| 1 | First class | |
| Socrates (c. 470 BCE - 399 BCE) and Plato (429? BCE - 347 BCE) |
| 2 | Socrates and the Law | |
| 3 | Elenchus | |
| 4 | Akrasia & Pragmatic Paradox | Exercise 1 due |
| 5 | Knowledge and Learning | |
| 6 | The Soul in Plato | |
| Aristotle (384 BCE - 322 BCE) |
| 7 | The Soul in Aristotle | |
| 8 | Happiness | Exercise 2 due |
| 9 | Virtue | |
| Renè Descartes (1596–1650) |
| 10 | Skepticism | |
| 11 | Cogito | |
| 12 | Existence of God | |
| 13 | Distinction between Mind and Body | Paper 1 due |
| Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673) |
| 14 | Intelligent Matter | |
| David Hume (1711–1776) |
| 15 | Empiricism | |
| 16 | Induction | |
| 17 | Causation | |
| Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) |
| 18 | The Good Will | |
| 19 | Hypothetical and Categorical Imperatives | Paper 2 due |
| 20 | Hypothetical and Categorical Imperatives (Cont.) | |
| John Stuart Mill (1806–1873) |
| 21 | Utilitarianism | |
| 22 | Women's Rights? | |
| 23 | Slavery | |
| W. E. B. Du Bois (1868–1963) |
| 24 | Double Consciousness | Rewrite of Paper 2 due |
| Simone de Beauvoir (1908–1986) |
| 25 | Transcendence | |
| 26 | Last class | Paper 3 due |
