NOTE! This
is the first page of your syllabus. See links
to other documents for
the overall picture.
PREASSIGNMENT
PART 1
READ
Chapter 1 in A Preface to Philosophy and answer the following
questions on a separate piece of paper.
These will be turned in on our first weekend session.
1)
What
characterizes a philosophical problem?
2)
Who
is a philosopher?
3)
What
is logical incompatibility?
In
addition, there are some study questions on page 18 in A Preface to
Philosophy. Please
sketch out rough answers to as many of these questions as you can for
discussion during our first weekend.
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Spring 2000
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Instructor:
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K.D.
Borcoman
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Costa
Mesa Center
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Phone:
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(949)
642-8641 (Fax)
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TEXT:
Philosophy:
Survey of Modern Philosophy (K.D.
Borcoman, McGraw-Hill, 2000)
A
Preface to Philosophy (Woodhouse,
Wadsworth 5th ed., 1994 )
DESCRIPTION:
Survey
of modern thought, including Descartes, Dewey, Russell, Freud, James,
Camus, Thoreau, and many others. Discussion
of positivism, idealism, romanticism, existentialism and how these models
have influenced the 20th Century and the Information Age.
GOALS:
1.
To
learn to develop one's own philosophical thinking
2.
To
develop and use the art of philosophical dialogue
3.
To
become acquainted with the conceptual framework of modern thought
4.
To cover the relevant philosophical trends from the Renaissance to
the present
5.
To assist students in discovering and recovering philosophy in the
Twentieth Century through examination and discussion of Rationalism,
Idealism, Romanticism, Positivism, Existentialism, and American and
Continental philosophical models
6.
To
understand the multidimensional , multiethnic, and multicultural relevance
of philosophy and the philosophical method
REQUIREMENTS:
1
Midterm
20%
1Final
30%
1 Group
project
30%
1 Philosophical
journal/paper
20%
WWW
RESOURCES:
http://www.borcoman.com-
There are many links and resources here.
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Modern Scientific Views
Intelligence in the Universe
The Unexamined Life is not Worth Living...Socrates
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