This study guide covers Parts One and Two of the Philosophical Quest course: Philosophical Tools (Chapters 1–7) and Application Anchored in Plato's Dialogues (Chapters 8–11). Each chapter page includes an overview, key concepts, vocabulary, key examples, exam prep questions, and the full lecture transcript with clickable timestamp links.
📚 Course Glossary — All Terms & Philosophers
Part One: Philosophical Tools — Chapters 1–7
Chapter 1
Launching
Systematic Philosophy
Chapter 2a
UnMooring
Epistemology, Part One
Chapter 2b
UnMooring
Epistemology, Part Two — Four Epistemologies & PramAnas
Chapter 3
No View from NoWhere
Phenomenology
Chapter 4a
Setting Course
InterCourse, DisCourse, and Death — Existentialism, Part One
Chapter 4b
Setting Course
InterCourse, DisCourse, and Death — Buddha's Philosophy
Chapter 5a
Anchors Away
First Principles of Philosophy, Part One — Descartes, Hume, Kant
Chapter 5b
Anchors Away
First Principles of Philosophy, Part Two — Plotinus & Anchoring
Chapter 6
SomeThing for NoThing
Logic
Chapter 7
Ontological Daddy Issues
Ontology and Language — A Phenomenology of 'To Be'
Part Two: Application Anchored in Plato’s Dialogues — Chapters 8–11
Chapter 8
Upward Journey of the Whole Soul
Plato's Republic — The Allegory of the Cave
Chapter 9
InBetween Lost and Found
Plato's Symposium — Diotima's Ladder and the Spirit of Eros
Chapter 10
Out of Place
Introduction to Plato's Phaedrus
Chapter 11
Where Philosophy Begins
Plato's Phaedrus — The Whole Soul
Primary Source Readings
Primary Source Reading
The Allegory of the Cave
Plato's Republic, Book VII (514a–520d)
Primary Source Reading
Phaedrus — Part 1
Plato's Phaedrus (beginning: 227–234)
Primary Source Reading
Phaedrus — Part 2
Plato's Phaedrus (234d–237b)
Primary Source Reading
Phaedrus — Part 3
Plato's Phaedrus — Socrates' Great Speech