Syllabus Introduction To Philosophy-Roland Aparece

UNIVERSITY OF BOHOL COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
City of Tagbilaran
VISION-MISION: A premiere university enabling a person to live a worthy, fulfilling and abundant life. Her avowed mission is to provide holistic education anchored on the trinity of Virtues: SCHOLARSHIP, CHARACTER and SERVICE PURPOSES AND OBJECTIVES: The College of Liberal Arts develops the total person through the integrated approach in humanities, natural and social sciences anchored in the trinity of virtues: Scholarship, Character and Service. As the heart of tertiary curriculum, it specifically endeavors to develop individuals who are: 1. Professionally competent in their chosen field of specialization; 2. Truth-seeking but finely attuned to recent trends in their own sphere of discipline; 3. Open and independent-minded; 4. Values oriented and morally strong and 5. Responsible, useful and service oriented SYLLABUS FOR : PHILOSOPHY 101 COURSE No. COURSE TITLE Total Number of Hours Prerequisite Subject : INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY : INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSPHY : 54 : Philosophy 1 (Logic)
I. Course Description: This course introduces the students to weave a philosophical investigation on the foundations and concepts of philosophy. Concretely, the course serves as a modest introduction to the basic problems and areas of philosophy: the problem of REALITY, the problem of VALUE and the problem of KNOWLEDGE. The first area, metaphysics, takes up the question, What is the nature of reality? That question can be subdivided into three more questions: What is the nature of a human being? What is the nature of nature? What is the nature of God? The questions of metaphysics are part of our attempt to understand ourselves and the reality of which we are apart. The second area, theory of value, asks the question, How to live a good life- good in a sense of being ideally, both happy and moral? The third area is epistemology, explores the question, What can we know? What is the nature of truth and knowledge? Hopefully by letting the students familiarize with some of the most basic problems of philosophy, the course aims to offer alternative solutions to those problems and get involve the students in evaluating the validity of those solutions. Lastly, this course will challenge the students to weave their own personal philosophy as mission statement to guide them as they journey to life. II. GENERAL OJECTIVES: At the end of the course, the students are expected to: A. Understand the foundation and concepts of philosophy. B. Value the development of human rationality and the quest for truth. C. Explain the basic areas of philosophy: metaphysics, theory of value and epistemology. D. Construct their own personal philosophy as their lifes mission statement.
E. Recognize the value of reading primary philosophical texts; F. Practice philosophizing by conducting thought experiments.
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III. Course Outline and Reading Materials Specific Objectives

At the end of the lesson the students are expected to:
Content Coverage 1 INTRODUCTION: What is Philosophy? 1.1. Contemporary Setting in life: The Post Modern Challenge Roland L. Aparece, Globalization of the Human person: a Normative Challenge 1.2. Pre-Philosophic and Philosophic Ways of Thinking Agerico De Villa Philosophy and Science in SocialPolitical Philosophy, 4-24. 1.3. The Nature and Meaning of Philosophy 1.4. Socratic Wisdom: Plato, The Apology in Pojamn, Louis P. Philosophy the Quest for Truth, 7-18. 1.5. The Value of Philosophy Bertrand Russell, The Value of Philosophy in Philosophy the Quest for Truth, 18-22. 1.6. Philosophy and Justice Manuel Dy, Philosophy and the Just Man, Philosophy of Man, 23-27. 2. METAPHYSICS: What is the Nature of Reality? 2.1. Philosophy of the Human Person: What is the nature of a human being? William Norris Clarke, Person, Being, and Ecology, 1-101.
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Assessment Schemes
6hrs
1. Explain the basic problems and areas of philosophy: the problem of REALITY, the problem of VALUE and the problem of KNOWLEDGE; 2. Value the exercise of philosophical analysis and reflective thinking; 3. Practice doing philosophical reflection rooted to the present setting in life.
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10hrs
1. Know the basic problems of Metaphysics: What is the nature of Reality; What is the nature of a human being?; What is the nature of nature?; What is he nature of God? 2. Value human existence as well as the existence of other beings; 3. Explain the basic problems of Metaphysics: What is the nature of Reality; What is the nature of a human being?; What is the nature of nature?; What is
Written quiz Group Sharing The Super Human Body (DVD) Oral Examination Reflection Paper
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he nature of God? 4. Demonstrate and defend their personal answers to the problems of reality.
2.2. Philosophy of Science: What is the nature of nature? Wiez and Fuller, The Scientific Method, The Science of Botany,9-13. Thomas Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolution in Knowledge and Postmodernism in Historical Perspective, 341-355. 2.3. Philosophy of Religion: What is the nature of God? St. Thomas Aquainas, The Five Ways, Philosophy the Quest for Truth, 38-41. Ernest Nagel, A Defense of Atheism in Reality in Focus, 395-404.* Manuel Dy, From Fidelity to Faith: a Marcelian Approach; Rodolf, Visker, Man and the Absolute Philosophy of Man, 273-285; 286-292*
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Cooperative Learning
10hrs
1. Know the basic problems of morality and justice. 2. Know significant ethical theories in the history of thought: Virtue ethics, Categorical Imperatives, and Conscience; 3. Value the goodness of living a morally upright life; 4. Explain the nature of virtue ethics, conscience and the categorical imperatives; 5. live a morally upright life; 6. Identify the social responsibilities of human beings as well as human responsibilities in caring the environment.
3. Theory of Value: How to live a good life? 3.1. Ethics: What makes an act morally right or wrong? Aristotle, The Ethics of Virtue Nicomachean Ethics Book II. Emmanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of the Morals, Philosophy the Quest for Truth, 400W. Norris Clarke, Conscience and the Person John Locke, The Democratic 3.2. Social Political Philosophy: What is justice? What is the nature of a good society? John Lock, The Justification of the State is its Promotion of Securities and Natural Human Rights
Discussion Method Movie Viewing
Websites Books Pobreng Pinoy (DVD)
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Philosophy the Quest for Truth, 459-465. Agerico De Villa, Politics, Environment and Education Social-Political Philosophy, 196-204 10hrs 1. Know the different theories of knowledge; 2. Value human responsibility to study and learn; 3. Value ones intellect, will and freedom in searching the truth; 4. Explain the different theories of knowledge; 5. Practice doing philosophically reflection over ones personal experience as a person exercising ones intellect, will and Freedom. 4. Epistemology: What is the nature of truth and knowledge? How do I know? Bernard Lonergan, The Cognitional Structure Roque Ferriols, Insight, Philosophy of Man, 3-6. Immanuel Kant, An Answer to the Question: What is Enlightenment? Manuel Dy, The Phenomenological Method Philosophy of Man, 43-50. Gabriel Marcel, Primary and Secondary Reflection: The Existential Fulcrum, Philosophy of Man,6992. 10hrs 1.Construct ones personal philosophy as mission statement to guide them as they journey to life. What is the Meaning of Life? Roland Aparece, My Personal Philosophy Discussion method Discussion method Small group sharing Movie Viewing
An Inconvenient Truth (DVD) Books Websites Rashomon (DVD) Written Quiz Oral Examination Reflection Papers
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IV. COURSE REQUIREMENTS:
Home works Reaction Paper/Reflection Paper Group Reporting Project Office tests Quizzes: Oral and Written Seat works 4
V. EVALUATIVE MEASURES:
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VII. BIBLIOGRAPHY A. Books Clarke, Norris. Person Being, and Ecology, ed by Rainier Ibana. Quezon City: Office of Research and Publications, Ateneo De Manila University, 1996. De Villa, Agerico M. Social-Political Philosophy. Quezon City: Katha Publishing Company, 1992.
Dy, Manuel B. Jr. (ed.). Philosophy of Man Selected Readings. 2nd ed. Quezon City: GoodWill Trading Co., Inc., 2002. Introduction to Philosophy Classical and Contemporary Readings edited by Perry and Bratman. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. Knowledge and Postmodernism in Historical Perspective edited by Joyce Appleby Lonergan, Bernard, Spirit as Inquiry Continuum, vol. 2 no. 3 (Autumn, 1964). Pojamn, Louis P. Philosophy the Quest for Truth. Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1996. Reality in Focus. Edited by Paul K. Moser. New Jersey: Prentice Hall Inc., 1990. Schick, Theodore, Jr., Doing Philosophy: An Introduction Through Thought Experiments. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2003. Soccio, Douglas, J. Archetypes of Wisdom 2nd ed., Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing Company, 1995. B. Unpublished Materials Dy, Manuel B. Jr. Epistemology class notes, MA in Teaching Philosophy, summer 2006, Ateneo De Manila University, Quezon City. Ibana, Rainier. Philosophical Anthropology Class notes, MA in Teaching Philosophy, summer 2005, Ateneo De Manila University, Quezon City. Ibana, Rainier. Ethics Class notes, MA in Teaching Philosophy, summer 2007, Ateneo De Manila University, Quezon City. Prepared by: Roland L. Aparece, MA PM; MAT PH (December 5, 2012) et.al. New York: Routledge, 1996.

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III. Course Outline and Reading Materials Specific Objectives

Delivery Modes/ Learning Activities Group sharing

Written quiz Troy (DVD) Oral Examination Reflection papers

Discussion Method Movie Viewing

Websites Books Pobreng Pinoy (DVD)

Written Quizzes Oral Examination Reflection papers

Reflection paper Group Sharing

IV. COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

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