Introduction to Philosophy

Catalog description

PHIL 001 introduces philosophical ideas and methods concerning knowledge, reality, and values. Expected topics will include the sources and limits of knowledge, and the nature of reality. Other topics that may be examined from a philosophical perspective include the nature of the self, truth, ethics, religion, science, language, beauty and art, political theory, or mind. The philosophies of both Western and non-Western cultures will also be contrasted and compared.