Introduction to Philosophy

Instructor: Dr Tom Kerns

Welcome to the study of Philosophy, philosophers and the search for wisdom.

We will be exploring some interesting ground together this quarter, you and I, and it will require a substantial commitment of time, focus, and energy from all of us if the study is to be a successful one.

I expect that you will find the questions we explore to be important and the readings to be engaging (though some of them will be very challenging), and I hope you find the exercise of thinking out loud together very fruitful.

Here's to a fun and meaningful quarter for all of us.

Business stuff

Course requirements, schedule, grading and other housekeeping matters

Course materials

Lectures and discussion questions

Course modules

This course can be divided into six modules.

Greek wisdom
Hebrew wisdom
epistemology
Arthur Schopenhauer
Emanuel Swedenborg
Martin Buber

More detailed information about each of these modules can be found here.

Online resources

Philosophy resources

The Philosophers' Magazine (online version)
Guide to philosophy on the internet, an excellent and complete website about philosophy
A collection of philosophical dictionaries
The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Dictionary and Thesaurus

Libraries

Full-text books available online

The Perseus Digital Library is a large collection of classic texts
The Christian classics library is a large and excellent collection of some of the world's most influential books from the past two millennia (not just Christian texts either)
Some full text classics in audio format
Project Gutenberg is another collection of online texts


Homepage Requirements Weekly Schedule Lectures Research Project Study Questions Discussion Qs Self Evaluations Business Stuff	Dr Tom Kerns North Seattle Community College Introduction to Philosophy Instructor: Dr Tom Kerns Welcome to the study of Philosophy, philosophers and the search for wisdom. We will be exploring some interesting ground together this quarter, you and I, and it will require a substantial commitment of time, focus, and energy from all of us if the study is to be a successful one. I expect that you will find the questions we explore to be important and the readings to be engaging (though some of them will be very challenging), and I hope you find the exercise of thinking out loud together very fruitful. Here's to a fun and meaningful quarter for all of us. Business stuff Course requirements, schedule, grading and other housekeeping matters Course requirements Class schedule Research project assignment On grading Self-evaluations Class policies Midterm exam sample questions Library reference materials Course materials Lectures and discussion questions Mini-lectures Discussion questions Study questions Course modules This course can be divided into six modules. Greek wisdom Hebrew wisdom epistemology Arthur Schopenhauer Emanuel Swedenborg Martin Buber More detailed information about each of these modules can be found here. Online resources Philosophy resources The Philosophers' Magazine (online version) Guide to philosophy on the internet, an excellent and complete website about philosophy A collection of philosophical dictionaries The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Dictionary and Thesaurus Online Webster's dictionary Webster's online thesaurus Libraries WashingtonOnline digital library Seattle Community College District Libraries Library of Congress Full-text books available online The Perseus Digital Library is a large collection of classic texts The Christian classics library is a large and excellent collection of some of the world's most influential books from the past two millennia (not just Christian texts either) Some full text classics in audio format Project Gutenberg is another collection of online texts
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