PHI 122 - God, Mind, and Matter

1. Describe the application of philosophical method using critical analysis.
2. Distinguish various philosophical approaches.
3. Examine the ideas about God, mind, and matter in pre-Socratic and classical writings.
4. Explain the ideas about God, mind, and matter contained in medieval texts.
5. Compare the ideas about God, mind, and matter in the writings of modern philosophers.
6. Summarize the viewpoints of contemporary philosophers regarding God, mind, and matter.

1. Philosophic Method
   1. Precision and clarity
   2. Presuppositions and implications
   3. Objectivity
   4. Critical analysis of lines of argument
2. Distinctions
   1. Metaphysical systems
   2. Epistemological systems
   3. Historical origins and proofs for the existence of God
   4. Relationship of faith and reason
3. God, Mind, and Matter in Ancient Philosophy
   1. Pre-Socratic philosophers
   2. Plato
   3. Aristotle
   4. Plotinus
4. God, Mind, and Matter in Medieval Philosophy
   1. Augustine
   2. Anselm
   3. Maimonides
   4. Thomas Aquinas
5. God, Mind, and Matter in Modern Philosophy
   1. Descartes
   2. Berkeley
   3. Hume
   4. Kant
   5. William James
   6. Nietzsche
   7. J-P Sartre
6. God, Mind, and Matter in Contemporary Philosophy and Physics
   1. Theories of states and stages of consciousness
   2. Unified field theory
   3. Multiple intelligences 
   4. John Searle
   5. Ken Wilber
   6. Peter Russell