Students not having done the reading will be penalized. Classwork Classwork will consist mainly of discussion of the set readings. Participation Students will be expected to participate in class discussions. Philosophical problems and solutions are not merely the complex conundrums of dead academics. To ensure that students read, prepare and think about the readings four quizzes will be given.
Philosophy is the most far-reaching of subjects, and it is determined more by form than content.
So almost any topic is an appropriate subject. It is how you deal with the topic that makes for good philosophy. If you consider what is real or true about any topic, how you know what is real or true, and what you should do about it, then you are doing the ontology, epistemology, and ethics of your topic. Think of something that interests you, something that you would enjoy writing about in the above way, something about which you want to formulate questions to which you would enjoy seeking answers. The attempt to understand the readingis all that is required here.