School of Applied Philosophy
Courses
Course - What is a Cosmos
Number - Phil001
Field - Philosophy
Description - The Greek Idea of Cosmos
and its Contemporary Meaning
"This lecture has been used in classes at Colgate University,
the University of Maine, and at other colleges and
universities. It is also featured on The Discovery Channel
School website as a curriculum resource for their
program Wonders of the Universe: To the Edge of Time."
Format - WWW, mini lecture
URL -- http://cosmopolis.com/df/what-is-a-cosmos.html
Professor - David Fideler
Tuition - FREE
Upon Completion - Optional: Certificate: Certificate of Completion from
Cosmopolitan-University.
Testing -- None
Language (if not English)
Course : Critical Thinking
Learn to recognize fallacies and think straight using this self-paced, interactive, and comprehensive Website
about critical thinking. First explained are parts of an arguments and basic relations. Analysis follows for both
deductive and inductive arguments. Thus readied, we move in the to swampy environs of fallacies and non-rational
appeals, from critical thinking hopes move beyond.
Explanations are thorough and lively. Take for example the matter of The Loaded Question: "Are you happy with
the mess your interruption has created?" After explaining why, this suggested reply is given: "I didn't mean to
interrupt, and I can't see that I caused an messes, but if I did inadvertently, then I am certainly not happy about
it."
Essay: Geist und Maschine (German)
"A rather optimistic essay about the relationship between mind and machine,
discussing the possibilities of strong AI." By Joscha Bach. A nice essay I found on the Web, worth reading...in
German
Course: Hegel's Philosophy (online) - certificate of completion
Enrollment required
Prof. Dr. Eric de Marré
Type of course: Certificate of Completion (towards a B.A. in Philosophy)
This semester we will study:
G. W. F.HegeI (1770-1831)
We will read and discuss:
PHILOSOPHY OF RIGHT (Grundlinien der
Philosophie des Rechts) (1821)
Among the most influential parts of the philosophy of G. W. F. Hegel were his
ethics, his theory of the state,
and his philosophy of history. The Philosophy of Right Hegel's last published
work, is a combined system of
moral and political philosophy, or a sociology dominated by the idea of the
state. Here Hegel repudiates his
earlier assessment of the French Revolution as "marvelous sunrise" in the
realization of liberty.
Rejecting the republican form of government, he espouses an idealized form of a
constitutional monarchy,
whose ultimate power rests with the sovereign.
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