Contents

1. Introduction

2. 1. Why Study Philosophy

   1. Introduction

      Elyse Purcell

   2. Apology

      Plato

   3. Book I

      Aristotle

   4. Perfect Happiness

      Zhuangzi

   5. Of the Things of Which We May Doubt

      René Descartes

   6. Of the Nature of the Human Mind; and that it is More Easily Known than the Body

      René Descartes

   7. The Value of Philosophy 

      Bertrand Russell

3. 2. How do we think critically?

   1. Introduction

      Elyse Purcell

   2. Of the Liberty of Thought and Discussion

      John Stuart Mill

   3. Ubuntu: I Am Because We Are

      Michael Onyebuchi Eze

   4. Chapters 1–7

      Aristotle

   5. Sceptical Doubts Concerning the Operations of the Understanding

      David Hume

   6. On the Interpretation of Nature and the Empire of Man

      Francis Bacon

   7. The Value of Philosophy – Chapter 15 from The Problem of Philosophy (link back to Chapter 1)

4. 3.What is the World really like?

   1. Introduction

      Elyse Purcell

   2. Heraclitus

      Diogenes Laërtius

   3. Parmenides

      Diogenes Laërtius

   4. The Analogy of the Sun and the Divided Line

      Plato

   5. Allegory of the Cave

      Plato

   6. The Four Causes

      Aristotle

   7. Brihadaranyaka Upanishad

      Qiong Wang

   8. Preface

      Francis Bacon

   9. Preface to the first edition

      Immanuel Kant

   10. Daodejing

       Laozi

   11. The Depp Ecology Movement

       Arne Naess

   12. Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (“Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way”)

       Nāgārjuna

5. 4.What Can We Know What We Know?

   1. Introduction

      Elyse Purcell

   2. Protagoras

      Diogenes Laërtius

   3. Pyrrhonic Sketches

      Sextus Empiricus

   4. Meditation I: Of the Things of Which We May Doubt

      René Descartes

   5. Meditation II : The Nature of the Human Mind, and How It Is Better Known Than the Body

      René Descartes

   6. Meditation III: of God: That He Exists

      René Descartes

   7. An Essay Concerning Human Understanding

      John Locke

   8. Section IV : SCEPTICAL DOUBTS CONCERNING THE OPERATIONS OF THE UNDERSTANDING

      David Hume

   9. Is Justified True Belief Knowledge?

      Edmund Gettier

   10. Lecture II and Lecture VI

       William James

   11. The Epistemic Significance of #MeToo

       Karyn L. Freedman​

   12. Epistemic Injustice

       Rob Sinclair, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

6. 5.What is the Nature of Mind and Consciousness? 

   1. Introduction

      Elyse Purcell

   2. Meditation VI :On the Existence of Material Things, and the Real Distinction Between Mind and Body

      René Descartes

   3. What Is It Like to Be a Bat?

      Thomas Nagel

   4. The Ghost in the Machine: "The Concept of Mind"

      Gilbert Ryle

   5. Computing Machinery and Intelligence

      Alan Turing

   6. Minds, Brains, and Programs (The Chinese Room Argument)

      John Searle

   7. Ameliorating Algorithmic Bias, or Why Explainable AI Needs Feminist Philosophy

   8. Supplemental Reading: The Problem with Reductionism 

      Elyse Purcell

   9. Supplemental Reading: What’s the Deal with Substance Dualism?

      Elyse Purcell

7. 6.What is the Role of Education in Society? 

   1. Introduction

      Elyse Purcell

   2. Apology

      Plato

   3. Chapter 19 : Discourse on Ritual

      Xunzi

   4. Émile, or On Education

      Jean-Jacques Rousseau

   5. Chapter two :The Prevailing Opinion of a Sexual Character Discussed

      Mary Wollstonecraft

   6. The Democratic Conception in Education

      John Dewey

   7. Pedagogy of the Oppressed

      Paulo Freire

   8. Stages of Cognitive Development

      Jean Piaget

   9. Teaching to Transgress

      bell hooks

   10. Supplementary Reading: Freire and hooks on Engaged Pedagogy

       Ariel G. Mekler

   11. Supplementary Reading: Does Dis/ability Now Sit at the Table(s) of Social Justice and Multicultural Education? - A Descriptive Survey of Three Recent Anthologies

8. 7. What is the Nature of Justice ?

   1. Introduction

      Elyse Purcell

   2. Book 2- rename title ?

   3. chapters 17-19

      Thomas Hobbes

   4. Chapter VIII: Of the beginning of Political Societies

      John Locke

   5. A Discourse Upon The Origin And The Foundation Of The Inequality Among

      Jean-Jacques Rousseau

   6. Chapter 1: A Theory of Justice from Justice as Fairness

      John Rawls

   7. The Sexual Contract 30 Years on: A Conversation with Carole Pateman

      Sharon Thompson; Lydia Hayes; Daniel Newman; and Carole Pateman

   8. Chapter 1 The Racial Contract

      Charles W. Mills

   9. Transnationalising Disability Studies: Rights, Justice and Impairment

      Karen Soldatic and Shaun Grech

9. 8. What is the relation of the Self to the World?

   1. Introduction

      Elyse Purcell

   2. Book IV : on the Soul and Justice

      Plato

   3. Book VIII : Friendship or Love

      Aristotle

   4. Chapter 22

      Laozi

   5. The Analects

      Confucius

   6. Part IV, Section VI : Of Personal Identity

      David Hume

   7. The Story of My Work: How I Became Disabled

      Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

   8. A Sand County Almanac: The Land Ethic

      Aldo Leopold

   9. Queer Earth Mothering: Thinking Through the Biological Paradigm of Motherhood

      Justin Morris

10. 9.What is a Good Life?

    1. Introduction

       Elyse Purcell

    2. Book II : On Virtue and Habit

       Aristotle

    3. Book X : On Happiness and the Life of the Mind

       Aristotle

    4. Book X: Life of Epicurus

       Diogenes Laërtius

    5. The Four Noble Truths

       Thanissaro Bhikkh

    6. The Story of a Good Brahmin

       François-Marie Arouet

    7. Chapter 2 : What Utilitarianism Is

       John Stuart Mill

    8. Chapter 4 : The Meaning of Progress

       W. E. B. Du Bois

    9. Letter from Birmingham Jail

       Martin Luther King, Jr

    10. Surviving Sustainability: Degrowth, Environmental Justice, and Support for the Chronically Ill

        Andrew F. Smith

    11. The Public and its Problems

        John Dewey

    12. Supplementary Readings - figure this out

11. 10.How do I do the (morally) right thing?

    1. Introduction

       Elyse Purcell

    2. Virtue Ethics and Ancient Philosophy

    3. Book IV- What chapters ?

       Aristotle

    4. The tenth book

       Marcus Aurelius

    5. Divine Command Theory

       Manuela A. Gomez

    6. Euthyphro

       Plato

    7. Kantian Ethics

       Manuela A. Gomez

    8. Kant on Sex. Reconsidered. -- A Kantian account of sexuality: sexual love, sexual identity, and sexual orientation- need about this reading

       Helga Varden

12. 11.What is Love ?

    1. Introduction

       Elyse Purcell

    2. Symposium

       Plato

    3. Kant on Sex. Reconsidered.A Kantian Account of Sexuality:Sexual Love,Sexual Identity, and Sexual Orientation

    4. Friedrich Nietzsche: Amor Fati and Open-Minded Resilience

       Friedrich Nietzsche and Darius Foroux

    5. Authentic Love: Simone de Beauvoir on What Makes a Healthy Relationship

       Jack Maden

    6. Miguel de Unamuno on Love, Suffering, and Pity

    7. Audre Lorde on the Natural Beauty of a Lesbian Relationship

13. 12. How Should We Treat Animals?

    1. Introduction

       Elyse Purcell

    2. Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation

    3. The Case for Animal Rights

       Tom Regan

    4. Animal Consciousness

    5. The Animal Liberation Movement

    6. Chapter 3: Cows in Contested Fields

       Kenneth R. Valpey

    7. Challenging and Reinforcing the Ability/Disability System through Advocacy for Disabled Dogs

       Katja M. Guenther

14. Appendix

15. How to Access Work Through WorldCat