Introduction to Philosophy

Course description

This course will provide students with an introduction to philosophy as well as an opportunity to examine and discuss issues that are widely debated among philosophers. Students will examine classical and modern philosophers as they struggled with their own thoughts as they were compared to more accepted religious and scientific theories. Readings will focus on philosophers such as Plato, Socrates, Locke, and Descartes, as well as more prominent contemporary philosophers Robert Nozick, Hilary Putnam, and Thomas Nagel. Students will be introduced to philosophical arguments and the forms and methods in which arguments should be conducted and analyzed.

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