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Introduction to Philosophy Syllabus
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Module 1: Introduction to Philosophy
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How to Do Philosophy
Introduction to Philosophy
Plato - On Defending Philosophy
Bertrand Russell – On the Value of Philosophy
Final Questions and Activities on the Introduction to Philosophy
Module 1 Assignment
Module 1 Discussion Forum
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Module 2: Epistemology; How We Learn
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Introduction to Epistemology
Rene Descartes – On Doubt and Certainty
John Locke – On the Foundation of Knowledge
George Berkeley – On Materialism and Idealism
Immanuel Kant – On the Sources of Knowledge
William James - On Pragmatism and The Will to Believe
Final Questions and Activites
Module 2 Assignment
Module 2 Discussion
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Module 3: Metaphysics; World Order of Things
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Introduction to Metaphysics
Plato – On the Allegory of the Cave
Plato – On Forms
Aristotle – On Categories
Aristotle - On Language and the Way Truth Works
Gottfried Wilhelm Liebniz – On Substances
David Hume – On Liberty and Necessity
Final Questions and Activities for Metaphysics
Module 3 Assignment
Module 3 Discussion
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Midterm project
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Module 4: Philosophy of Religion
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Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
St. Anselm – On the Ontological Proof of God's Existence
St. Thomas Aquinas – On the Five Ways to Prove God's Existence
David Hume– On the Irrationality of Believing in Miracles
William James – On the Will to Believe
William Paley – On The Teleological Argument
Black Elk- Black Elk Speaks
Final Questions and Activities
Recorded lecture on Philosophies of Religion
Module 4 Discussion: Philosophy of Religion (Aquinas and Paley)
Quiz: Philosophy of Religion chapter
Essay: Philosophy of Religion
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Module 5: Philosophy of Science and Technology
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Introduction to Philosophy of Science and Technology
Donna Haraway- A Cyborg Manifesto
Steven Shapin and Simon Schaffer -Leviathan and the Air Pump
Thomas Kuhn- The Priority of Paradigms
Philosophy of Science and technology
Final Questions and Activities on the Philosophy of Science and Technology
Module 5 Assignment
Module 5 Discussion
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Module 6: Ethics and Morality
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Introduction to Ethics and Morality
Aristotle - On Virtue
David Hume – On the Foundations of Morals
Immanuel Kant – On Moral Principles
Jeremy Bentham - On the Principle of Utility
John Stuart Mill – On Utilitarianism
Final Questions and Activities on Ethics and Morality
Media Critique
Discussion question: Aristotle and ethics
Video lecture on ethics and morality
Quiz: Ethics and Morality
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Module 7: Socio-Political Philosophy
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Introduction to Socio-political Philosophy
Bertrand Russell – On Anti-Suffragist Arguments
Karl Marx & Frederick Engels – On Communism
Mary Wollstonecraft – On the Rights of Women
Jean-Jacques Rousseau - On Inequality
John Locke – On Property and the Formation of Societies
Thomas Hobbes – On The Social Contract
John Stuart Mill – On The Equality of Women
Final Questions and Activities in Socio-political Philosophy
Module 7 Assignment
Module 7 Discussion Forum
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Module 8: Art and Aesthetics
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Introduction to Art and Aesthetics
David Hume – On Opinion and Taste
Immanuel Kant – On the Aesthetic Taste
Plato – On the Value of Art and Imitation
Edmund Burke – On the Sublime
Final questions and activities
Module # Discussion Forum
Module # Assignment: Art diagram
Video lecture: Art and Aesthetics
Quiz: Art and Aesthetics
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Final Exam/Final Project Module
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Final Exam Instructions
Open course index
Intro to Criminal Justice
Pressbooks Chapter 4 - Policing
Pressbooks Chapter 4 - Policing
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