” by: Camila Cabello
LESSON 6 Song: “Live Like You Were Dying” by Tim McGraw
LESSON 7 Video: A Claymation rendering of the Allegory of the Cave
LESSON 8 Song: “Cognitive Bias Song” by: Brad Wray
LESSON 9: Song: “I Know What I Know” by Paul Simon
LESSON 10: Song: “Keeping It Real” by Shaggy
LESSON 11 Song: "Mr. Roboto" by Styx
LESSON 12 Song: “Beautiful”by Christina Aguilera-
LESSON 13 Song: "When I Paint My Masterpiece" by Emmylou Harris
LESSON 14 Song: “Angel of Music”- Andrew Lloyd Webber
LESSON 15 Song: “Obsession”- Animotion
LESSON 15 Song #2: “Golden Ratio Song” by Numberphile
LESSON 16 Song: dEUS - The Architect (from Vantage Point)
LESSON 17 Song: "Ride of the Valkyries" by Richard Wagner
LESSON 18: Video: "Finding Joe" Film- Clip from Joseph Campbell
LESSON 19 Video: A short video on Burke's sublimity vs. beauty
LESSON 20 Song: “The Choice is Yours” by Black Sheep
LESSON 21 Song: “Only Shades of Gray” by: The Monkees
LESSON 22 Video: “Would you kill Baby Hitler?”
LESSON 23 Video: “Bentham in 3 Minutes”
LESSON 24 Video: DuPont Corporation HR Video:
LESSON 25 Song: “Meta-Historical” by: KRS-One:
LESSON 26 Song: “Kitties are So Nice” by: Bubbles
LESSON 27 Song: “One” by: Metallica
LESSON 28 Song: “I’m Free”- The Soup Dragons
LESSON 29 Song: “What’s Going On?” by Marvin Gaye
LESSON 30 Song: “War” by: Edwin Starr
LESSON 31 Song: “Free Ride” by: The Edgar Winter Group
LESSON 32 Song: “Garden Party” by: Rick Nelson
LESSON 33 Video: "Reciprocity" by: Humanity Healing
LESSON 34 Song: “Schism” by: Tool
LESSON 35 Video: Khan Academy: “Inductive v. Deductive Reasoning”
LESSON 36 Video: The Original Clarenceville Logic Fallacy Skits
LESSON 37 Video: Mr. Spock’s Logic
LESSON 38 Song: "Ice Ice Baby" by: Vanilla Ice
LESSON 39: “What I Am” by Edie Brickell and New Bohemians
LESSON 40 Video: "Monty Python's Argument Clinic"
LESSON 41 Video: “Why Pascal’s Wager isn’t Valid” by: Larry Rhodes
LESSON 42 Supplemental Video: Vikram Gandhi at TEDxGrandRapids”
LESSON 43 Video: Christopher Hitchens vs Jay Richard Debate
LESSON 44 Song: “Freewill” by: Rush
LESSON 44 Video: Crash Course- “Determinism v. Freewill”
LESSON 45 Song: Haddaway- What is Love?
LESSON 46 Video: "What is Funny? by: Peter McGraw
LESSON 47 Song: “Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy” by: Ren and Stimpy
LESSON 48 Video: “What is Time?” by: Thoughtly 2
LESSON 49 Song: “Magic and Loss (The Summation)” -Lou Reed
LESSON 50 Song: “The Galaxy Song”- Eric Idle
KNOW THYSELF Song: “Be Yourself” by: Audioslave
LESSON 39: END OF CLASS VIDEO: "Occam's Razor" ►