REL 2300, Notes
MIDTERM EXAMINATION GRADES
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10/23/2000-12/4/2000
8. The
Concept and Existence of God
9. Judaism
10. Jonathan
Edwards and Thomas Paine - Notes for 11/6/2000
10a. Quiz
3 with ANSWERS
11. Christianity
- posted 5:50 p.m. on 11/13/2000 for 11/13 and 11/20/2000
11a. Quiz
4 with answers
11b. There were no questions for quiz 5.
11c. Quiz
6 with answers
12. Islam
13. Review
for final exam - under construction - 70 questions have been posted
so far. Remember that you need the 100 question,
half-sized, pink scantron for the final examination.
14. There WILL be a quiz 7 (a link to it will be
added as appropriate).
August 2000-10/23/2000
1. General
Background, major features of religions, etc.
2. William James's Will
to Believe
3. Hinduism
4. Quiz
1 from 9/18/2000
4a. A
note about quizzes
5. Buddhism
5a. QUIZ
2
6. Jainism
and Sikhism
NOTE:
There are no review questions posted for the mid-term examination.
The text, your notes, and on-line notes should be used for review.
-NS
7. Taoism,
Confucianism and Shinto with notes on Aristotle's Ethical Theory/Doctrine
of the Mean
A NOTE ABOUT THE TEST ON 10/16:
Quiz questions were answered in class. None will be posted.
There will be no questions on Spinoza, Epicurus
or Epictetus on the test. There will
be no questions on Aristotle's concept of
Friendship, but there will
be questions on Aristotle's ethical theory
as it relates to Confucianism.
Here are some
things you ought to know about the extra principles, concepts and theories
added in class.
A. What does William James
say about our "will to believe"? What is a live, momentous, forced
option? What is a genuine option? What is an "hypothesis"?
B. What concepts in Plato's
Republic
are very roughly related to the notion of a caste system in Hinduism?
C. What are Plato's arguments
for the immortality of the soul? Which of them is related to the
notion of reincarnation in Hinduism?
D. Be able to compare
the ethical system of Aristotle with the ethical system of Confucius especially
with respect to the Doctrine of the Mean and the notion of the importance
of community in creating good character.
E. What are Euthyphro's
primary definitions of 'piety'? What does Socrates say is wrong with
each of them?
THE MID-TERM
EXAM WILL HAVE 50-65 QUESTIONS, ALL OF WHICH ARE MULTIPLE CHOICE.
REMEMBER,
TOO, THAT YOU NEED THE HALF-SIZED, 100 QUESTION CAPACITY, PINK SCANTRON
FOR THE TEST.