PS00982 - Philosophy 04306

"This one-semester course takes students on an exciting adventure that covers more than 2,500 years of history! Along the way, they run into some very strange characters. For example, they read about a man who hung out on street corners, barefoot and dirty, pestering everyone he met with questions. They learn about another eccentric who climbed inside a stove to think about whether he existed. Despite their odd behavior, these and other philosophers of the Western world are among the most brilliant and influential thinkers of all time. As students learn about these great thinkers, they come to see how and where many of the most fundamental ideas
of Western Civilization originated. Students also get a chance to ask themselves some of the same questions these great thinkers pondered. By the time they “close the book” on this course, students have a better understand themselves and the world around them—from atoms to outer space—and everything in between."

Connie Godfrey, 605-716-4761, cgodfrey@tie.net