Objectives:
1. To see the connections between Love, Logic, Imagination, Learning, Habits, and Knowing
2. To better order our beliefs and desires through better habits of the mind
3. To better love God with with all of our minds, and better love our neighbors as a result of better thinking
4. To work for the welfare – the Shalom – of the university, city, and world by contributing loving, logical, imaginative solutions to the problems in society
The better we think, the more confidently we believe. The more confidently we believe, the more humble we can be. The more humble we can be, the more prepared for difficult conversations. The more prepared, the more patient and loving.
| Class | Date | Due this week Assigned for next | Jacobs | Kreeft | Smith | Meek | Other |
| 1 | 1/17 | Due: | intro | p.1-9 | – | – | – |
| Assigned: | Ch. 1 Due next week | Ch. Intro.4-Intro.5 exer. pp.26-34 Due next week | – | – | Wild Plums by Coates | ||
| 2 | 1/24 | Assigned | Ch. 2 Due next week be ready with discussion questions | Ch. 2.2-2.4 (pp.54-67) Complete all exercises (or as many as you can given your time constraints) | – | – | |
| 3 | 1/31 | Assigned | Ch. 3 | No new reading for next week | Today’s Plan: Discuss: Jacobs ch. 1 & Wild Plums Jacobs ch. 2 Kreeft 2.2-2.4 Watch pt. 2 of Video | ||
| 4 | 2/7 | Assigned | Ch. 4 | Today’s Plan: Discuss Jacobs ch. 3 Kreeft: Lesson on definitions Introduction to 4 types of props, logical form, Euler’s circles | |||
| 5 | 2/14 | ||||||
| 6 | 2/21 | ||||||
| 7 | 2/28 | ||||||
| – | 3/7 | No Class | |||||
| 8 | 3/14 | ||||||
| 9 | 3/21 | ||||||
| 10 | 3/28 | ||||||
| 11 | 4/4 | Assigned for Next week: | – | Chapter 12, sections 1 & 3 p.271-272 Exercises 1-10, 26-35 p.282 all exercises | chapter 1 | chapters 2-3 | |
| 12 | 4/11 | Assigned for next week: | – | ||||
| 13 | 4/18 | ||||||
| 14 | 4/25 | ||||||
| 15 | 5/2 |