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PHL 235: Symbolic Logic
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Prerequisites: PHL 110 or consent of instructor A study of the formal techniques of sentential and predicate logic. The course aims at imparting skill in applying logic to natural language arguments and in recognizing and constructing correct deductions and refutations. Philosophical issues pertaining to the application of logic to natural language as well as elementary results of metalogic are discussed.
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PHL 236: The Ideal State
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
In-depth study of Plato’s Republic that will introduce students to basic philosophical issues in most all the areas of philosophical inquiry. As we follow the conversation depicted in the dialogue, we encounter many important questions about ethics, the nature of the state, and the nature of knowledge and reality. Questions for exploration in this course are: Why is justice better than injustice? Will being just make one happy? What characterizes a citizen, a leader? How does gender affect social and political roles? What is truly real and how do we know it? Plato’s views will be explored and critically examined.
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PHL 237: Islamic Philosophy
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Introduction to important figures, views and themes in Islamic Philosophy and Theology. Cultural and historical background may be provided. The works of particular thinkers such as Al-Kindi, Al-Ghazali, Alarabi, Avicenna, Averroes may be examined. Themes and topics such as proofs for the existence of god, the nature of the soul and its immortality, the distinction between essence and existence, as well as the quest for mystical union with god may also be explored.
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PHL 238: Existentialism & Phenomenology
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Survey of two significant and related movements within philosophy. Historical background may be provided, and the course will cover important existential themes, such as those regarding the self, authenticity, responsibility and choice, anxiety, perspectivism, the meaning of death and of god - to name a few. Phenomenology and its method of inquiry may be explored as well as famous artistic works that incorporate existentialist ideas.
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PHL 239: Theories of the Mind
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Introduction to the major philosophical positions regarding the mind, including dualism, type and token identity theories and eliminative materialism. Some historical background may be provided and the course may also present recent related research from cognitive psychology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence and approaches to consciousness.
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PHL 240: Knowledge and Reality
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Introduction to two areas of philosophical inquiry, the study of knowledge (epistemology) and the study of the nature of reality (metaphysics). Both historical and contemporary ideas on these subjects may be examined. Although these two specialized areas are often separated in contemporary philosophy, we will find that historically they are often linked in substantial ways.
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PHL 242: Revolution, Resistance, and Liberation
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Examination of a wide range of philosophical arguments for, and analyses of, liberation, as well as different strategies for resistance to oppression. Philosophical examination will be offered of everything from the liberation theology of Martin Luther King, to African anti-colonialist political philosophies, to anarchism in the US.
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PHL 243: Introduction to Asian Philosophy
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
Major themes in Asian philosophy. Readings include works on: Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen, Taoism and Confucius. The course focuses on common topics and problems in much of Asian philosophy - the nature of the self and the mind, the nature of reality, how understanding mind and nature promotes an ethical life in some sense. Suplemental readings on the topic of Chinese medical theory, chi gung and martial arts may also be explored. The course might also examine Taoist inspired art. Comparisons are made to Western philosophers and their positions on these topics.
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PHL 244: Selfhood and Personal Identity
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
A study of the nature of selfhood and personal identity; the unity of consciousness; and the origins of selves. Persons change their characteristics over time, yet they maintain their numerical identity. Theories that attempt to provide metaphysical criteria for existing as the same person over time are surveyed. Also examined are theories that deny the existence of the self in any substantive sense.
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PHL 245: Special Topic: Philosophy
3.00 Credits
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
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