Course Description

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Course Description
Rangsit University
Name of University:
School/Faculty/Department: Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
College of Public Governance and Government
1. General Information
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Course ID and Course title
IPH211 Element of Philosophy I
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Credit units (Number of hours per week for lecture, lab, and self-study)
3 hours (3-0-6)
Programme and Categorization of course
This subject is major required course for Bachelor of Arts Program in Philosophy,
Politics, and Economics
Responsible faculty member and list of instructors
Preechaya Kittipaisalsilpa
Semester/Year level
Semester 1 / Sophomore
Pre-requisite course(s) (if any)
None
Co-requisite course(s) (if any)
None
Place of study
Rangsit University, Muangake Campus
Date of preparation or latest update
January 2015
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2. Learning Objectives and Development Objectives
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Learning objectives
This course introduces to some of the main areas of research in early philosophy by
learning from each well-known different philosopher, questions and issues in their area
of expertise. The course will begin by trying to understand what philosophy is; what
are its characteristic aims and methods, and how does it differ from other subjects?
Then it will spend the rest of the course gaining an introductory overview of several
different areas of early Western philosophy.
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Objectives for course development/improvement
1. To become familiar with major philosophical problems and the methods of dealing
them
2. To learn how to read and interpret philosophical texts (rightly considered as
belonging to the category of the most complex intellectual products)
3. To acquire an initial command of philosophical language.
4. To demonstrate what does it mean to adopt ‘philosophical attitude’ as an elevated
form of human curiosity and resistance to any kind of dogmatism and philosophy of
science.
3. Course Content and Activities
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Course content
A critical study and analysis of early western philosophy. Emphasis will be placed on
the thought of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle, Seneca and Thomas Aquinas. The
influence of their thinking on later philosophy and their influence on the solution to the
modern ethical and political problems will be analyzed and discussed. When
appropriated, similarities or dissimilarities to western Philosophy will be discussed.
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Number of hours per each semester
Lecture
Tutorial
Lab/Field
Self-study
Study/Workshop
Lecture 45 hours
Upon requested
Assignments
8 hours per week
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Number of hours per week for advising and academic counseling for individual
students
- Students can request for academic advices prior/after classes or in class hours.
- Students can make appointment or stop by at the faculty members’ offices during
the specified office hours (6 hours per week).
- Students can request academic help through the website of the Department or
emails of faculty members.
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5. Course Planning and Assessment
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Course planning
Topics/Details
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Course Introduction:
Why Study Philosophy?
(The Garden of Eden)
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Main Branches of Philosophy: Myths
and Epistemology
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The Natural Philosophers
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Philosophy of science
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Fate
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Socrates and Athens
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Plato
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Aristotle
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***** Midterm Examination *****
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Thomas Aquinas
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Hellenism and Philosophy of Religion
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Presentation: Imagination World
Selective Philosophical reading class
Two Cultures and The Middle Ages
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The Renaissance and the Baroque
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Philosophy of arts
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***** Final Examination *****
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Assessment
Assessment Method
Assessment
Week
Week 9,
Marks Allocation
Examination 2 (Final)
Week 15
30%
Individual Essay
Presentation
Week 8,
Week 15
15%
15%
Whole semester
10%
Examination 1 (Midterm)
Class Attendance and
Participation
30%
6. Course Resources
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Required text books and readings
- Gaarder, J. (2009) , Sophie’s World, London: Dolphin publishing.
- Sheets summarizing the importance of the selected topics, main ideas of
philosophers and debates among them
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Supplementary reading list/references
- Magee, B. (2001). The Story of Philosophy, London: Dorling Kindersley.
- Stumpf, S. (1989). Philosophy History & Problems, 4th ed. Singapore: McGraw
Hill.
- Bauman, Z. (1993). Postmodern Ethics, Oxford: Blackwell.
- Kenny, A. (2006). The Rise of Modern Philosophy, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Kenny, A. (2008). Philosophy in the Modern World, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- McKinnon, B. (1995). Ethics: Theory and Contemporary Issues, Belmont:
Wadsworth.
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- Sedgwick, P. (2001). Descartes to Derrida, Oxford: Blackwell.
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Recommended reading list/references
None
7. Course Feedback and Improvement
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Course evaluation by students
- Discussion with students
- End-semester questionnaire
- Class evaluation/peer evaluation
- Questioning and answering session in class
Other methods of course evaluation
- Discussion with experts
Course development and improvement
- Research
- Seminars
- Course workshop and meeting
- Course mentor
- Class observation
- Knowledge sharing
Quality assurance of the course
- Internal committees
- External committees
- Internal quality assurance
- External quality assurance
Course revision and development plan
- Major revision every 5 years
- Minor revision where appropriate
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