CEPL 0913 - An Introduction to Philosophy

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Brown University

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Philosophy focuses around questions we all think about, and which can evidently only be answered by thinking rather than by observing or experimenting or acting. Can we know anything? Would that require being certain? What does it mean to have conscious experience, and how closely are such mental things related xsto physical brains? Are our wills free, even though it seems as though every event is determined by previous causes? Are there good arguments for believing in the existence of a god or gods? Are there standards, such as reason, for how we should think? Are there standards for how we should act, such as morality, or social justice? And more.

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www.brown.edu

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(401) 863-1000

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New England Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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