PHIL 100: Introduction to Philosophy

PHIL 100-DL1: Introduction to Philosophy
(Fall 2021)

01:30 PM to 02:45 PM MW

Online

Section Information for Fall 2021

PHIL 100 - DL1: Introduction to Philosophy

This course is an introduction to some of the most important positions and arguments of 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 justification do we have for our predictions about the future?
• 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?
• Do we have free will?
• What do moral claims mean? 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?

PHIL 100 DL1 is a distance education section.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Introduction to the nature of philosophical reasoning and some of the main problems of philosophy. Limited to three attempts.
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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