Department: UG_University Elective
Module Description: This module is an introduction to the central questions, concepts, and principles in philosophy through the Western and Arabic traditions covering selections from major philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle, al-Kindi, al-Farabi, Ibn Sina, al-Ghazali, Descartes, Kant, Hume, Mill, Ryle, Searle, and Rawls. The module focuses on the major issues and role of philosophy in providing a foundation to other disciplines such as free will, consciousness, ethics, rights, justice, knowledge theory, and personal identity, including discussion of these issues as they apply to the contemporary world. Included also is discussion and training in constructing and critique arguments and the basic application of logic to argumentation.
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Perry, J., Bratman, M. and Fischer, J. (eds). (2016). Introduction to philosophy: classical and contemporary readings. 7th edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Purchase eBook
Cottingham, J. (2008). Western philosophy: an anthology. 2nd edn. Wiley-Blackwell.
Fakhry, M. (2004). A history of Islamic philosophy. 3rd edn. New York: Columbia University Press.
Mulvaney, R.J. (2014). Classic philosophical questions. 14th edn. Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall.
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Kenny, A. (2010). A new history of Western philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Leaman, O. and Nasr, S. H. (eds). (2001). History of Islamic philosophy. London: Routledge.
McCumber, J. (2011). Time and philosophy: a history of continental thought. Acumen Publishing.
Pojman, L. (2016). Philosophy: the quest for truth. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Solomon, R. and Higgins, K. (1996). A short history of philosophy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Weston, A. (2017). A rulebook for arguments. 5th edn. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing.
Wolff, J. (2016). An introduction to political philosophy. 3rd edn. Oxford: Oxford University Press.