PHIL-P 300 PHILOSOPHICAL METHODS AND WRITING (3 CR.)
Provides intensive training in all aspects of writing clear, grammatical, well-argued and persuasive philosophical essays through a combination of lectures and tutorials.
1 classes found
Spring 2025
| Component | Credits | Class | Status | Time | Day | Facility | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEC | 3 | 6298 | Closed | 2:20 p.m.–3:35 p.m. | MW | BH 008 | Lorenzo D; Hoene A; Jackson M; Ludwig K; Ludwig K |
Regular Academic Session / In Person
LEC 6298: Total Seats: 24 / Available: 0 / Waitlisted: 0
Lecture (LEC)
- COLL INTENSIVE WRITING SECTION
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inq
- Above class COLL Intensive Writing section
- A portion of above class is reserved for Philosophy majors and minors
- COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
This course is about how to write good philosophy, and so at the same time it is about how to do philosophy well. It aims at developing skills for doing and writing philosophy well, and especially for developing your own ideas and arguments for them. It is taught through a combination of lectures and tutorials which meet every week. The first ten weeks focus on weekly writing assignments, the last five on developing, in stages, a research paper. The readings focus on the topic of personal identity over time. What makes you the same person as the infant who was once held in your mother's arms moments after your birth? What makes you the same person as someone six decades from now looking back over his or her life? The body is not the same, the mind is very different. Are they the same person at all? If so, why?
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