DISCUSSION PHILOSOPHY

MO-MO

This discussion aligns with Learning Outcomes 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Would you want to download your consciousness into a computer in order to keep it for eternity? What/who do you think you would be downloading, knowing what you’ve learned in this module? SHOULD you want to? Why or why not? (1)

Submission

Our discussions are a valuable opportunity to have thoughtful conversations regarding a specific topic. You are required to provide a comprehensive initial post with 2–3 well-developed paragraphs that include a topic sentence and at least 3–5 supporting sentences with additional details, explanations, and examples. In addition, you are required to respond substantively to the initial posts of at least two other classmates on at least two different days. All posts should be reflective and well written, meaning free of errors in grammar, sentence structure, and other mechanics.

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate proficiency in critical thinking
Demonstrate understanding of Global Social Responsibility
Recognize the relationships between cultural expressions and their contexts
Understand cultural expressions
Interpret and evaluate cultural artifacts and/or their contexts for significance
Recognize concepts in metaphysics, axiology, and epistemology and the context of their development
Comprehend the scope of philosophic inquiry and how beliefs are formed and justified especially within a particular cultural construct
Understand the principles of freedom, determinism and moral responsibility in human interaction

Module Objectives

Upon completion of this module the student will be able to:

Define ontology and describe its related classifications in the history of ideas
Contrast Materialism from Idealism; Define and compare Monism, Dualism, and Pluralism
State the difference between a human person and a human being
Define Atman
Distinguish the ego theory of the self from the bundle theory
Explain the mind/body problem(1)