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History Of Philosophical Thought –
phl464
(3 credits)
This course analyzes the history of human consciousness in the Western world. Students will investigate the human effort to understand the world and will appraise the changing ways men and women seek to find meaning in their lives through the history of Western thought.
This undergraduate-level course is 5
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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The Beginning in Mythology and Religion
- Analyze the development of mythology and religion development in ancient cultures.
- Compare the ideas of Pre-Socratic thinkers on mythology and religion.
- Describe how the earliest thinkers’ search for knowledge provided the foundation for Western thought.
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Ancient Thinkers Philosophical Search for Truth
Compare the ideas of selected philosophical thinkers in the acquisition of knowledge.
- Assess how Plato and Aristotle built upon pre-Socratic philosophy.
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Hellenistic, Medieval and Early Modern Thinkers
- Compare the ideas of selected religious philosophers.
- Assess how religious thinkers were influenced by mythology and ancient religious philosophy.
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Late Modern, Continental, and 19th-Century Thinkers
- Compare the ideas of selected moral philosophers.
- Distinguish between classical theories and modern theories of knowledge and ethics.
- Assess how moral philosophers applied classical theories to shape ethics theories.
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Modern and Post Modern Thought
- Analyze the difference between continental philosophy and analytical philosophy.
- Assess the influence of philosophical thinkers on the continuing quest for knowledge.
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- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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