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Plus membership
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All courses include:
eTextbooks
2 to 3-day turnaround for grading
Multiple chances to improve your grade
On-demand tutoring & writing center
Student support 7 days a week
Introduction to Philosophy
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3 Credits
About This Course
ACE Approved 2024
The Introduction to Philosophy online course is critical in helping you step into the field of philosophical inquiry. After defining philosophy and identifying the major fields of philosophical study, our Intro to Philosophy course examines the history of Western thought, from the famous Greek philosophers up to the cutting-edge intellectuals of today.
What You'll Learn
Define and explain what philosophy is; describe the major branches of philosophical inquiry and their key questions.
Engage in the activity of philosophizing; present, analyze, and evaluate philosophical ideas in writing.
Discuss the main ideas of ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary philosophy.
Examine the approaches of major philosophers to metaphysical problems.
Analyze and evaluate the views of major philosophical thinkers on the nature of knowledge.
Analyze and evaluate the ethical theories of influential philosophers.
Analyze and evaluate the influential approaches to political philosophy.
Examine influential arguments regarding the existence of God.
Examine the major themes and arguments of feminist philosophy.
Analyze the key tenets of postcolonial thought in Africa, the Americas, and Asia.
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This course is a critical introduction to the discipline of philosophy. After defining philosophy and identifying the major fields of philosophical study, the course examines the history of Western intellectual thought, from the famous Greek philosophers up to the cutting-edge intellectuals of today. Along the way, the course delves into various thematic topics, including metaphysics, epistemology, free will and determinism, evil and the existence of God, personal identity, ethical values, and political philosophy. The course concludes with an analysis of different perspectives, including feminist philosophy and postcolonial thought.
There are no prerequisites to take Introduction to Philosophy.
| Topic | Subtopics |
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| Introduction to Philosophy and Philosophical Reasoning |
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| The Pre-Socratics |
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| Socrates and Plato |
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| Aristotle |
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| Hellenistic and Medieval Philosophy |
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| Early Modern Metaphysics and Epistemology |
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| The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries |
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| The Twentieth Centuries: The Continental Tradition |
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| The Twentieth Century: The Pragmatic and Analytic Traditions |
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| Moral Philosophy |
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| Political Philosophy |
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| Philosophy and Belief in God |
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| Feminist Philosophy |
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| Postcolonial Thought; "Philosophy and Disinformation" |
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Your score provides a percentage score and letter grade for each course. A passing percentage is 70% or higher.
Assignments for this course include:
- 15 Reflective Responses
- 2 Essays
- 3 Graded Exams
The required eTextbook for this course is included with your course purchase at no additional cost.
Moore, Brooke Noel and Kenneth Bruder. Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 11th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2023. ISBN: 9781264296118
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