SkillCircles

Introduction to Philosophy

A course by Dave Ward

This course will introduce you to some of the main areas of research in contemporary philosophy. Each module a different philosopher will talk you through some of the most important questions and issues in their area of expertise. We’ll begin by trying to understand what philosophy is – what are its characteristic aims and methods, and how does it differ from other subjects? Then we’ll spend the rest of the course gaining an introductory overview of several different areas of philosophy.

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This Course

Starts on October 18

The SkillCircles Experience

Form Your Own Circle

Choose your peers to create your ideal learning group.

Dive Into Course Materials

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Weekly meeting with your peers

Meet up with your peers to unpack the week's contents together.

Course Contents

• Week 0: Welcome!

This first meeting is a chance to meet your peers and get to know each other. Spend some time with your Circle and familiarize yourself with the Circles app. Then, check out the course and plan your learning journey together!

• Week 1: What is Philosophy?

We’ll start the course by thinking about what Philosophy actually is: what makes it different from other subjects? What are its distinctive aims and methods? We'll also think about why the questions that philosophers attempt to answer are often thought to be both fundamental and important.

• Week 2: Morality: Objective, Relative or Emotive?

We all live with some sense of what is good or bad. But what is the status of these moral beliefs? Should we think of them as reflecting hard, objective facts about our world, of the sort that scientists could uncover and study? Or should we think of moral judgements as mere expressions of personal or cultural preferences?