They are designed to introduce students to some of the most important writers, problems, and methods of philosophy.
Instructors choose their own topics, textbooks, methods, and emphases.
Each course is intended to be equally suitable either as a sole course in philosophy or as a prelude to further study. Not more than 2.0 credits at the 100 level may be taken for credit. Not more than 1.0 credit at the 100 level may be counted toward a concentration in philosophy. We will survey material from the Western philosophical tradition dating from Ancient Greece to the twentieth century. Through the close reading of selected works, students will be introduced to fundamental questions of metaphysics, epistemology and value theory.