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Know Thyself The Value and Limits of Self Knowledge The Examined Life
Beginner
Online
2 Weeks
2,699 INR Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|
| yes | Coursera |
Know Thyself The Value and Limits of Self Knowledge The Examined Life fee structure is -
| Head | Amount in INR |
| Course Fees | Rs. 2,699 |
The Syllabus
Readings
- Introduction: Know Thyself @ Wireless Philosophy
- About this course
- Course assessments and exercises
- Optional companion book
discussion prompt
- Get to know your classmates
Videos
- The Gadfly
- Is anyone wiser than Socrates?
- I know that I know (almost) nothing
- Meditative moment
- Is an unexamined life worth living?
- "Not to be lived"
- What is knowledge good for?
- Summary
Readings
- Existentialist Comics - The "Apology"
- Know Thyself, Chapter One
- Interesting videos and podcasts
- Plato's Apology - full text
- 'Socrates' by Professor Deborah Nails
- 'The Delphic Oracle: A Multidisciplinary Defense of the Gaseous Vent Theory' By Spiller et al
assignments
- Initial thoughts
- Practice Quiz 1: The Oracle
- Practice Quiz 2: knowledge, wisdom and ignorance
- Knowledge and ignorance
- Do you agree?
- Module One Quiz: 5 questions assessed
- Chapter One Quiz
discussion prompts
- Knowledge and wisdom
- "Not worth living"?
- Pluralism
Videos
- Descartes
- What can be called into doubt?
- Are you dreaming now?
- I think, therefore I am
- Concerning God
- The physical and the mental
- Divisibility of mind and body
- Meditative moment
- Dualism
Readings
- Know Thyself, Chapter Two
- Interesting videos and podcasts
- Brief essay on Descartes' argument for dualism
- Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy
- Correspondence between Descartes and Princess Elisabeth
- Prof. Christia Mercer on Descartes' debt to Teresa of Avila
- Rationalism vs Empiricism
assignments
- Initial thoughts
- Practice Quiz 1
- Practice Quiz 2
- Evaluate Descartes' argument
- Evaluate the arguments again
- Module Two Quiz: 5 questions assessed
discussion prompts
- Are you dreaming right now?
- About God
- Minds and bodies - are they distinct?
Videos
- Concept of Mind
- Ghost in the machine
- Stupid is, as stupid does
- Embodied cognition
- Priviledged access
- Locked in
- The materialist strikes back
- Meditative moment
Readings
- Know Thyself, chapter three
- Interesting videos and podcasts
- On embodied cognition
- Gilbert Ryle, The Concept of Mind
- Gilbert Ryle at the Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy
- Locked-In Syndrome
- Another MOOC: more about embodied cognition
assignments
- Initial thoughts
- Practice quiz
- More know-how intelligence
- Examples of failed phosphorescence or introspection/infallibility
- Module Three Quiz: 5 questions assessed
discussion prompts
- On so-called privileged access
- Is there a ghost in the machine?
- Do you think the response to the Locked-in syndrome objection is satisfactory? Why or why not?
Videos
- Human Nature
- Investigating human nature
- How best to live?
- Theory of human emotions
- Non-basic emotions
- Second nature
- Meditative moment
Readings
- Existentialist Comics - Sartre
- Human nature: Six things we all do (New Scientist)
- Human nature matters (Aeon)
- Some interesting videos and podcasts
- Read more about Confucius, Mencius, and Xunzi (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
- Read more about Sartre, Existentialism, and Nothingness (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
- Steve Darwall: Empathy, Sympathy, Care
- More on basic emotions
assignments
- Initial thoughts
- Your rituals
- Human nature as an excuse
- Part of human nature?
- Module Four Quiz: 5 questions assessed
discussion prompts
- What, if anything, is a part of human nature?
- Culture-specific emotions
- First or second nature?
- How do, or can, we know about our nature?
Readings
- Share what you've learned by editing the Wikipedia entry on self-knowledge!
- A brief How-To
- The Unconscious
- Losing Oneself
peer review
- Apply your knowledge of self-knowledge!
discussion prompt
- Wikipedia Edit-a-thon discussions