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PHIL 100

Introduction to Philosophy
Name: Introduction to Philosophy
Course Number: PHIL 100
Credit(s): 3

Course Description

PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy introduces students to Western philosophy through its distant and more recent past. Through this course, students study the works and discourse of major philosophers by focusing on what is generally regarded as the central areas of philosophy: the nature of philosophy itself, the theory of knowledge (epistemology), and the essential nature of reality (metaphysics).

Learning Outcomes:

  • Learn and discuss the works and discourse of major philosophers across the central areas of Western philosophy.
  • Understand the nature of philosophy, epistemology, and metaphysics.
  • Critically analyze controversies over the interpretation of philosophical works and discourse.
  • Critically analyze the historical and intellectual contexts in which a philosophical position has emerged to understand what is meant by that position.

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