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Prerequisite: G.E. Foundation A2. Conceptions of human nature; nature and varieties of religion; personal and social implications and values of religion. G.E. Breadth C2. FS
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Development of Western Philosophy from its beginning; the emergence of critical theory, doctrines, and schools of thought in Greek culture. Topics typically include: Presocratics, Sophists, Socrates, and the works of Plato and Aristotle.
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Development of early modern philosophy: the search for new scientific methods - Bacon, Descartes, Spinoza, Newton, and Locke; empiricism and skepticism - Berkeley and Hume; rationalist metaphysics - Leibniz; influences on moral and political thought - the Enlightenment; Rousseau; Kant's critical philosophy.
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Principal developments in philosophy after 1900. Figures and movements include: log ical atomism, logical positivism, linguistic analysis, pragmatism, phenomenology, existentialism, G. E. Moore, Russell, Wittgenstein, Whitehead, Dewey, Santayana, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Austin, Ryle, Strawson, Carnap, and Ayer.
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Examination of roots of existentialism in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche; study of such 20th century existentialists as Sartre, Heidegger, Jaspers, Buber. Typical problems examined: nature of mind, freedom, the self, ethics, existential psychoanalysis.
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3.00 Credits
Study of major figures and schools of philosophy in the Roman world. Special emphasis upon Epicurean, Stoic, and Skeptic traditions, with consideration of other major contributions.
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Introduction to feminist approaches to philosophy and to specifically philosophical approaches to gender. Several philosophical issues will be explored at some depth. These might be drawn from the following areas: personal identity; values and society; political authority; knowledge and reality.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the fundamental concepts and problems of moral theory. Examination of various ethical theories, including relativism, egoism, utilitarianism, intuitionism, and non-cognitivism; the meaning of ethical terms.
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3.00 Credits
Examination of traditional and contemporary theories of society and government. Analysis of basic concepts such as the common good, social contract, authority, justice, and natural rights.
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3.00 Credits
Philosophical issues concerning society's treatment of criminal behavior. Topics discussed include: morality and law; punishment or rehabilitation; safe vs. repressive society, and what types of deviant behavior should be regarded as criminal?
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