Mar 28, 2024  
2015-2016 SGPP Catalog and Handbook 
    
2015-2016 SGPP Catalog and Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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HD702 Knowing What You Know (1 cr.)


This course examines the foundational philosophies of Western culture and the effects on individual action and thought. Students are challenged to examine assumptions around knowing and understanding truth through a focus on cultures of inquiry or methods of research and their philosophical bases. Students explore how information becomes bodies of knowledge, how knowledge can improve understanding, and the value of seeking wisdom.

Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:

  1. Relate recognized Western philosophical approaches to current beliefs and social mores.
  2. Evaluate operating philosophies and use critical thinking to examine the basis for their own beliefs and approaches.
  3. Compare and contrast alternatives to standard Western philosophical approaches, and engage in reasoned discussion of different cultures of inquiry.
  4. Explore how people know what they know.
  5. Discern the difference among various types of information sources, and describe the relative merits of each for determining the veracity or truth of resulting conclusions or philosophical stance.
     

 



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