RPC / TWU course material: Dr. C. S. Morrissey

RPC / TWU courses taught by Dr. C. S. Morrissey
Assistant Professor of Medieval Latin Philosophy, Redeemer Pacific College

PHIL 111: History of Western Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval (Fall 2008)
EDUC 203: Foundations of Education (Fall 2008)
LATN 211: Medieval Ecclesiastical Latin (Fall 2008)
PHIL 304: Metaphysics of St. Thomas Aquinas (Fall 2008)
PHIL 420: Authors -- Jacques Maritain (Fall 2008)
PHIL 109: Critical Thinking: Informal Logic (Spring 2008)
HIST 302: Greece and Rome: Leadership in the the Ancient World (Spring 2008)
PHIL 305: Philosophy of the Human Person (Spring 2008)
PHIL 607: Neoplatonism and Early Christianity (Spring 2008)
PHIL 303: Medieval Philosophy (not offered 2008)

Style Sheet for essay footnotes and bibliography

The best available handbook for writing great essays: The Office of Assertion

EDUC 203: Foundations of Education

Online Resources: [Christopher Dawson on The Crisis of Western Education] [Vatican II: Gravissimum Educationis]

PHIL 111: History of Western Philosophy (Ancient and Medieval Period)

PHIL 304: Metaphysics of St. Thomas Aquinas

Download the Introduction to the textbook for your first reading assignment if you have not bought the textbook yet.

Online resources: [Aristotle: Metaphysics] [Aquinas: On the Principles of Nature] [Aquinas: On Being and Essence]

PHIL 305: Philosophy of the Human Person

Online resources: [St. Thomas Aquinas, On Human Nature] [Karol Wojtyla, The Acting Person]

PHIL 420: Authors (Jacques Maritain)

Online resources:

Jacques Maritain's legacy in Canada

Jacques Maritain, "The End of Machiavellianism" in The Range of Reason

Jacques Maritain on St. Thomas Aquinas

"The Political Commentary of Christopher Dawson and Jacques Maritain, 1927-1939"

"Nature and Grace: The Theological Foundations of Jacques Maritain's Public Philosophy"

PHIL 303: Medieval Philosophy (The Latin Age)

PHIL 109: Critical Thinking (Informal Logic)

Course description:
An introduction to critical thinking/writing and informal logic in practical settings. The value of rational thinking in the face of everyday challenges is explored – e.g., problem solving, making informed decisions, evaluating whether a statement is true, etc. Students will dissect examples of good and bad reasoning, analyze informal fallacies, detect hidden assumptions and irrelevant premises in arguments, determine where an argument’s burden of proof lies, and practice transferring critical thinking skills to their writing skills.
Informal logic is “material logic” (a.k.a. “major logic”, “critical logic”, or simply “criticism”), i.e., it is concerned with the truth of the content (the “matter”) of argumentation.

Required Textbook: Socratic Logic (3rd Edition)