Faculty of Arts & Science · St. George
PHL101Y1
What Should I Believe? An Introduction to Philosophical Issues
What was the average?
B-
2.6 GPA across 5 observed terms. Most recent: Fall 2025 - Winter 2026.
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Not yet verified
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High
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From the calendar
Official source · Faculty of Arts & ScienceAn introduction to some of the central problems of philosophy. Examples of questions that may be considered include: What is sound reasoning? What can we know? What is ultimately real? Is morality rational? Do humans have free will? Is there a God? What is consciousness? Should we fear death? What is justice? Note: PHL100Y1 and PHL101Y1 are both broad introductions to philosophy, and each is appropriate for students with no prior experience with the subject.
- Prerequisite
- None listed
- Exclusions
- PHL100Y1PHL101H5PHL102H5PHL105Y5PHL201H1PHLA10H3PHLA11H3
- Contact hours
- 48 lecture · 24 tutorial
- Total scheduled hours for the course, not per week.
What people actually got
Last observed Fall 2025 - Winter 20265 terms observed
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2023–2024Pyko’s archive holds 2 documents for PHL101Y1, across 2 years between 2023 and 2024.
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Report an error →| Claim | Source | Captured | Status |
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| Course description, prerequisites, exclusions, contact hours | Faculty of Arts & Science | 2026-07-25 | public fact |
| Historical average across 5 terms | Student contributions, consented | 2026-07-25 | user contributed aggregate |
| 2 archived documents, 2023-2024 | Pyko archive | 2026-07-25 | index only |
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