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Mar 28, 2024
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PHIL 11000 - Big Questions: Intro To Phil
3.0 | LEC 2 2.0 | REC 1 1.0 | 3.0 | LEC 3 3.0 | 3.0 | IND 0 3.0 | 3.0 | DIS 0 3.0 |

0.000 OR 3.000 Credit hours

Syllabus Available
Levels: Graduate, Professional, Undergraduate
Schedule Types: Distance Learning, Individual Study, Lecture, Recitation

Offered By: College of Liberal Arts
Department: Philosophy

Course Attributes:
Lower Division, S General Education, Core Transfer Library, UC-Humanities, GTC-Humanistic-Artistic

May be offered at any of the following campuses:     
      PU Fort Wayne
      Northwest- Westville
      Northwest- Hammond
      West Lafayette
      Anderson
      Columbus
      Indianapolis
      Kokomo
      Lafayette
      New Albany
      Richmond
      South Bend

Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate familiarity with several of the basic problems of philosophy, with a special emphasis on the problems of knowledge and the nature of reality. 2. Demonstrate exposure to and knowledge of some of the central ideas from some major figures in the history of philosophy, including Plato, Descartes, and at least one "British Empiricist." 3. Develop the ability to present, explain, defend and critically evaluate complex philosophical ideas, theories, and perspectives, in oral and written communication. 4. Develop the ability to locate, interpret, understand and evaluate philosophical arguments encountered in complex philosophical texts within the contexts and traditions that inform those arguments and texts. 5. Develop critical thinking and writing skills.


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