ℹ️ Course Schedule
School: Oakton College
Term: 2024 Spring Full
Description:
This course focuses on the most fundamental questions that human beings have always asked. Topics include a critical examination of theories about reality and truth, moral values and social justice, and systems of religious belief.
IAI General Education H4 900
Delivery mode: Online
School: Oakton College
Semester: 2024 Spring Full (16 Weeks)
Course Title: HUM 127 Introduction to Philosophy
Campus: Off-Campus
Credits: 3:3:0
Dates: Jan 16, 2024 – May 10, 2024
Days:
Time: Anytime
Location: Online/D2L
👨🏫 Instructor
Name: Clare Pearson
Title: Lecturer
Department: Division of Liberal Arts
Email: [email protected]
Office: 2430 Des Plaines
Phone: (847) 635-1950
Fax: (847) 635-1764
🎯 Course Goal
Learning how to read and understand philosophy as it applies to life and major questions in life. I will measure attainment of this learning by how well my knowledge and understanding have grown after each discussion post and paper assignment and the professor’s feedback. This goal is attainable because all measurement tools are part of the evaluation for the course. The goal is relevant because I want to learn and apply philosophy to life. This goal is timely because I am beginning philosophy study with this course.
🏹 Course Habits needed to help me complete this course successfully
- Request classroom and testing accommodations through the ADRC.
- Read and understand the course syllabus and assignment instructions.
- Complete paper assignments in Google Docs so I can have the professor look at them before the due date.
- Ask the professor when I need assistance or would like feedback.
- Attend tutoring sessions when I need assistance with assignments.
- Meet with the instructor to discuss writing assignments.
- Schedule regular time to study and complete homework.
- Submit homework on time whether the due date is on the syllabus or extended by accommodations.
- Schedule quizzes and exams on campus or with online proctoring.
📚 Course Materials and Resources
📘 Textbook: None
📂 Google Drive Folder: Introduction to Philosophy
📚 Writing Tutor
Course Information
Syllabus
Schedule of Readings, Tests and Assignments
Semester Calendar
Learning Modules
Introduction: Welcome to Philosophy
Philosophy and Critical Thinking
Unit 1: Obstacles to Thinking: Forms of Bias
Unit 2: More Kinds of Bad Reasoning: Some Informal Fallacies
What is Reality and How Do We Know?
Unit 3: Descartes Part 1: Is the World Around Us Real or an Illusion?
Unit 4: Descartes Part 2: Reason and God
Unit 5: Hume
Unit 6: Kant
Modern Social Contract Theory: What is Political Power and When Is It Legitimate?
Unit 7: Part 1: Hobbes and Rousseau on Scarcity and War
Unit 8: Part 2: Locke and Rousseau on Property
Political Economy and the Good
Unit 9: Adam Smith
Unit 10: Introduction to Marx
Unit 11: Marx Continued and Comparison with Smith
Thinking About Community
Unit 12: Why Does Law Matter?
Unit 13: Civil Disobedience
