By introducing a number of basic skills and tools (definition, induction, deduction, comparison, etc.), this course first seeks to develop the ability to ask the sorts of questions required for understanding, analzing, evaluating, and writing about a wide variety of texts. The course will then move on to introduce a number of concepts (theory, world view, culture, paradigm, symbol, etc.) useful for analyzing and interpreting both historical and cultural systems of thought and the disciplines that have sought to interpret them
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