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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
S. An examination of the concepts central to moral theory, such as objectivity, moral obligation and moral responsibility, with emphasis on addressing moral skepticism.
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3.00 Credits
A study of problems in theory of knowledge, with special attention to how recent controversies about evidence and knowledge shed light on perplexities about the status of faith, religious belief, and knowledge of God. Not offered 2008-2009.
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3.00 Credits
F A critical examination of major philosophical discussion of the nature of human existence, with special attention to selected topics such as gender, culture, society, mind, and body.
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3.00 Credits
F A study of the nature and sources of language, and of the most prominent theories and methods of interpretation. Special attention will be given to 20th century figures in analytic philosophy, hermeneutics, and literary theory..
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3.00 Credits
( 3) Topics include the formalization of propositional and quantificational logic, alethic modal logic including semantic interpretations, various other modalities, alternative logics, and other formalisms of philosophical importance. Not offered 2007-2008.
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3.00 Credits
S. A study of selected topics of metaphysics.
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3.00 Credits
F, I, and S. Prerequisite: Permission of chair.
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4.00 Credits
F. An advanced seminar on topics of current interest in philosophy, culminating in the preparation and presentation of a research paper. Prerequisite: Three courses in philosophy.
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4.00 Credits
F and S. An introduction to classical Newtonian mechanics applied to linear and rotational motion; a study of energy and momentum and their associated conservation laws; introductions to oscillations and to gravitation. Attention is given throughout SCES 214 and 314 ( science education studies)
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4.00 Credits
S. Theories of the fundamental character of matter, interactions, and space, including historical perspectives. Observational astronomy, Greek science, and the five essences. The Copernican revolution and the Newtonian synthesis. Gravity and force at a distance. The atomic model of matter, including the states of matter. Introductory thermodynamics and the arrow of time. Blackbody radiation and energy quantization. Electromagnetic and nuclear forces. Radioactivity, nuclear processes, and the weak force. E=mc2. Quarks, gluons, and the Standard Model. Relativity and Spacetime. Modern Cosmology. Perspectives on the character of scientific inquiry, models, and humans' quest for understanding. Laboratory. Prerequisite: Mathematics 132, 161, or permission of the instructor.
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