Overview
Description
Major thinkers from the sixth through the second century B.C.E., e.g., the pre-socratics, Socrates, the sophists, Plato, Aristotle, the atomists, cynics, skeptics, stoics and Epicureans.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall
Terms
fall
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- state a thesis about a problem in ancient philosophy, and provide evidence and philosophical argument (including replies to counter-arguments) in its defense.
- interpret at an introductory level the ideas associated with major ancient philosophers and theories.
- distinguish better and worse reasoning, and recognize relevant logical relationships and patterns of inference.
- show what is at stake in an abstract philosophical debate in ancient philosophy, and indicate how different philosophical positions have different practical and theoretical implications.