Research Writing in Philosophy

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A writing-intensive introduction to the major philosophical topics, themes, and thinkers. The primary aims of this class are two-fold. First, to learn important skills  involved in effective writing, and by extension, critical reading, and reflective thinking. Second, to become acquainted with some important figures in the history of philosophy and to evaluate how they wrote as a means of learning the recursive process required to write well. This course may be repeated once if there is substantively different content with departmental approval required.