AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY

PHIL 206 Student Learning Outcomes
Interpret primary source texts in philosophy

Express, explain, and defend philosophical ideas   in writing and/or verbally

Distinguish between the basic concerns and   questions at issue in the three major branches of  western philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology,  and ethics

Understand how western philosophy has changed & developed over the course of history

Identify, explain, and evaluate philosophical   theories and arguments

Introduction to Philosophy 206 Cheryl L. Genet  Ph.D. cheryl_genet@cuesta.edu 805-438-4088 Office Hours - 1/2 hour  after classes (or by appointment)

Course Syllabus Class Schedule & Reading Assignments Unit Introductions Assignment Instructions & Discussion Worksheets Glossary Don't forget to study your glossary words! Special Communications “We have the post Copernican dilemma of being a peripheral and insignificant inhabitant of a vast cosmos, and the post-Cartesian dilemma of being a conscious, purposeful and personal subject confronting an unconscious, purposeless, and impersonal universe...” (Passions of the Western Mind  p. 420).

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