Philosophical Inquiry

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

This course introduces philosophical inquiry, both as distinct from and as it relates to other disciplines, through the exploration of primary texts representative of its different forms and questions, and within the context of an integrated liberal education. It also investigates the formal and informal principles of logical reasoning. Readings include selections from the Pre-Socratics, Plato's <i>Meno</i>, selections from Aristotle, beginning with his <i>Organon</i> and <i>Physics</i>, and such authors as Boethius, Descartes, and Aquinas. Fall.