|
Official Course
Description: MCCCD Approval: 11-23-1999 |
||
|
PHI104 2000 Spring – 2001 Summer II |
LEC
3.0 Credit(s) 3.0 Period(s) 3.0 Load Acad |
|
|
World
Philosophy |
||
|
Examination of questions such as the meaning of life and
death, social justice, appearance and reality, human nature, the identity of
the self freedom and destiny, the ethical life, and the relationship of
science and religion. Comparative analysis of diverse Eastern and Western
viewpoints. Prerequisites: None. |
||
|
|
||
Go to Competencies Go to Outline
|
MCCCD
Official Course Competencies: |
|
|
|
|
|
PHI104 2000
Spring – 2001 Summer II |
World Philosophy |
|
1.
|
Contrast materialistic and mystical views of reality, and
give examples of each. (I) |
|
2.
|
Contrast Eastern and Western views on reason and science.
(II) |
|
3.
|
Contrast
Eastern and Western views on the role of religion in our lives, the existence
of God, and the nature of the Ultimate. (III) |
|
4.
|
Contrast Eastern and Western views on human nature, and
give examples of each. (IV) |
|
5.
|
Contrast Eastern and Western views on the nature of the
self, and give examples of at least three different views. (V) |
|
6.
|
Contrast Eastern and Western views on freedom and
determinism. (VI) |
|
7.
|
Contrast Eastern and Western views on the good life,
duties, rights, and destiny. (VII) |
|
8.
|
Contrast Eastern and Western views on death and afterlife.
(VIII) |
|
9.
|
Contrast Eastern and Western views on the nature and
importance of social justice. (IX) |
Go to Description Go to top of
Competencies
|
MCCCD
Official Course Outline: |
|
|
|
|
|
PHI104 2000
Spring – 2001 Summer II |
World Philosophy |
|
I. The Nature of Appearance
and Reality A. Idealism vs. Realism B. The world as illusion 1. Platonism 2. Buddhism 3. Hinduism 4. Sufism C. Materialism II. The Limits of Reason
and Science A. Hume's skepticism and Feyerabend's against method B. Wittgenstein on the
fact-value distinction C. Experience that
transcends meaning that science can describe III. The Place of Religion
in Life A. God as person or
impersonal state B. Arguments for and
against the existence of God C. The Marxist alternative:
liberation theology IV. Human Nature,
Evolution, Gender, and Sexual Nature A. Humans as a product of
natural selection B. Limits to human striving
for perfection C. Merging of human nature
and technology V. Self and Identity, Mind
and Body A. Strawson
on individuals B. Existentialist conflict
between the individual and man in the mass C. Eastern notions of the
fragmented self and identity with form as illusion VI. Freedom, Determinism,
and the Concept of Destiny A. Necessity of free will
in religion vs. determinism in science B. Karma C. Dostoyevsky and Sartre
on freedom VII. Living a Good Life,
Rights, and Obligations A. Philosophical basis of
rights and obligations B. Kant and Mill C. Role of wealth in
creating "the good life" D. Value of solitude VIII. The Meaning of Life
and Death A. Meaning of life with and
without personal transcendence of death B. Nature of heaven and
nirvana C. Fulfillment of desires
vs. cessation of desires IX. Social Justice A. Capitalism vs. socialism
B. Rights of the poor,
including the Third World C. Democracy vs.
meritocracy D. White power and male
power |