| Course Title: Introduction to Philosophy |
| Start Date: 09/06/2023 End Date: 12/19/2023 |
| Term: Fall Semester 2023 |
| Description: What kind of life should a person live? What can we know about the world? What is the nature of the self? What is the value of the arts? The aim of the course is to learn how to do philosophy by engaging with the answers that philosophers from different periods of history and around the globe give to these and similar questions. We will read historical texts from African, Chinese, European, Native American, and South Asian philosophical traditions, as well as contemporary texts by a variety of living philosophers. We will learn how to analyze arguments in texts, how to make and defend our own views, and we will attend to the historical and cultural context of these views. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Samuel Mitchell | 413-538-2387 | smitchel@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 09/06/2023 - 12/19/2023 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 01:45PM - 03:00PM | CLEV - Cleveland | 001L | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| None |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 75 | Enrollment: 65 | Available: 10 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: The Norton Introduction to Philosophy Author: Rosen, Gideon Copyright: 2018 Edition: 2nd Volume: ISBN: 9780393624427 Publisher: Norton |
Required | 20.00 |
| Title: Author: Copyright: Edition: Volume: ISBN: Publisher: |
Required |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Amazon. Oddyssey doesn't do textbooks apparently. |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Must be second edition. There should be many cheap second hand copies. |