Introduction to Philosophy and Its History

The participants are capable of identifying the core areas in philosophy and their research problems. They understand how both the research problems and the nature of inquiry in philosophy differ from those in other academic disciplines. They are also capable of naming and describing the most important approaches and their representatives in the Western tradition of philosophy.

Book exam(s):

FILP1a: Sober, Elliott 2005. Core Questions in Philosophy (4.p.) (Pages 1-36 and 265-341)

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FILP1b: Kenny, Anthony 1998. A Brief History of Western Philosophy. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.