Some handouts are made available to students outside of lectures. Intro to the philosophy of the human person philo notes daily whiteboard. Meaning of philosophy the word philosophy is derived from the greek words philia love and sophia wisdom and means the love of wisdom. Podcasts from philosophy bites nigel warburton author of philosophy. Elements of philosophy notes university of nairobi. The lectures comprise of the 8week general philosophy course, delivered to first year undergraduates. Philosophy comes from two greek words philein meaning love. Textbooks used in kants moral philosophy lectures list of notes kant used a combination of two textbooks both by alexander gottlieb baumgarten in his moral philosophy lectures beginning in the mid1760s. Introduction to philosophy lecture notes, free textbooks, readings. Welcome to the website for introduction to philosophy. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of principles of philosophy and what it means. For those interested however, there used to be a telecourse we used for this that we have not used for years.
Philosophy for everyone contains clear and userfriendly chapters, chapter summaries, glossary, study questions, suggestions for further reading and guides to online resources. If you continue browsing the site, you agree to the use of cookies on this website. Entrepreneurship it is a philosophy or process through which an entrepreneur seeks innovation and employment. Seeing things a blog devoted to philosophy, phenomenology, and cognitive neuroscience of perception created by sean kelly. Madame reynaudguerithault herself warns us that these are one pupils hastily written notes and not a verbatim record of the lectures. Marcus, introduction to philosophy, lecture notes, hamilton college, fall 2007, december 46, page 3 people express moral beliefs about particular actions, and only derivatively about general moral principles. On studocu you find all the study guides, past exams and lecture notes for this course. These will be found on moodle for the relevant paper or the lecturers own websites access to moodle is restricted to students taking philosophy papers and is administered by library staff. A summary of introduction in rene descartess principles of philosophy. The way this website is designed is that it will contain all the supplementary reading material i. The lecture notes included here accompany phil 120a, introduction to logic, at the university of washington.
Course notes a new introduction to philosophy course. Categorical propositions slide show pdf watch the video transcription venn diagrams slide show. General introduction philosophy as an academic discipline unit one introduction pdf. An introduction to philosophy open textbook library. Notes on the syllogistic posterior analytics lectures categories lectures physics lectures. These lectures aim to provide a thorough introduction to many philosophical topics and to get students and others interested in thinking about key areas of philosophy. Together, the two greek words give meaning to the word philosophy to define it as a love of wisdom. The moral principles which the objectivist posits seem distant from. Enlightenment is mans emergence from his selfimposed immaturity.
The nature of philosophy meaning of life philosophy of religion philosophical ethics. Oriare nyarwath 21042011 logic is a branch of philosophy that is concerned with the study of reason. This course companion to the introduction to philosophy course was written by the edinburgh philosophy team expressly with the needs of mooc students in mind. Lecture notes on immanuel kant imperial college london. Critical thinking, metaethics, philosophy, and religion an overview of the introductory material. Phil 176 lecture 1 course introduction open yale courses. Below, the study guide is divided according to lecture session. For descartes, the lecture notes are excerpts from the professors study guide to descartes meditations, which can be found in its entirety in study materials. I define it as a tradition defined by the commitment of people within that tradition to one general methodological program. You will be responsible for the assigned readings in the syllabus and the supplementary information found on this website here. There are different ways of introducing philosophy to newcomers, one is to present it as a living discipline defined by problems made more intelligible and relevant by tracing their historical roots. The basics and david edmonds coauthor of wittgensteins poker interview philosophers on a host of philosophical topics in short fifteen minute.
The definition of philosophy is controversial, even among philosophers. Find materials for this course in the pages linked along the left. While a few early chapters are historically organized, my goal in the historical chapters is. For the web course the syllabus is all you need to follow. Chapter 6 population geography and here are the term paper discussion questions for this week. Doc introduction to philosophy lecture notes pam ryan. They are intended solely for the use of the students in that course.
The big questions a short introduction to philosophy eighth edition robert c. This year i have unveiled a brand new version of philosophy 110, our introduction to philosophy course, which i intend to feature in course notes, throughout the semester. Class notes index textbook pdf complete introduction what is philosophy. This section features lecture notes on the philosophers covered in the course. Professor gendler explains the interdisciplinary nature of the course. The book examines the problems concerning the aims and guiding ideals of education. Day 1 notes tuesday oct 23rd introductions i what is philosophy immanuel kant what is enlightenment ii syllabus iii essay grading rubric iv logic 1 what is philosophy. Higgins university of texas at austin australia brazil japan korea mexico singapore spain united kingdom united states. The following lecture notes are based on an inclass course. Lecture 6 notes warren and singer lecture 7 tooley and english lecture 8 norcross. This is a comprehensive synopsis of the course we took as elective recently. Meaning of philosophy the word philosophy is derived from the greek words philia love and sophia wisdom and means the love of.
This introductory article explains the coverage of this book, which is about the philosophical aspects of education. Kant published this work as a first edition in 1781, but followed it up in 1787 with a substantially revised second edition. Introduction the text in these lecture notes, we shall examine the ideas in immanuel kants groundbreaking philosophical work, the critique of pure reason. Philosophy is derived from the greek words philo, meaning love, and sophos, meaning wisdom.
He aims to clarify what the class will focus on in particular and which subjects it will steer away from. Lecture 3 notes contractarianismhobbesian social contract theory lecture 4 notes contractualismkantian ethics lecture 5 notes. In the notes in the back of this volume, the reader. Introduction to ethics unit information 3 unit overview 3 unit aims 3 unit learning outcomes 3 unit interdependencies 3 key readings 4 further readings 5 references 6 multimedia 7 1. Perfect for acing essays, tests, and quizzes, as well as for writing lesson plans. Philosophy 1100 introduction to ethics lecture 1 introduction part 1 i. It is the same as that presented much more in detail, and with a greater wealth of reference, in my system of metaphysics, which was published a short time ago. Introduction to the course prior analytics lectures introduction to aristotles logic. Professor kagan introduces the course and the material that will be covered during the semester.
Entrepreneur entrepreneurship enterprise person process or philosophy object dissecting the word we get entre enter pre before neur nerve cen tre entrepreneurship can also be described as a creative and innovative. In any case, one has to start somewhere what follows is a very heavily revised version of a text published by oxford university press in 1982. It explains that the philosophy of education is the branch of philosophy that addresses philosophical questions concerning the nature, aims, and problems of education. Class notes from week 9 on getis chapter 6 on population geography can be downloaded here. Philosophy comes from two greek words philein meaning love and sophia meaning wisdom. General introduction to the class this is western philosophy of human religions the philosophy part. Studying phil 101 introduction to philosophy at university of nevada, las vegas.
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