Introduction to Philosophy
	Instructor: Mr. Douglas F. Olena
I turned to philosophyŠ
What is Philosophy?
	Philosophy is like trying to open a safe with a combination lock:
	Each little adjustment of the dials seems to achieve nothing,
	Only when everything is in place does the door open.
		Ludwig Wittgenstein 1889-1951
Field of Dreams

Introduction to Philosophy
	More an Introduction to Ideas
	Less a History of Philosophers
	More about Grand Themes, Great Thoughts, Conflicts Between Ideas
	Less about Dates and Times
Introduction to Philosophy
	Freedom & Determinism
	God & Religion
	Morality & Society
	State & Society
	Mind & Body
	Knowledge & Science
Introduction to Philosophy
	Plato: The Apology page 7­27
		One of the last Socratic dialogues
		A summary of the important matters of life
		Living Well & Dying Well
Introduction to Philosophy
	Freedom & Determinism
The Matrix Theater

Freedom & Determinism
	Determinism
	Freedom
	Conditions of real life - Attitudes
	Control and Responsibility
Introduction to Philosophy
	Freedom & Determinism
	God & Religion
God & Religion
	The existence of God
		Proofs for the existence of God
		Contra Christianity
	The problem of evil
	What is it to believe?
	Tolstoyıs Confession: a testimony
Introduction to Philosophy
	Freedom & Determinism
	God & Religion
	Morality & Society
The Matrix Theater



Morality & Society
	Relative or Absolute
	Theory and Practice
	Behavior
	Decisions in ordinary society
Introduction to Philosophy
	Freedom & Determinism
	God & Religion
	Morality & Society
	State & Society
State & Society
	Democracy
	Capitalism
	Socialism
	Anarchism
	Communism
Introduction to Philosophy
	Freedom & Determinism
	God & Religion
	Morality & Society
	State & Society
	Mind & Body
The Matrix Theater

Mind & Body
	Major Systems
		materialism, idealism, interactionism
	Problem of other minds
	Can machines think :: Are we machines?
	Do we have a soul?
The Matrix Theater

2010

Introduction to Philosophy
	Freedom & Determinism
	God & Religion
	Morality & Society
	State & Society
	Mind & Body
	Knowledge & Science
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai

Knowledge & Science
	Philosophy of knowledge
		rationalism, empiricism & skepticism
	The nature of science
	What can science prove?
	Pseudoscience