Description
Philosophy I
This course introduces students to foundational issues initiating the Western philosophical tradition, which include: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy. Moving from the ancient Greek texts of Plato and Aristotle, the course will survey thinkers from the medieval and early modern philosophical tradition. Readings will concern: the nature of the good; the just; the ideal political form; the limits and possibilities of knowledge; virtue; the nature and existence of God; free will; primary and secondary qualities; substance; essence; causality; principles of identity.