- Perception and ThoughtPanera Bread, Raleigh, NC
A discussion of the relationship between perception, experience, and thought. Can we perceive the world as it actually is? How does perception shape experience and thought?
Readings will be:
Searle, John R. (2015) Seeing Things as They Are. Oxford University Press, New York NY.
Nagel, Thomas. (1974) What is it like to be a bat? The Philosophical Review Vol 83, No. 4 pp. 435-450.
Google Drive with Nagel reading.
- Ethics and MoralityPanera Bread, Raleigh, NC
What is meant by morality and virtue and how are both manifest in our thoughts and actions?
Readings:
- Kant, Immanuel (1785) Groundwork for a Metaphysics of Morals.
- Aristotle (350 BCE) Nicomachean Ethics (books 1 - 6)
Google Drive folder with a PDF of the Kant reading. Link to Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics.
- Just and Moral Societies (pt 1)Panera Bread, Raleigh, NC
A discussion of the construction of society and and the intersection with justice, morality, and dignity. Some contrasting views.
Readings:
- Machiavelli, Niccolo (1532) The Prince
- Rawls, John (1991) Justice as fairness. In Equality and Liberty (pp. 145-173) Ed. J. Angelo Corlett
- Weil, Simone (1949) The needs of the soul. In The Need for Roots (pp. 9-36).
Google drive with all readings.