Overview
Chapter 1
- Explain some of the benefits a student may gain by studying philosophy.
- Explain the Socratic Method of Teaching. Is this a useful way for students to learn?
- Explain how critical thinking can be used to analyze a philosophical issue.
- Compare and contrast induction, abduction, and deduction.
- Explain some of the different areas of philosophy which will be discussed in this course.
Chapter 2
- Compare and contrast various views on a substance such as materialism, dualism, and idealism.
- Evaluate the 4 views as to the nature of universals and particulars.
- Explain and evaluate the views of Anaximander regarding the nature of substance
- Explain and evaluate the views of Pythagoras regarding the nature of substance
- Explain Aristotle’s 4 causes.
Chapter 3
- Compare and contrast rationalism and empiricism.
- Explain the difference between A priori and A posteriori knowledge.
- Compare and contrast Foundationalism and Coherentism.
- Compare and contrast pragmatic theories of truth with the correspondence theory of truth.
- What are some of the implications of Gödel’s Theorem?