Introduction to (Western) Philosophy

What is philosophy, anyway? In this introductory course, we aim to figure that out by getting our hands dirty and doing it.

Course Description

We will explore traditional and contemporary responses to questions that have kept folks across generations up at night, including: Should you believe what you hear? What do we know (if anything)? What does it mean to have a mind? Are our best scientific theories true descriptions of the world? We conclude by reflecting on what philosophy has been in the past and what we want it to be going forward.