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Course Title: PHI 2010 – Introduction to Philosophy Instructor: Manuel-Albert F. CastilloContact Information:Email: mcastillo28@mail.valenciacollege.eduCell # 407-575-8220Office Hours: By appointment, Building 6, Room #327Term: Spring 2020Class Time: TR 3:00 p.m. – 4:50 p.m. Building 1, Room # 149Credit Hours: 3 hoursCourse Description: Introduction of major areas in philosophy (ethics, metaphysics, etc.). Students will explore past and present philosophers and how their ideas contributed to critical thinking still in our modern times. Required Text(s): Philosophizing: Creating a World of Ideas (2nd edition) by Andrew Alexander Pre-requisites: NoneImportant DatesCollege Closed: 2/14 (for students)Withdraw Deadline for “W” grade: 3/20Spring Break: 3/9 – 3/15Final Exams: 4/20 – 2/26Grades Due: 4/27Grades Available (through Atlas): 4/28Commencement: 5/3Objectives / PurposesTo introduce to students philosophical contents and skills. To compare and contrast theories.To define ideas, anticipate objections, and construct arguments.To think critically and historically about idea regarding morality, society, reality, knowledge, and religion.To connect philosophical theories to practical activities. Valencia College CoreThink, Value, Communicate, ActGrading ScaleA=90-100; B=80-89; C=70-79; D=60-69; F=below 60Four Units:Introduction to Philosophy & EthicsPoliticsMetaphysics & EpistemologyReligionTasks:Attendance & Participation: 60 pointsAssignment/Weekly Discussions: 90 pointsMidterm: 100 pointsFinal: 100 pointsPaper: 100 pointsMidterms and Final exams are taken online. Open book, multiple choices, true and false, and multiple chances. Must be done in a specific deadline. Canvas takes the highest grade completed. Attendance is mandatory (Face-to-face course). Three excused absences are allowed; anymore and points will be taken off. (5 points taken off per day)Each Assignment is 10 points each. Assignments through weekly discussion posted on canvas based on the lectures of the week. Answers in 1-3 paragraphs, 3-5 complete sentences. Missing Assignment/ Late Work: No make ups. Final Paper: 5-7 pages, Double spaced, Times Roman, CalibiriPart 1: Book report. Information on author, summary of book (plot, theme, characters, etc.)Part 2: Connection to class. Any philosophic themes like ethics, politics, metaphysics, epistemology, or religion?Pick any book of choosing: past book read or book being read.Schedule (Subject to change by Instructor)DatesTopicsText Pages2/11Course Syllabus, What is Philosophy?, Intro. Ethics, Plato & Aristotle1 -1423-272/13Hedonism, Epicureanism, Stoicism, St. Augustine, St. Aquinas27-302/18Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Utilitarianism 30-362/20Existentialism, Darwin’s Naturalism, Care Ethics, Intro. Politics36-39452/25Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas46-502/27Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Mill50-553/3Marx, Mussolini, Rawls, Nozick(Midterm exam opens)55-603/5Intro. Metaphysics & Epistemology, Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle63-723/10Spring Break (Midterm exam closes) N/A3/12Spring Break N/A3/17Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas, Descartes72-783/19Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz78-823/24Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant 82-883/26Hegel, Dewey, Russell89-923/31Wittgenstein, Rorty, Quine, Intro. Religion93-9597-984/2Anselm, Aquinas, Julian98-1014/7Descartes, Pascal, Leibniz101-1044/9Hume, Kant, Paley, Newman104-1074/14Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Freud, James108-1104/16Flew, Plantinga, Daly, Review for Finals and Papers110-1124/20 – 4/26Final Exam, Papers Due (and/or)4/21 1:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.4/23 5:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.4/28Grades AvailableValencia General Education Student Learning OutcomesCULTURAL & HISTORICAL UNDERSTANDING: Demonstrate understanding of the diverse traditions of the world, and an individual's place in it.ETHICAL RESPONSIBILITY: Demonstrate awareness of personal responsibility in one's civic, social, and academic life.CRITICAL THINKING: Effectively analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and apply information and ideas from diverse sources and disciplines.Students with DisabilityStudents who qualify for academic accommodations must provide a letter from the Office for Students with Disabilities (OSD) and discuss specific needs with the professor, preferably during the first week of class.? The Office for Students with Disabilities (West-SSB 102) determines accommodations based on appropriate documentation of disabilities.? The goal at the OSD is to open doors, remove barriers and assist you in any way they can. The key to success is matching your needs to the services provided. Please contact this office to discuss your individual needs. The link to Valencia’s OSD website: Conduct & Academic HonestyVC Expected student conduct: 10-03?Student Code of ConductSpecific Authority:1006.60, FS.Law Implemented:1006.60, FS.Valencia College is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge and learning, and to the development of responsible personal and social conduct. By enrolling at Valencia, a student assumes the responsibility for knowing and abiding by the rules of appropriate behavior as articulated in the Student Code of Conduct. The primary responsibility for managing the classroom environment rests with the faculty. Faculty may direct students who engage in inappropriate behavior that results in disruption of a class to leave the class.? Such students may be subject to other disciplinary action which may include a warning, withdrawal from class, probation, suspension, or expulsion from the college.? Please read the Student Code of Conduct in the current Valencia Student Handbook.?Here is the link to Valencia’s Student Code of Conduct website: In my class, there is a zero tolerance policy concerning plagiarism. It is an automatic failure in your grade. ................
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