Honors Philosophy

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Offered every spring semester, Honors Philosophy is a writing-instructional seminar that introduces students to the practice of philosophy and to some of the central questions, modes of inquiry, and forms of analysis and argumentation that distinguish philosophy from other ways of understanding ourselves and our world. Organzied around the themes of "the human condition" and "the examined life," the seminar engages students in reflective dialogue about central concepts that define the human condition (e.g., knowledge and understanding, beauty and value, justice and community, transcendence and the divine, etc.). Writing instruction is geared towards developing skills in writing argumentative essays, with students working through advanced philosophical literature. Open only to Integral Honors Program students. This course replaces PHL 110 in the Core Curriculum.