I.  Obtaining Reliable Knowledge: Epistemology

       Philosophic Concepts

   Appearance and Reality

The Republic  Plato

   Trusting Our Senses: Empiricism

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding 
                 David Hume

   Thinking Things Through: Rationalism

Meditations on First Philosophy  René Descartes

       Expression in Film

   "Rashomon"  Akira Kurosawa

   "The Truman Show"  Peter Weir

   "Juliet of the Spirits"  Federico Fellini

       Bibliography

2.  The Nature of Reality: Metaphysics

       Philosophic Concepts

   Idealism

Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous
                George Berkeley

   Materialism

The System of Nature  Baron Holbach

       Expression in Film

               "2001, A Space Odyssey"  Stanley Kubrick

   "Minority Report"  Steven Spielberg

   "The Matrix"  Wachowski Brothers

       Bibliography

3.  Judging Human Conduct: Ethics

       Philosophic Concepts

   The Pursuit of Happiness

Utilitarianism  John Stuart Mill

   Respecting Moral Principles

Groundwork of the Metaphysic of Morals  Immanuel Kant

       Expression in Film

   "Crash"  Paul Haggis

   "On the Waterfront"  Elia Kazan

   "Saving Private Ryan"  Steven Spielberg

       Bibliography

4.  Foundations of Belief: The Philosophy of Religion

       Philosophic Concepts

   The Existence of God

Summa Theologica  St. Thomas Aquinas

   Natural Evil and a Loving God

The Problem of Pain  C. S. Lewis      

       Expression in Film

   "Contact"  Robert Zemeckis

   "Diary of a Country Priest"  Robert Bresson

   "The Devil's Advocate"  Taylor Hackford

       Bibliography

5.  The Individual and Society: Political Philosophy

       Philosophic Concepts

   The Ideal Form of Government

The Politics  Aristotle

   Freedom, Justice, and Equality

Second Treatise of Government  John Locke

       Expression in Film

   "Born on the Fourth of July"  Oliver Stone

   "Schindler's List"  Steven Spielberg

   "To Kill a Mockingbird"  Robert Mulligan