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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Good and right applied to economic, political, and religious establishments; obligation, freedom of dissent, capital punishment, violence, rights, revolution, and war. Pre: previous work in philosophy. Recommended: PHIL 220.
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Professional conduct is being questioned as never before-- lawyers, physicians, engineers, accountants, etc., are criticized for disregarding the rights of clients and the public interest. The course addresses the ethical problems of "the professions" in general and will focus on professions in business, law, and health care. Pre: previous course work in philosophy.
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Problems and controversies in the nature of law and its bearing on human conduct. Topics: legal and moral obligation, obedience and respect, enforcement of morality, punishment and responsibility, justification of practices such as plea bargaining, bail, prosecutorial discretion, etc. Pre: previous work in philosophy.
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The aesthetic object, form in art, representation, meaning in art, and claims of knowledge in art. Pre: previous work in philosophy and in art or music.
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3.00 Credits
Philosophical problems in religious beliefs and religious knowledge. The existence of God, immorality, the problem of evil. Pre: previous work in philosophy or religious studies.
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3.00 Credits
Techniques of symbolic logic, including propositional logic, predicate logic and the logic of relations.
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The themes which recur in the works of existential philosophers from the 19th century to the present. Pre: junior standing or instructor's consent.
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3.00 Credits
The American philosophical tradition, spanning the disciplines of epistemology, ethics and political theory with emphasis on pragmatism and its relation to contemporary philosophy. Pre: previous work in philosophy or instructor's consent.
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3.00 Credits
Topics in the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, such as: meaning, understanding, pain private language, "family resemblance," language-games, knowledge and certainty, other minds, forms of life and the purpose of philosophy. Pre: previous work in philosophy.
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3.00 Credits
Natural science as a knowledge-seeking activity. Major episodes in the history of the physical and biological sciences; philosophical understanding of scientific observation, theory, and revolutionary change. Pre: previous work in philosophy or consent of instructor.
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