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Introduction to Philosophy

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Course Description

Course	PHIL 101
Level	Undergraduate
Format	Online
Credits	3.00

Prerequisite: None
Studies the basic issues and traditions in philosophy. Thinkers include Socrates, Plato, Descartes, Kant, Rawls. Issues include the soul, truth, god, reality, knowledge, ethics, mind, freedom, religion, and social and political thought. Developing skills of critical analysis and dialectical thinking, students will be able to identify traditional and current issues in philosophy.

Learning Objectives

Learning Activities for this course will include: Readings, Discussions and written assignments to assist the student to achieve these learning Objectives: To enable a student to:

Discipline Specific

1. Identify some of the basic content in the field of Philosophy (vocabulary, concepts, theories)
2. Identify traditional and current Issues in Philosophy;
3.Communicate awareness of and understanding of philosophical issues.
4. Demonstrate familiarity with the main areas of philosophic discourse and be able to state what major schools of thought there are that have contributed to the ongoing discussion of these issues
5. Develop skills of critical analysis and dialectical thinking.
6. Analyze and respond to the comments of other students regarding philosophical issues.

CUNY Common Core

II.D Individual and Society	Expected Student Outcomes and Objectives
a. Gather, interpret, and assess information from a variety of sources and points of view.	Students will understand philosophical texts effectively through readings in the textbook and ancillary documents and articles on a diversity of philosophical perspectives
b. Evaluate evidence and arguments critically or analytically.	Students will critically evaluate philosophical theories
c. Produce well-reasoned written or oral arguments using evidence to support conclusions.	Students will construct written essays, responses, and/or papers demonstrating the use of evidence-based information in drawing conclusions about issues in philosophy.
d. Identify and apply the fundamental concepts and methods of a discipline or interdisciplinary field exploring the relationship between the individual and society	Students will identify the fundamental concepts and methods of philosophy and how these can e used to better understand the relationship between the individual and society.
e. Articulate and assess ethical views and their underlying premises.	Students will demonstrate an understanding of the appropriate use of philosophical methods in analyzing different ethical perspectives.
f. Identify and engage with local, national, or global trends or ideologies, and analyze their impact on individual or collective decision-making.	Students will draw conclusions about societal institutions and individual beliefs based on the methods of philosophy

Faculty

FitzGerald, Michael
Email: mfitzgerald@mec.cuny.edu

Professor of Philosophy, Medgar Evers College

Michael FitzGerald teaches philosophy, and is an academic community leader for philosophy, economics and CIS. He formerly served as vice president of information technology as well as associate provost at Medgar Evers College. He has held academic appointments at Medgar Evers, the University of Maryland (European division) and Wesleyan University in Connecticut. Dr. FitzGerald received a B.A. from Colgate University and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the New School for Social Research. He has held post-doctoral fellowships at the University of California at Berkeley, Cornell University, and Columbia University. At Stanford University, he was a research fellow in academic computing at the School of Education. His research interests include the philosophy of mind, artificial intelligence, and German intellectual history.

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Online Bachelor's Degree in Disability Studies (B.A.), Online Bachelor's Degree in Psychology (B.A.), Online Bachelor's Degree in Sociology (B.A.), Online Bachelor's Degree in Business (B.S.), Online Bachelor's Degree in Health Information Management (B.S.)

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Email: mfitzgerald@mec.cuny.edu

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Pecorino, Philip A.

Consortial Faculty, CUNY Online Baccalaureate General Education, Professor of Philosophy, Queensborough Community College

Philip A. Pecorino has been an instructor of Philosophy at Queensborough Community College for nearly 40 years, and is also a founding consortial faculty member of the School of Professional Studies. Originally from Flushing, Queens, he was educated in New York City and by the City. He graduated from Boston College magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics and philosophy, earned both a master of arts degree and doctorate in philosophy at Fordham University, and pursued post-graduate work in educational psychology at NYU. He is the author/editor of online textbooks available without cost and adopted for use by the International University of the People, the American Public University System, American Military University, and American Public University. The text book subject titles include: “Introduction to Philosophy,” “Philosophy of Religion, Ethics, Medical Ethics,” “Computers and Ethics,” and “Perspectives on Death and Dying.” Dr. Pecorino is a co-author, with Dr. Shannon Kincaid, of The Profession of Education: Responsibilities, Ethics and Pedagogic Experimentation.

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Contact Information

Email: ppecorino@qcc.cuny.edu

Phone:718 281 5038

Academic Website: http://www.qcc.cuny.edu/SocialSciences/ppecorino/default.htm

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PHI-101 Introduction to Philosophy

PHIL 301 - Computers, Ethics, Society and Human Values

Robert C Robinson

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