Course

Course Summary

Credit Type:

Course

ACE ID:

DLSI-0020

Organization's ID:

DLSI-0020

Organization:

Distance Learning Systems Indiana, Inc

Location:

Online

Length:

9 weeks (144 hours).

Dates Offered:

Credit Recommendation & Competencies

Level	Credits (SH)	Subject
Lower-Division Baccalaureate	3	Introduction to Philosophy

Description

Objective:

Introduction to philosophy is the foundational course to all of the disciplines that emerge from the scholarly study of various philosophical streams of thought including the nature of philosophy, Western philosophy, ethics, political philosophy, metaphysics, human nature, contemporary philosophy, and non-Western philosophy. In the modules of this course, major concepts, as well as questions and movements within these and other various streams are presented, starting with eras even before the ancient Greeks – as early as 1200 B.C.E. As the material progresses, the modules move through historical and cultural events that correspond with an ever deepening and enriched field of philosophical premises – up to and including very recent contemporary philosophers as well as philosophers from around the world, beyond the Western understanding of philosophy.

Learning Outcomes:

Compare and contrast philosophical thinking from various other intellectual endeavors.
Identify and distinguish major philosophical movements and the philosophers that led/lead those emergences.
Interpret and evaluate various philosophical theories and methodologies.
Recognize the merits and critiques of philosophical arguments, stances, scenarios, frameworks, and dilemmas.
Compare and contrast ancient, classical, modern and post-Modern philosophical issues.
Recognize and apply Western philosophy and compare and contrast it with philosophical approaches in other parts of the world.
Identify, distinguish, and apply the history, branches, and tenets of major Western and world streams of philosophical thought.