PHIL 2525

PHIL 2525

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2020-2021.

The central questions of philosophy are perennial and universal, but the answers that are given to them are always historical and idiomatic.  This course will introduce its enrollees to how these questions have been answered in the global African world; how they have thought about and sought to make sense of or solve some of the same philosophical problems that have remained at the core of the "Western" tradition. The readings are chosen from a global African perspective. This does not mean that we will not read any of the 'traditional' texts, but will be yielding the pride of place to much maligned and characteristically absent from the "mainstream" philosophical traditions and the ideas of people that are not normally considered worthy of study in the American academy. We wish to broaden our repertoire so that our knowledge will reflect the comparative perspectives that studying different traditions can offer while at the same time giving us access to the wisdom of peoples other than our own.

When Offered Fall.

Distribution Category (SBA-AS, GLC-AS)

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Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2020

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 16809 PHIL 2525   LEC 001

  • Instruction Mode: In Person Transition to Online
    Enrollment limited to students who are able to attend in-person classes in the Ithaca area.

Syllabi: none
  •   Regular Academic Session.  Combined with: ASRC 2020

  • 4 Credits Stdnt Opt

  • 20292 PHIL 2525   LEC 002

    • TR Online Meeting
    • Sep 2 - Dec 16, 2020
    • Taiwo, O

  • Instruction Mode: Online