12/14/2011 Learn Basic Philosophy

Expedition Guided by Jared Nair (http://www.facebook.com/jarednair):

"It'll be a 3-4 week expedition. I want to cover the basics of philosophy, and by the end of it hope that participants will have a better grasp of the topics covered in philosophy, what philosophy is/isn't and why philosophy is important as a tool. It's a very basic expedition focusing on the fundamentals of philosophical analysis and critical thinking.

Week 1
What is Philosophy? The Basics
- What Philosophers do
- What Philosophy isn't
- Coherence in Argument and common Logical fallacies.
- Rationality, Truth and Justified Belief

Week 2
The topics and major arguments in philosophy
- Skepticism
-Exploring Mind/Body Theories

Week 3
Basic introduction to Moral Theories
- Deontology
- Utilitarianism
- Virtue Theory
- Difficulties faced in Moral Theories

Week 4
Dangers of Misapplying Philosophy
- Using philosophy for ideological advocacy, a case study in business ethics.
- How to sieve out bullshit from arguments.

Each Session will be 1.5 hours, with materials given to the participants. They should also bring a notepad and writing materials."

RSVP for event here.

Comments

[Priscilla Chua]

Hi, How do I sign up for this? The link on FB that was given is broken.

Please advise.

Thanks!

[Plato's Cave]

Hi there Priscilla,

Thank you for pointing out the missing link in our post. I really apologize about it. Anyway, just RSVP on Facebook and turn up for it on the day itself. It's really that simple. :)

Do drop us an email at support@platoscave.asia if you have any further queries.

Team Cavemen

[Anton Svensson]

Hie there.

I am currently a post grad student pursuing Philosophy as a Ph.D, would love to sit in.

The subway at SMU, the event is held at the train station?

Hope to hear from you soon. Thanx

Anton

[Plato's Cave]

Hey Anton,

Good to hear from you. Apologies about the confusion, the guide was referring to Subway as, the sandwich franchise Subway not the underground train network.

This can branch is near the Bras Basah train station.

It will be great to see you there and have your insights.

Regards
Team Cavemen