Course Objective(s): CO1: Identify historical beginnings of philosophy and contemporary positions concerning the nature of knowledge and reality.

Click on "Post new thread" and write your introduction along with answering this week's forum question in a minimum of 250 words along with two replies of 100 plus words. Your introduction and answer to one question are on the same post.

Your introduction section should briefly tell us who you are, and specifically what you want to accomplish in our course. Then on the same thread please pick one of the following questions to answer for the forum this week:

Please pick one of the following questions to answer for the forum this week:

• Discuss what makes Thales' method of knowing distinctly philosophical as opposed to mythology and religion.
• Explain how Thales' approach would be considered radical during his time, yet also simplistic.
• Thales' approach to making sense of the world would be handled by what academic field(s) of study today?