answers1: First a correction on the other answers. Odds are that you
will not read Santayana or Heidegger; it is also unlikely that you
will read the Bhagavad Gita. It is also not likely that you will study
other religions (that is for a comparative religion course). you MIGHT
read Immanuel Kant (not 'Emanuel') but less likely. None of the above
is absolute of course since instructors do some quirky things <br>
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Most likely you will be assigned one of a huge variety of anthologies
containing readings by Plato, Descartes, Locke, Hume, etc.
answers2: Plato's, The Republic <br>
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Heiddeger, Being and time. (not that i would reccommend anyone
actually read it.) <br>
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some compilation books on some particular subject like logic or
epistemology. <br>
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David Hume, Treatise of Human Nature <br>
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George Santayana, The Sense of Beauty (Asthetics) <br>
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the Empiricists <br>
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the Rationalists <br>
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Minds and Bodies <br>
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Descartes <br>
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Emanuel Kant <br>
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the Bahgidvad Gita (indian philosophy) <br>
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religions of the world
answers3: I am probably the only person in the world with a philosophy
degree that has not read the republic... LOL. Although I've read
excerpts. <br>
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But I went to a catholic school, so we read a lot of Aristotle,
Aquinas and Augustine. <br>
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It really depends... Philosophy is such a broad subject. <br>
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First it will depend on the school, then the professor's interest, and
then the teaching style. Some instructors like to take one text and
beat it to death. I teach now, and I prefer to read small excerpts
from different texts and compare and contract dissimilar thinking on
the same ideas. <br>
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If the purpose is to get a head start, I would consider purchasing a
good general intro book and reading it. It will give you an overview
of the different ideas. Even if you end up reading someone not in the
book, you'll be familiar with the theory. <br>
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If you really want to know (I did when researching graduate schools).
Visit the philosophy department of the school you're considering.
Look at the syllabi online. Many instructors have an online copy with
the required books. Or, you can go to the online bookstore of the
school and see what books are listed for the philosophy courses. <br>
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I know that last part seems like a lot but I did it when researching
graduate schools. I didn't want to just do catholic philosophy again
:) <br>
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UPDATE: By Catholic Philosophy, I didn't mean religion. I'm a
philosophy instructor as well, so I kinda get the difference between
philosophy and theology. :) <br>
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I meant philosophers approved by the Catholic Church. <br>
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And purchase a general interest book, also known as an anthology....
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