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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Basic principles of inductive and deductive reasoning. Text and exercises supplemented by readings and discussions in history, philosophy, and applications of logic. Usually offered every term.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate A thematic introduction to the Eastern philosophical tradition. Students read major classic and contemporary texts in Eastern philosophy on being, world, society, and ethics, and examine Eastern philosophers' views on the nature of self, personhood, politics, family, and gender; logics, religion, and cosmology. Usually offered alternate springs.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate The theories concerning the nature of goodness found in Western philosophy. The major discussion issues are traditional principles for evaluating goodness and telling right from wrong; the difference between fact and value; the justification of normative judgments; objectivity in ethics; and the relationship between moral and nonmoral goodness. Usually offered every term. Prerequisite for General Education credit: GOVT-105 or HIST-115 or JLS-110 or PHIL-105 or RELG-105.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Theories of the nature of society and justification of social institutions. Critical study of such social problems as control of technology and the environment, education, militarism, racism, imperialism, civil disobedience, rebellion, and revolution. Usually offered every spring.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Leading theories of the nature, purpose, and meaning of artistic activities and objects examined through writings of philosophers, artists, and critics of ancient and modern times. Both Western and non-Western viewpoints are considered. Student projects apply critical ideas to particular works in an art form familiar to them. Usually offered every fall. Prerequisite for General Education credit: ARTH-105 or COMM-105 or LIT-120 or LIT-135.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate This course analyzes traditional Western theories of democracy and rights, both separately and in relation to each other, as well as contemporary approaches such as Habermasian, post-modern, feminist, and critical race theory. It also considers the East-West debate on human rights. Usually offered every spring. Prerequisite for General Education credit: GOVT-105 or HIST-115 or JLS-110 or PHIL-105 or RELG-105.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate This course provides a framework for thinking generally about ethics, and more specifically about professional ethics. In addition, it addresses ethical dilemmas that arise in the professions of government, law, business, medicine, the media, and the academy. Usually offered every fall. Prerequisite for General Education credit: COMM-100 or ECON-100 or GOVT-110 or SOCY-150.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Topics vary by section, may be repeated for credit with different topic.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate History of Western philosophy from the earliest period through the sixteenth century. Philosophers and their general cultural milieu. The formation of the classical world view and accommodation of this world picture to requirements of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Meets with PHIL-600. Usually offered alternate falls. Prerequisite: PHIL-105 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Course Level: Undergraduate Modern Western philosophic ideas are studied in relation to the scientific, cultural, and political environment of seventeenth and eighteenth century Europe. Meets with PHIL-601. Usually offered alternate springs. Prerequisite: PHIL-105 or permission of instructor. Note: PHIL-300 is recommended, but not required.
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