Introduction to Philosophy

Introduction to Philosophy

Type of document           Essay

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Subject area       Philosophy

Academic Level Undergraduate

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Introduction to Philosophy 1301

This is a Discussion Board not an essay.

Ch 1:   Based on your reading of Chapter 1, which area of philosophy do you think will be most interesting and why? Since I don’t ask students to do anything I wouldn’t do, I will tell you I prefer epistemology and ethics. I think epistemology is interesting because it seems there is really nothing we can know for sure . . . other than our own perceptions, but there is no way to know our perceptions are accurate. I like ethics because we all have to make ethical decisions every day, so this part of philosophy is part of everyone’s life. So much is a part of our ethical decisions (training, evolution, value judgments, love, cost/benefit analyses, etc.) that philosophers can spend the rest of eternity discussing these questions. We may never get the right answers, but I think we benefit from the discussions. In fact, I wouldn’t want to live in a world where people didn’t have these discussions. So, what do you think? ( Discussion board posts should consist of a minimum of 5 sentences.)

Discussion Board: It is my experience that students with regular attendance do best in class. Since this is an online course, please make a habit of logging into Blackboard at least once a week. You need to be active in all 4 discussion board questions that will be 20% of your final grade score.  Postings do not necessarily need to be long—usually one paragraph (consisting of MINIMUM of 5 sentences) will suffice. Of course, feel free to make longer postings. You must post a minimum of one response for each prompt on the discussion board. Your responses should show thought and criticism of the arguments we are reading in the book. Chapter 1 will explain the proper way to criticize philosophy. Do NOT copy comments from another website.

Required Textbook:  John Chaffee, The Philosopher’s Way: Thinking Critically about Profound Ideas, 5th edition (Prentice Hall).  Do NOT need access code/NOT required.

ISBN-13:  978-0133867541   ISBN-10:  013386754               Edition: 5th