PHIL 100Introduction to Philosophy
- Faculty
- Arts
- Offered
- Fall, Winter, Spring
- Credit
- 0.5
- Last listed
- 1994–95
No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1964–65 to 1994–95; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.
What can we know? What is real? Are moral choices and politics based on reason? Are human beings really just machines? Does God exist? The goal of the course is to promote critical reasoning about these issues which touch your beliefs and lives.
As printed in the 1990–91 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.
Reviewed on UW Flow
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From 10 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Got a decent grade for not doing much. :D
Be sure to finish your work early - despite there being a lot of reading, it's INTERESTING, it actually makes you think! -- Something definitely worth taking if you want to be critically challenged.Oct 2013 · liked it · 1 found this helpfulOn UW FlowRemove this
Pure memorization.
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Discussed on r/uwaterloo
15 posts and comments in 13 threads mention PHIL 100, October 2011 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Spring 2023
Thoughts on PHIL 101, 101A, 145? 2 points, 4 comments
“Hi, I'm debating which philosophy course to choose as an elective first year. I'm debating between PHIL 101, 101A, or 145. …”
u/Number-unknow: “I don't take philosophy classes but check the uw flow page for each. You will find more insights there. (Some of them changed code, so refer to the title) : \- https://uwflow.com/course/phil100 \- https://uwflow.com/course/phil101 \- https://uwflow.com/course/phil145”
everyone keeps saying skill issue 7 points, 7 comments
“but how to overcome it?”
u/Great-Error5707: “Go to office hours! Ask them! Had a course Phil 100, I didn’t know jack shit. I went to office hours and the professor would give me hints, points regarding the assignments and all! THE BEST PROFESSOR❤️”
u/Front_Kaleidoscope12: “wow nice is it worth it? to score good ? how tough is it for PHIL 100?? pls LMK”
Fall 2017
Bird courses recommendations (easy to get >90%) for next term? 8 points, 31 comments
“Have a lot of hard courses next term, looking for something to balance them out. Some courses are easy to pass but hard to get over 90 in, and I'm not looking for those. …”
u/RealisticCSStudent: “Phil 100”
u/GlassyTopology: “Is PHIL100J similar? PHIL100 isn't offered next term.”
Need help picking Bird Course PHIL 100 or SOC 200? 1 point, 1 comment
u/Yolo_Hard: “Leaning towards PHIL 100 but was just wondering if anyone has taken SOC 200 and can say anything about it. UW flow doesn't have much to be said about SOC 200 compared to PHIL 100. Thanks in advance”
Spring 2017
What courses are you taking this fall? 28 points, 129 comments
“With course selection and add/drop happening this week I figured this would be a cool discussion post. …”
u/RealisticCSStudent: “CS 343 CS 349 CS 370 CO 456 PHIL 100”
Winter 2017
What bird course can I forget about until the exam/ what is the birdiest of bird courses? 10 points, 40 comments
“no trolls pls”
u/T3hHippie: “All sociology courses, all women's study courses, Psych 101, Clas 104 (kroeker), INTST 101 (Orend), PHIL 100, CS 100”
Spring 2016
Emailing CS advisor to figure out what I need to graduate? 2 points, 8 comments
“I was wondering if I email a CS advisor, will they help me figure out what courses I need to take in order to graduate or is that something I need to go and talk about in person? …”
u/GenesisTK: “… into university letting me know what credits I can avail for (Math 137 if 7 in Math HL, Phil 100 or something if A in ToK, etc). Assuming you did really well, you're allowed a maximum of 1.5 transfer credits, not more. …”
CS/Math students, what electives did you take first year? 8 points, 31 comments
“None of them sound particularly interesting to me.”
u/jddbeyondthesky: “Phil 100, Jap 101R, German 101, some other course like 8 years ago I have no recollection of. It wasn't Engl 108M, but I do recommend the Engl 108 series courses, all quite enriching experiences. …”
Fall 2015
philosophy courses for non-native speaker? 7 points, 4 comments
u/Beracira: “… but when i started my phil 100 and 202, i found it is different from what i expected. we get to talk a lot during classes, but i got very nervous when it comes to speak to a lot of people. i usually have no idea what to say and my language skill is no as strong as others. …”
Spring 2015
Philosophy students! We don't talk enough about arts here. 8 points, 7 comments
u/Tangmeister: “People looking for easy or interesting electives might suggest those PHIL 100s, but what about upper-year courses? What are your favourite 300-level PHIL courses? What would you suggest for a non-philosophy student?”
Fall 2014
PHIL 100J Introduction to Philosophy readings 0 points, 3 comments
“I haven't brought the course works book for it I was hoping to someone could just give me a list of the readings that would be sweet a coffee is in it for you”
u/eristicham: “Syllabus located here: http://www.sju.ca/courses/phil100j-0”
Fall 2011
What's your most/least favourite course? 12 points, 77 comments
“Favourite: Algebra. MATH 135. Least Favourite: Linear Algebra. MATH 136. Frigging hate matrices. Tell us what your favourite/least favourite courses are and why! …”
[deleted]: “Favourites: CO 342, PHIL 100, PHIL 258, PHIL 208. Least favourite: STAT 231, FINE 112.”
Check it elsewhere
- Undergraduate Calendar, 1995–96If it ran past 1994–95, on ucalendar
- Course outlinesSyllabi from past terms (UW login)
- UW FlowStudent ratings and reviews
- WClassesPast sections back to 2004, and who taught them
In the scanned calendars
How it read in each calendar from 1964–65 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.
1990–91 to 1994–95 5 calendars
What can we know? What is real? Are moral choices and politics based on reason? Are human beings really just machines? Does God exist? The goal of the course is to promote critical reasoning about these issues which touch your beliefs and lives.
Offered Fall, Winter, Spring · 3 class hours a week · 0.5 credit
Not in the 1985–86 to 1989–90 calendars.
1965–66 to 1984–85 19 calendars
A broad selection of the main problems in philosophy will be considered. For example: How can we know whether anything is right or wrong? How can we know about things we cannot directly observe? Can we know whether there is a God? Is mind in any sense distinct from matter? Original texts of both classical and contemporary thinkers are employed. No prerequisite
3 hours
392 ‘
- 1965–66 PDF p. 210
- 1966–67 PDF p. 234
- 1967–68 PDF p. 279
- 1968–69 PDF p. 311
- 1969–70 PDF p. 293
- 1970–71 PDF p. 361
- 1971–72 PDF p. 397
- 1972–73 PDF p. 467
- 1974–75 PDF p. 568
- 1975–76 PDF p. 392
- 1976–77 PDF p. 346
- 1977–78 PDF p. 385
- 1978–79 PDF p. 375
- 1979–80 PDF p. 388
- 1980–81 PDF p. 411
- 1981–82 PDF p. 420
- 1982–83 PDF p. 375
- 1983–84* PDF p. 393
- 1984–85* PDF p. 393
* Listed that year without a description, or as not offered.
1964–65 1 calendar
The normal first course in Philosophy both for those intending to proceed further and for those desiring a single terminal course. The student will attempt to come to grips with some of the fundamental problems of human life, for example, those associated with the nature of matter, mind, reality, knowledge, religion, virtue and beauty. Philosophies both ancient and modern will be discussed and some time devoted to the consideration of the structure of inference (logic) as it occurs in science and other instances of reasoning, argument, proof, and persuasion.
3 hours.
1003. Introduction to Philosophy. A study of St. Thomas and his writings; fundamental Thomistic principles.
3 hours.