Introduction to Philosophy – A Free Course

An introduction to Western Philosophy from a historical perspective.

1) What is Philosophy?

2) Presocratic Philosophy

3) Socrates & the Socratic Turn

4) Plato

5) Aristotle 1: Logic and Rational Thought

6) Aristotle 2: The Philosopher

7) Descartes 1: The Method of Doubt

8) Descartes 2: A Priori Knowledge and Mind/Body Dualism

9) Locke & Berkeley

10) Hume 1: Empiricism and the A Priori

11) Hume 2: The Problem of Induction

12) Kant 1: Synthetic A Priori Knowledge

13) Kant 2: Transcendental Idealism

14) Contemporary Philosophy of Mind: Dualism

Instructor: Dr. Richard Brown