De La Salle University - Dasmariņas

College of Liberal Arts

Social Sciences Department

 

Syllabus in PHLO 103

Philosophy of Man

 

  1. Subject Code: Phlo103
  2. Subject Title: Philosophy of Man
  3. Course Description:

    Philo103 focuses on the cultivation interrogation of the human essence and existence by exposing the students to the different philosophies on the nature of man.

  4. Prerequisite: None
  5. Credit: Three (3) units
  6. Objective:

Investigate and evaluate the different philosophies on human nature.

Value and esteem the various theories on the nature of man.

Utilize and employ the diverse theories on the essence of man to their individual lived experience.

 

 

Preliminary Period

Content

Time

Activities

  • An invitation to philosophy
  • Existentialism and Man's search for meaning (Manuel Dy, Jr)

  • Being as object, Being as Subject (Roberto O. Johann)
  • The Phenomenological Method (Manuel Dy, Jr.)
  • My Body (Eduardo Calasang)

1 week

1 week

 

1 week

 

1 week

1 week

Lecture/Quiz

Lecture/Discourse/Quiz

Lecture/Discourse/Quiz

Lecture/Discourse/Group Dynamics/Quiz

Lecture/Discourse/Quiz

Midterm Period

Content

Time

Activities

  • The Philosophical implication of human labor (Manuel Dy, Jr.)
  • Elements of the Inter-human (Martin Buber)
  • A Phenomenology of Love (Manuel Dy, Jr.)
  • Symposium (Plato)
  • Determinism: Skinner and Freud (Thomas White)

1 week

 

1 week

1 week

1 week

1 week

Lecture/Discourse/Quiz

Lecture/Discourse/Quiz

Lecture/Discourse/Group Dynamics/Quiz

Lecture/Discourse

Lecture/Discourse/Quiz

Final Examination

Content

Time

Activities

  • Man's nature is Good (Mencius)
  • Man's Nature is Evil (Hsun-Tsu)
  • The Diagnosis of a Religious Man (Nietzsche)
  • Surprise! It's Judgement Day (Thomas Davis)
  • A Filipino Concept of Man (from the book of Dr. Jing Reyes)

1 week

1 week

1 week

1 week

1 week

Lecture/Discourse

Lecture/Discourse

Lecture/Discourse/Quiz

Lecture/Discourse/Quiz

Lecture/Discourse/Quiz

 

 

References

 

 

 

 

 

Requirements

  1. Major exams
  2. Long exams/quizzes
  3. Recitation
  4. Attendance
  5. Project/term paper

 

  • Grading system: Averaging

    Major Examinations 30%

    Class Standing 70%

    100%

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