PHILOS 3
Historical Introduction to Philosophy
Description: Lecture, three hours; discussion, two hours. Historical introduction to Western philosophy based on classical texts dealing with major problems, related thematically and studied in chronological order: properties of rational argument, existence of God, problem of knowledge, nature of causality, relation between mind and body, possibility of justice, and others. P/NP or letter grading.
Units: 5.0
Units: 5.0
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Summer 2019 - I am selling the books required for this course Plato - Phaedo, trans. G.M.A. Grube (Hackett) Anselm - Proslogion with the Replies of Guanilo and Anselm, trans. T. Williams (Hackett) René Descartes - Discourse on the Method trans. D.A. Cress (3rd ed.; Hackett) All in good condition for $4 each Email me *************
Summer 2019 - I am selling the books required for this course Plato - Phaedo, trans. G.M.A. Grube (Hackett) Anselm - Proslogion with the Replies of Guanilo and Anselm, trans. T. Williams (Hackett) René Descartes - Discourse on the Method trans. D.A. Cress (3rd ed.; Hackett) All in good condition for $4 each Email me *************
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Fall 2019 - The class is extremely straightforward. There are only two papers, a final exam that is about 40 questions MC, two short essays, and then your points from discussion section. Topics revolve around the different readings that Professor Dewitt puts on CCLE in PDFs (Aristotle, Kant, Aquinas, etc). You're suppose to do these readings and then Professor Dewitt goes over all of the important topics in lecture. Lectures are pretty interesting because she makes all of the ideas understandable given that they were made over a century ago. She also goes off topic fairly often to talk about her sister, mother, or some other experience she had. I remember one time she couldn't talk for the first 5 minutes of lecture because of a joke she wanted to tell us. She is a very sweet midwestern professor and I would definitely take the class again for the fair workload and interesting lectures. Professor Dewitt is definitely the type of person you would want to grab a cup of coffee and exchange stories with.
Fall 2019 - The class is extremely straightforward. There are only two papers, a final exam that is about 40 questions MC, two short essays, and then your points from discussion section. Topics revolve around the different readings that Professor Dewitt puts on CCLE in PDFs (Aristotle, Kant, Aquinas, etc). You're suppose to do these readings and then Professor Dewitt goes over all of the important topics in lecture. Lectures are pretty interesting because she makes all of the ideas understandable given that they were made over a century ago. She also goes off topic fairly often to talk about her sister, mother, or some other experience she had. I remember one time she couldn't talk for the first 5 minutes of lecture because of a joke she wanted to tell us. She is a very sweet midwestern professor and I would definitely take the class again for the fair workload and interesting lectures. Professor Dewitt is definitely the type of person you would want to grab a cup of coffee and exchange stories with.
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Spring 2025 - Professor Dover is very passionate in what she does and I do enjoy the overall structure of the class. In essence, throughout the whole quarter you read the book The Republic by Plato. Upon reading each week, Dover goes through and talk more about what the readings mean and important arguments that it raises. There isn't really a midterm, but there is 3 reading responses in which you relate the book to your life, experiences, movies, etc., and then there a final project which is a paper dialogue. I think overall, it was a pretty standard class, I would say you should read the book because it really helps on the reading responses and the final dialogue paper because you do need to understand what Plato argues in the book.
Spring 2025 - Professor Dover is very passionate in what she does and I do enjoy the overall structure of the class. In essence, throughout the whole quarter you read the book The Republic by Plato. Upon reading each week, Dover goes through and talk more about what the readings mean and important arguments that it raises. There isn't really a midterm, but there is 3 reading responses in which you relate the book to your life, experiences, movies, etc., and then there a final project which is a paper dialogue. I think overall, it was a pretty standard class, I would say you should read the book because it really helps on the reading responses and the final dialogue paper because you do need to understand what Plato argues in the book.
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