PHI 1010H - Honors Introduction to Philosophy

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St. Petersburg College

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3 credits "G" Prerequisite: Appropriate score on the SPC placement test or acceptance into the Honors College or approval of the program director. This course will cover the history of philosophy, its philosophers, key ideas, as well as the perennial issues in human existence that provide a rich evaluation of life's meaning. A critical examination will be conducted into the fundamental assumptions, terminology, and schools of thought in philosophy, addressing a variety of issues in metaphysics, epistemology and axiology (ethics and aesthetics). Discussion as well as lecture will focus on both classical and contemporary readings, such as the Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Wollstonecraft, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, Russell, Heidegger, Sartre, de Beauvoir. Special emphasis will be given to theoretical traditions of Western thought such as idealism, materialism, rationalism, and existentialism, as well as Post-Modern and non-Western theoretical positions. This course partially satisfies the writing requirements outlined in the General Education Requirements. 47 contact hours.

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3.00

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Institution Website:

www.spcollege.edu

Phone Number:

(727) 341-4772

Regional Accreditation:

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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