Location:
Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and other approved locations throughout the United States.
Instructional delivery format:
Traditional classroom model
Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: gain greater confidence in their ability to think philosophically; practice reading and analyzing philosophical writings; experience listening to and contributing to philosophical discussion; propose some central questions in philosophy; evaluate the ideas of selected philosophers who are historically important; and further define and develop philosophical beliefs.
Instruction:
This course helps students pursue knowledge in two arenas of philosophy: understanding of the classic problems of philosophy and the actual conduct of doing philosophy. Major topics covered in the course are: the philosophical enterprise; logic, clear thinking, and fallacies; the mind-body problem; free will and determinism; the problem of personal identity; the problem of relativism and morality; the problem of evil and the existence of god; the problem of skepticism and knowledge; practical/personal/business uses of philosophy; caring, conversation, counseling and cafes; and modern Socratic dialogue.
