LHUM 381 - Introduction to Western Philosophy

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Berklee College of Music

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Credits:3 credits Prerequisites:LCOR-112 Course Chair:C. Colatosti Required of:None Electable by:All Offered:Fall Description This course is an introduction to the vast history of Western philosophy and necessarily entails a close and careful consideration of its origins in ancient Greece. Such an examination of Socrates and Plato will enable the student to understand not only the meaning of philosophy as "the love of wisdom" but also the complexities involved in the subsequent development of ideas in various schools of thought. Another philosopher or two (such as Descartes or Nietzsche) will be closely examined to compare and contrast with the Greeks. The existential significance of the root meaning of philosophical thinking is crucial to an appreciation of what has been alternately lost and retrieved throughout the course of Western thought.

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3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Historical Version(s):

09/01/2007 - 09/01/2007 

Institution Website:

www.berklee.edu

Phone Number:

(617) 747-2222

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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