Introduction to Philosophy (PHI-2010)

This is a basic course in philosophical thinking. Selected readings from Socrates to Sartre are included.

• The nature of philosophy and philosophical inquiry;
• The nature of philosophy in contrast to science, religion, and politics;
• Major areas of philosophy historically;
• Philosophical questions of contemporary concern;
• Important figures in the history of philosophy and their views;
• Major philosophical movements  from the history of philosophy;
• Questions concerning the nature of humanity and meaning
• Contrasting views on reality, knowledge, values, or political systems
• Critiques of or alternatives to traditional western philosophy