Intro Western Phil Tradition
Introduction to the Western Philosophical Tradition This course will introduce students to fundamental philosophical issues concerning the nature of reality (metaphysics), the possibility of knowledge (epistemology), and the nature of value (ethical theory) through a reading of a number of important primary texts of thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Kierkegaard, Mill, Nietzsche, and Freud. Cannot be taken by students with credit for PHIL 0151.
This class is a lot of fun, especially if you haven't read any philosophy. There is a fair amount of reading, but you don't really need to do it(however, it does make the class more interesting and fun) because the professor goes over the analysis of everything in class. The class discussions are fun, and while the class does cover a lot of ground, it isn't that fast-paced. The exams are not difficult as long as you listened and understood what was talked about in class.
This class is a lot of fun, especially if you haven't read any philosophy. There is a fair amount of reading, but you don't really need to do it(however, it does make the class more interesting and fun) because the professor goes over the analysis of everything in class. The class discussions are fun, and while the class does cover a …Read more
I found this class very interesting and prof Jacobson definitely helped with that. He really made the class interesting and made me want to do the readings. We had two short papers, a presentation and a final ~3 page paper as the only assignments, but there was lots of readings. I did find writing papers on philosophy to be challenging so I would recommend going to office hours in order to get an idea of how the prof wants you to write. Overall though i did enjoy the class and would definitely recommend taking a class with Jacobson to anyone.
I found this class very interesting and prof Jacobson definitely helped with that. He really made the class interesting and made me want to do the readings. We had two short papers, a presentation and a final ~3 page paper as the only assignments, but there was lots of readings. I did find writing papers on philosophy to be challengi …Read more