Instructor:

Richard Lee (Office hours)

Course number:

PHIL 2003 C 001 (SAFARI number: 02712)

Time:

M, W 12:30 p.m. - 1:20 p.m.

Room:

Kimpel 102

Pre-requisites:

none

Co-requisite:

PHIL 2000 D (See time schedule for available sections)

Teaching Assistants:

Kyle Russell & Meg Wallace

Brief Description:

The aim of this course is to introduce the student to some of the central problems discussed by prominent philosophers of both the past and present, to critically examine fundamental beliefs and concepts, and to develop in the student an interest and ability in thinking philosophically, expressing such thought clearly, comprehending philosophical works and positions, and reasoning intelligently about pivotal questions.

Text:

Louis Pojman, editor, Philosophy: The Quest for Truth, 4^th edition (Wadsworth, 1999) ISBN:0-534-55187-4

Other information:

• Course Requirements
• Important Dates
• Reading Schedule
• Discussion Sections
• Policies
• Questions to Teacher
• Course Notes (overheads)
• Study Guide for First Exam
• Study Guide for Second Exam
• Study Guide for Third Exam
• Study Guide for Fourth Exam
• Study Guide for Universal Makeup Exam
• Paper (Writing Assignment)
• Sample Paper: Descartes' argument that he knows that he exists
• "Identifying and Formulating Arguments"
• "Kantian Ethical Theory"
• Hume's Ideas, argument analysis in hypertext