Credit is granted for only one of Phil. This is a course designed to improve critical reasoning skills and provide an introduction to formal logic. There will be lectures, discussions, demonstrations of problem-solving techniques, and reading and writing exercises. This course will provide an introduction to a number of philosophical issues. There is no prerequisite for this course.
Freshmen are welcome.
Two five to eight paper papers, and a final examination, will be required. An effort will be made to devote approximately one-fourth of class time to discussion. Texts to be determined. One Philosophy Introduction. We will be concerned to see whether there is anything one can say in a principled way about what is valuable, worth wanting for its own sake, and what is morally obligatory, what it would be wrong not to do.