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1、PHIL160PHILOSOPHYOFHUMANNATURELoyolaMarymountUniversity,Fall2009UniversityHall1218Instructor:Dr.JasonBaehrEmail:jbaehr@lmuWebpage:http://myweb.lmu.edu/jbaehr/Phonenumber:310.338.4486Office:UniversityHall3749Officehours:M/W12-2,F10-11,andbyappointmentI.COURSEOVERVIEWANDGOA
2、LSA.Textbooks:PhilosophicalProblems:AnAnnotatedAnthology,secondedition,eds.LaurenceBonJourandAnnBaker.B.WelcometoPHIL160PhilosophyofHumanNature.Thisisanintroductorycourseinphilosophy.Thecourseiscomprisedoffivemainunitseachofwhichrevolvesaroundoneofthefollowingquestions:WH
3、ATISPHILOSOPHY?HOWISKNOWLEDGEPOSSIBLE?WHATMAKESYOUYOU?AREYOUFREE?AREYOUYOURBRAIN?Astheabovequestionssuggest,philosophydealswithsomeofthe“deeper”andmorepuzzlingaspectsofhumannatureandexistence.C.Ihopeyou’llgetthefollowingoutofthiscourse:1.Knowledge.Ihopeyou’llacquireaveryf
4、irmgraspofvariousphilosophicalquestionsconcerningknowledgeandreality,howthesequestionshavebeenansweredbyphilosophersthroughouthistory,thereasonsthathavebeengiveninsupportoftheseanswers,andsomeofthestrengthsandweaknessofthesereasons.Ialsohopeyou’llcometograsphowthesequesti
5、onsandanswershangtogetherinahistoricalcontext:e.g.howtheviewsandargumentsofeachauthorarerelatedtoandinfluencedbytheviewsandargumentsofotherauthors.2.Skills.Inadditiontobeingasubjectmattertobestudiedandknown,philosophyisalsoanactivity—itissomethingthatpeopledo.Accordinglyt
6、herearevariousintellectualskillsassociatedwithphilosophythatIhopeyouwilldevelopandhone.Centralamongtheseistheabilitytoidentifyandevaluateargumentsinsupportofanswerstophilosophicalquestions.Muchofwhatwedointhecoursewillbeaimedathelpingtrainyourmindtoidentifyandunderstandwh
7、atexactlyanauthorisclaiming,whatreasonss/heisofferinginsupportofthisclaim,andwhatthequalityofthesereasonsis.Ialsohopeyou’llsharpenthefollowingskills:theabilitytoreadinacareful,critical,andfairmanner,toreflectpatientlyanddeeply,andtowritewithgreatclarityandprecision.1.Pers
8、onaltransformation.Ihopethecoursewillalsomakeyouamorecuriousandintellectuallyengagedperson.Ihope
