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PHIL 10100--Introduction to Philosophy

Course Description

This course is an introduction to philosophy for students seeking (or being forced) to fulfil the first of their university philosophy requirements. The course is intended to introduce you to philosophical questions, to make you aware of how some of history's greatest philosophers have approached those questions and what they have had to say about them, to help you articulate philosophical concerns of your own and, most importantly, to learn how to address them. Among the areas of philosophy will explore this semester are ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics and theory of knowledge.

Prerequisites

None

Textbooks

Plato, The Republic*, translated by Robin Waterfield. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN: 0192829092

Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics*, Edited by J. L. Ackrill and J. O. Urmson. Translated by David Ross. New York: Oxford University Press, 1980. ISBN: 0192815180

Thomas Aquinas, Treatise on Happiness*, translated by John Oesterle. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1983. ISBN: 0268018499

Rene Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy*, 4th Edition, translated by Donald Cress. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN: 0872204200

Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan*: With Selected Variants from the Latin Edition of 1668, Edited by Edwin Curley. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN: 0872201775

Holy Bible, King James Version.

Fyodor Dostoyevski, The Grand Inquisitor*. Frederick Ungar, 1981. ISBN: 0804461252

*Links for these texts connect you to public domain versions of these texts, not to the ones listed here.

Films

Jesus of Montreal

Course Requirements

Writing: You will be required to write nine two-page papers during the course. Earlier papers will be tightly focused, and ask you to lay out part of the argument in the text for the week. Later, you will have the opportunity to be more creative.

Exams: There will be a mid-term, essay exam and a final, non-cumulative essay exam.

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	Info Syllabus Document Actions PHIL 10100--Introduction to Philosophy Course Description This course is an introduction to philosophy for students seeking (or being forced) to fulfil the first of their university philosophy requirements. The course is intended to introduce you to philosophical questions, to make you aware of how some of history's greatest philosophers have approached those questions and what they have had to say about them, to help you articulate philosophical concerns of your own and, most importantly, to learn how to address them. Among the areas of philosophy will explore this semester are ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics and theory of knowledge. Prerequisites None Textbooks Plato, The Republic, translated by Robin Waterfield. New York: Oxford University Press, 1994. ISBN: 0192829092 Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Edited by J. L. Ackrill and J. O. Urmson. Translated by David Ross. New York: Oxford University Press, 1980. ISBN: 0192815180 Thomas Aquinas, Treatise on Happiness, translated by John Oesterle. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1983. ISBN: 0268018499 Rene Descartes, Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, 4th Edition, translated by Donald Cress. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN: 0872204200 Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan: With Selected Variants from the Latin Edition of 1668, Edited by Edwin Curley. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1999. ISBN: 0872201775 Holy Bible, King James Version. Fyodor Dostoyevski, The Grand Inquisitor. Frederick Ungar, 1981. ISBN: 0804461252 *Links for these texts connect you to public domain versions of these texts, not to the ones listed here. Films Jesus of Montreal Course Requirements Writing: You will be required to write nine two-page papers during the course. Earlier papers will be tightly focused, and ask you to lay out part of the argument in the text for the week. Later, you will have the opportunity to be more creative. Exams: There will be a mid-term, essay exam and a final, non-cumulative essay exam. Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. administrator. (2006, September 19). Syllabus. Retrieved August 20, 2008, from Notre Dame OpenCourseWare Web site: http://ocw.nd.edu/philosophy/introduction-to-philosophy-1/Syllabus.html. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.	Reuse Course Download this course or reuse in OpenOCW. Download this course Export into OpenOCW

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