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3.00 Credits
Philosophical examination of the legal, economic, and ideological constraints on women (and other marginalized groups) in the context of the way these constraints play out in the real lives of women, as well as strategies to remove these constraints. The course will cover such issues as affirmative action, sex tourism, and the fashion/beauty complex.
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3.00 Credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor, department chairperson, and college dean Study under the supervision of a faculty member in an area covered in a regular course not currently being offered.
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0.00 - 9.00 Credits
Conditions and hours to be arranged Prerequisites: At least sophomore standing; permission of the instructor, department chairperson, and college dean Work experience at an elective level supervised for academic credit by a faculty member in an appropriate academic field. For specific procedures and regulations, see the section of catalogue on Other Learning Experiences. Graded CR/NC
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Semester course in Philosophy or permission of instructor Offered as needed to introduce current topics in one of the following fields: history of philosophy; metaphysics and epistemology; ethics/social/political philosophy; non-traditional philosophy. The specific topic is stated when the course is scheduled. Maybe repeated with change of content.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Semester course in Philosophy or consent of instructor An analysis of the scope and structure of knowledge and its relation to other human activities.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Semester course in Philosophy, or permission of instructor A study of the nature of existence and of the kinds of things that exist; an investigation into the ultimate constituents of reality. Topics may include: universals and particulars, the reality of everyday objects, causation, the nature of time, substances, and the debate between realism and anti-realism. Examines challenges to the possibility of metaphysics as a coherent enterprise, and what the appropriate methodology of metaphysics should be.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Semester course in Philosophy, or permission of instructor An advanced study of the nature of the mind, and of the relationship between the mind and the brain. If the mind is something distinct from the brain, how is it able to cause bodily movement? Topics include various theories of the mental: dualism, materialism, functionalism, and behaviorism. Also examined are problems of mental causation, cognitive content, intentionality, and explanatory reduction.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Semester course in Philosophy, or permission of instructor A study of attempts to provide an adequate philosophical analysis of our pre-theoretical institutions about truth. Despite the centrality of truth throughout the history of philosophy, and its apparent role as a goal of inquiry in other disciplines, a debate continues regarding the nature of truth. The four major types of truth theories - correspondence, coherence, pragmatic, and minimalist - will be examined, as well as theories that are not subsumable under the previous headings. The contemporary debate is studied in relation to its historical predecessors. A central theme of the course is whether or not we need a robust account of truth instead of a minimalist account.
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3.00 Credits
Study of ecofeminism as systems of oppressions based on race, class, gender, sexuality, and ethnicity that stem from a cultural ideology that enables the oppression of nature. The course explores ecofeminist theories, literature, and practice, including ecofeminist ethics, and the applications of ecofeminism to the lives of individual men and women, as well as cultural institutions and organizations. Cross listed as WMS 307
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Semester course in Philosophy, or permission of instructor An examination of how language relates to the world and to thought. Topics will include the nature of meaning, truth, metaphor, and linguistic competence; speech act theory; and the relationship between syntax, semantics, and pragmatics. Applications of formal logic to the understanding of language are also explored. Readings will include literature from both philosophy and psycholinguistics.
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