CORE1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Critical Thinking, Immanence, Blackboard
Introduction to Philosophy
Lecture One A – Week One – What is Philosophy
Unit Outline
- Page 3:
o Unit learning outcomes
- Page 4&5:
o Assessments
- 2x Tests = 20%+20%
o First Test: Monday of Week 4
▪ Open for 24 Hours
o Second Test: Week 9
▪ Lecture material
▪ Weeks 4-8
- Tutorial presentation 10% - Assigned week 3
o Presented during tutorials week 4-12
o References
o Tutor will check notes
o Level of research
o 5-6 minutes delivery
- Philosophy Major Essay
o 1500 words (excluding reference list)
o 40%
o Submission via blackboard
o Use only the specified articles in the ‘essay folder’ within the assessment folder in Blackboard
- Critical reflection
o 500 Words
Week 3 Lecture
- Lecture on speech structure
- Major essay structure help
Unit workbook – Download
- Go through exercises and prepare yourself
- Basic grammar and logic
Lecture Objectives:
- Recall: Identify how Plato’s “Myth of the Cave” shows that philosophy is the intellectual activity of critically
examining our most fundamental beliefs.
- Interpretation: Demonstrate familiarity with the traditional divisions/branches of philosophy, specifically –
Epistemology, Metaphysics, and Logic.
- Problem solving: Discover the difference between the kinds of questions philosophers of each branch asks.
Definition of Terms:
- Epistemology:
o Theory of knowledge
o The process of knowing
o Methodologies
o Systems of knowing
- Metaphysics:
o theory of reality
- Logic – Formal:
o Logical theory - studies the forms of reasoning.
- Logic– Informal:
o deals with non-formal aspects of logical theory (Language based).
- Justification:
o Process of argumentation
What is Philosophy
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Document Summary
Lecture one a week one what is philosophy. 2x tests = 20%+20: first test: monday of week 4, open for 24 hours, second test: week 9. Tutorial presentation 10% - assigned week 3: presented during tutorials week 4-12, references, tutor will check notes, level of research, 5-6 minutes delivery. Philosophy major essay: 1500 words (excluding reference list, 40, submission via blackboard, use only the specified articles in the essay folder" within the assessment folder in blackboard. Recall: identify how plato"s myth of the cave shows that philosophy is the intellectual activity of critically examining our most fundamental beliefs. Interpretation: demonstrate familiarity with the traditional divisions/branches of philosophy, specifically . Problem solving: discover the difference between the kinds of questions philosophers of each branch asks. Epistemology: theory of knowledge, the process of knowing, methodologies, systems of knowing. Logic formal: logical theory - studies the forms of reasoning. Logic informal: deals with non-formal aspects of logical theory (language based).
