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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
(3) A study of topics such as the mind-body problem, the quest for certainty, the justification of governmental authority, and the place of values in a mechanistic world, through selections from the writings of the principal philosophers of the 17th and 18th centuries, including Hobbes, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.
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3.00 Credits
(3) A critical examination of attempts by philosophers to understand the moral dimension of human life, which involves topics such as good and evil, rights and duties, reason and emotion, and the objectivity of values.
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3.00 Credits
(3) A study of philosophical questions about the nature and scope of science, including how genuine science may be distinguished from pseudoscience, what a law of nature is, how theory and observation are related in science, and what it is to confirm a hypothesis.
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3.00 Credits
(3) An intensive examination of a major philosopher, philosophical school, or period in the history of philosophy. The content of this course will vary from semester to semester, and students may enroll more than once.
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3.00 Credits
(3) An intensive examination of a specific bioethical issue or cluster of issues (see IDS 400). The content of this course will vary from semester to semester, and students may enroll more than once.
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3.00 Credits
(3) A study of philosophical questions about artistic creation and aesthetic experience, such as whether art can be defined, whether aesthetic value judgments can be justified rationally, how aesthetic values relate to ethical and religious values, and what the proper role of art is in a life well lived.
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3.00 Credits
(3) An intensive examination of a specific issue in the philosophy of religion. The content of this course will vary from semester, and students may enroll more than once.
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3.00 Credits
(3) A study of topics such as the mind-body problem, the quest for certainty, the nature of language, the justification of governmental authority, and the place of values in a mechanistic world, through selections from such principal philosophers of the 20th century as Bergson, Dewey, Whitehead, Moore, Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, de Beauvoir, Quine, Rorty, and Derrida.
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3.00 Credits
(3) An intensive examination of a major philosopher, philosophical problem, or school of thought in recent academic philosophy. The content of this course will vary from semester to semester, and students may enroll more than once.
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3.00 Credits
(3) A tutorial course for senior philosphy majors the aim of which is to conduct a philosophical inquiry into a topic of interest to the student, produce a detailed essay on the topic, and present it to a public gathering of faculty and students. Requisites: PERM of instructor.
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