Instructor: Colin Drumm

What is Philosophy? Does Philosophy happen any time anybody thinks about anything, or is it a particular mode of thinking, engaged in by particular kinds of people, on particular topics? This course will particularize the universal claims of Philosophy by examining both attacks on, and defenses of, Philosophy produced by the encounter of Philosophy with other discourses making rival claims to truth. As an Introduction to Philosophy that does not simply take for granted the assumption that Philosophy is a legitimate enterprise worth doing, the course will examine a selection of apologetics, polemics, and irenics.