PHIL 100: Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 100-002: Introduction to Philosophy
(Fall 2025)
12:00 PM to 01:15 PM TR
Horizon Hall 4010
Section Information for Fall 2025
This course is an introduction to classical through contemporary Western Philosophy. The
goals of the course are:
1) To acquaint students with some of the important positions and arguments on several
central questions in Western philosophy. Those questions include:
• Does God exist? And if so, why does he allow so much suffering?
• Can we trust our senses to learn about the world around us?
• What is a person? What is required for a person to continue to exist in the future?
Is life after death possible
• What is a mind? How is the mind related to the brain? Is it possible for a computer
to think and to be conscious? Can we upload our minds to the cloud?
• What is race and do biological races exist?
• Do we have free will? Do you make your own decisions?
• Are there correct and incorrect answers to moral questions?
• How should a moral person behave?
• Is it morally wrong to eat meat or go to the opera while other people are starving?
• Is democracy the best system of governance?
2) To improve students’ skills in analyzing and criticizing arguments both verbally and in writing.
3) To improve students’ skills in explaining and defending their own philosophical views, both verbally and in writing.
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Credits: 3
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.
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