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AP/PHIL 1001

Knowledge, Truth, and Reality

3.0 credits

Fall 2026

Topics

  • Selfhood and personal identity
  • Mind and body
  • Justification of knowledge and skepticism
  • Vedic and Buddhist philosophy
  • European and African philosophical perspectives

Readings

  • Required selections: Daniel Bonevac and Stephen Phillips, editors, Introduction to World Philosophy (Oxford University Press, 2009), as listed.
  • Optional: S. Finn, C. Case, B. Underwood and J. Zuck, The Philosophy Skills Book (Bloomsbury, 2012).
  • Scheduled primary readings include the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad, Questions to King Milinda and Heart Sutra.
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