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PHL 101 Introduction to Philosophy

100 levelArts & Humanities9 topics

PHL 101 covers 9 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Etymological and working definitions of philosophy
  2. Notions, language, style and method of philosophy
  3. Philosophy as a worldview, as science and as a discipline
  4. Characteristics and value of philosophy
  5. Philosophy and related fields: science, arts and religion
  6. Branch of epistemology
  7. Branch of metaphysics
  8. Branches of ethics and logic
  9. Philosophy of religion and social/political philosophy

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One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

Etymological and working definitions of philosophy

This topic introduces what philosophy means both from its Greek origin and from the practical ways scholars use the term in study and argument. For exams, you must master the etymological meaning, distinguish it from working definitions, and explain why philosophy is a disciplined search for understanding rather than mere opinion.

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