Students will explore the academic discipline of philosophy, as well major philosophers and philosophies that have shaped our world. Philosophy attempts to consider the big issues in our lives, including our very existence, the nature of the world, whether or not knowledge is possible, and what actions and thoughts are considered to be ethical. Reading and writing will be a focus of the assessments for the course. In addition, this discussion-based class will ask students to come out of their comfort zones to explore and examine their own thoughts and the perspectives of others.