Western Oklahoma State College Introduction to Philosophy Web Based Credit Hours: 3 Lecture Hours: 48 Lab Hours: 00 Pre-Req: None Co-Reg: None Catalog Description: The study of fundamental problems of philosophy and the use of philosophical methods for studying the world and human life throughout recorded time. (GE, LAS, H) Instructor: Justin Smith Email: jr.smith@wosc.edu Once the course begins, use the Email Instructor Here icon inside the course. Textbook: Intro to Philosophy Archetypes of Wisdom, Douglas J. Soccio, 7th Edition ISBN 9780495603825 Methods of Evaluation: 1. About Me: Complete the about me assignment. It is worth 25 points. 2. Debate Forum: There are fifteen questions located under the link titled Debate Forum. You must answer ten of the fifteen questions. You get to choose which ones you answer. Do not give one word answers and use complete sentences. Make sure you explain yourself! You can respond to other classmates, just use common sense and politeness when responding. Each forum question is worth 10 points for a total of 100 points. 3. Unit Exams: There are five unit exams. Read the textbook, study the PowerPoints, and take the practice quizzes before you complete the Unit Exams. They are timed, so please use your time accordingly. Each exam is worth 100 points for a total of 500 points. 4. Essays: There are two essay assignments. Make sure you follow directions. Each essay is worth 100 points for a total of 200 points. Uploading assignments: Save written assignments in rtf. Where is rtf.? When you click to save a document, underneath the save button, it should say, save as or in and you probably will have to scroll down to see rich text format (rtf). If I cannot open your work, I cannot grade your work, which is not good for either of us. Learning Outcomes: On completion of chapter one, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is philosophy? What are the primary areas of philosophy?
What is an archetype? How does an archetype differ from a stereotype? What is wisdom? What is knowledge? What is belief? On completion of chapter two, you should be able to answer the following questions: What are the qualities of the sage? What is Tao? What are Yin and Yang? What is the Golden Mean? What is Humanism? What are the Four Nobel Truths? What is Nirvana? On completion of chapter four, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is the Socratic problem? What is a Paradigmatic Individual? What is the Socratic Dialectic? What role did Socrates ugliness play in his philosophy? What role did Socrates poverty play in his philosophy? What role does Socrates claim of ignorance play in his philosophy? What is Socratic irony? Why did some Athenians think that Socrates was a Sophist? What is Socratic Intellectualism? On completion of chapter five, you should be able to answer the following questions: What was the Academy? Where did it get its name? What was its chief purpose? How did Plato distinguish between knowledge and opinion? What are the Platonic Forms? What is the Allegory of the Cave? What are the three basic levels of reality according to Plato? On completion of chapter six, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is naturalism? How did Plato distinguish between knowledge and opinion? What is form according to Aristotle? What is matter according to Aristotle? What are the four causes? What is character? What is the Aristotelian mean? What is virtue according to Aristotle? Vice? On completion of chapter seven, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is hedonism? What is Cynicism?
How is Socrates related to Cynicism and Stoicism? What is the Stoic Logos? What is under our control according to the Stoics? What is the Cosmopolis? Who was James Stockdale? On completion of chapter eight, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is theology? What is Scholasticism? What is the Argument from Motion? What is the Cosmological Argument? What is the Argument from Necessity? What is the Argument from Gradation? What is the Teleological Argument? On completion of chapter nine, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is rationalism? What is the coherence theory of truth? What is the methodic doubt? What are innate ideas? What are a priori ideas? What is a posteriori knowledge? What is skepticism? What is cogito? What is the evil genius? What is materialism? What is Cartesian dualism? What is the mind-body argument? On completion of chapter ten, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is skeptic? What is empiricism? What is the epistemological turn? What is the correspondence theory of truth? How do primary qualities differ from secondary qualities? What is idealism (immaterialism)? What is epistemological dualism? What is the bundle theory of the self? What is inductive reasoning? On completion of chapter eleven, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is the difference between nonmoral and immoral? What is Kantian formalism? What is Critical Philosophy? What are practical reason and theoretical reason? What is a hypothetical imperative? What is the practical imperative? What is the original position, and how is it related to the veil of ignorance?
On completion of chapter thirteen, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is bourgeoisie? What is the proletariat? What is the Dialectical Process of History? What does Marx mean by Mystification? What are the three elements of the material basis of society? What is capitalism? On completion of chapter fourteen, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is existentialism? What was the Kierkegaard Family curse? Who was Regina Olsen, and what role did she play in Kierkegaard s philosophy? What is inauthenticity & authenticity? What are the three Stages on Life s Way? What is Kierkegaardian Leap of Faith? On completion of chapter fifteen, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is pragmatism? What is pragmaticism? What is the pragmatic theory of meaning? What is the pragmatic method? What is determinism? What does it mean to be healthy-minded? What is a self-fulfilling prophecy? On completion of chapter sixteen, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is modernity? What is pessimism? What is tragic optimism? What is Nietzschean perspectivism? What is nihilism? What is Ressentiment? On completion of chapter seventeen, you should be able to answer the following questions: What is philosophical deconstruction? What is analytical philosophy? What is philosophical realism? What is phenomenology? What is ontology? What is the They? What is Idle Talk? What is the Standing-Reserve? Attendance Policy: Students are expected to log into the class on a regular basis, and interaction will take place via email, telephone or by appointment.
Withdrawal from class is the responsibility of the student. Forms are available from Admissions. Make-up Work: LATE WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED!! You are responsible for submitting assignments before the due date. Academic Ethics: Student dishonesty shall include, but not limited to, cheating or plagiarism as stated in the Western Oklahoma State College Catalog. A student should submit his or her own work. If a student plagiarizes one assignment, a zero will be given for that assignment. If a student submits another plagiarized assignment, he or she will receive an F for the class. Do not do it! ADA Statement: According to the ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act), each student with a disability is responsible for notifying the College of his/her disability and requesting accommodations. If you think you have a qualified disability and need classroom accommodations, contact the Counseling Office (C-1E). To receive services, you must submit appropriate documentation and complete an intake process during which the existence of a qualified disability is verified and reasonable accommodations are identified. Please call (580) 477-7710, or email april.dill@wosc.edu for more information. Please advise the instructor of your disability as soon as possible to ensure timely implementation of appropriate accommodations. Faculty members have an obligation to respond when they receive official notice of a disability from the Counseling Office but are under no obligation to provide retroactive accommodations.