INSTRUCTOR : David Fox

OFFICE : Room 221 Humanities

PHONE : 240-567-7733 email: david.fox@montgomerycollege.edu
 

TEXT : Philosophy - The Power of Ideas by Moore and Bruder
 

OBJECTIVES:
 

1. To develop an understanding of the nature of philosophical inquiry;

2. To learn the structure and vocabulary of philosophical study;

3. To become familiar with several basic philosophical positions, i.e., realism, idealism, rationalism, empiricism;

4. To examine several of the basic philosophical problems;

5. To become acquainted with several of the world's major philosophers.
 

TENTATIVE TOPICS
 

I. Introduction - Chapter 1
 

II. Metaphysics and Epistemology: Existence and Knowledge
 

A. The First Philosophers - Chapter 2
 

B. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle - Chapter 3
 

C. The Philosophers of the Hellenistic and Christian Eras - Chapter 4
 

D. The Modern Period - Chapter 5
 

E. The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries - Chapter 6
 

F. The Continental Tradition - Chapter 7
 

GRADING :
 

Examinations 80 points

Class Participation 25 points
 

Grades will be awarded as follows:
 

90 - 105 points A

80 - 89 points B

70 - 79 points C

60 - 69 points D

0 - 59 points F