The course is about thinking, and about how to think. The source material used consists of analytic studies and readings from great religious thinkers and philosophers.
Students learn to begin to formulate an intellectual basis for their own ethical behavior.
The nature and meaning of religion in different cultures is investigated and the major ideas of different religions are studied. Exploration and analysis of psychological, sociological, and anthropological implications of mystical, legalistic, and secular forms of religion. 3 credits PHIL125 Basic Problems of Philosophy Investigation of enduring problems in the area of semantics, epistemology, religion, and ethical theory through presentation of philosophers influential in developing the major historic and contemporary positions. Nature of philosophical analysis and judgment emphasized. A study of an influential modern philosophical movement, including such philosophers and writers as Dostoevski, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Jaspers, Camus, Sartre, and Buber.