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Goal To introduce students to the many varieties of and different methodological approaches to African philosophy. Content Writings by Africans, Europeans, and others that develop, describe, or critique African philosophical systems, including ethnophilosophy, sagacity philosophy, professional philosophy, and liberation theories. Issues raised by the encounters between African and European modes of thought, especially as shaped by the history of European colonialism in Africa, will be important considerations. Taught Alternate years. Gen. Ed. Category Critical thinking; cross-cultural. Credit 3 hours.
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Goal To introduce students to the various issues involved in making moral decisions and to alternative theoretical constructs for making these decisions. Content Theories and principles of value and moral decision-making, and the application of these theories and principles to problematic situations in personal and professional life. Taught Annually. Gen. Ed. Category Critical thinking. Credit 3 hours.
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Goal To introduce students to fundamentals of logical theory and its application in the development and evaluation of arguments. Content Formal and informal reasoning and fallacies; basic symbolic logic. Taught Alternate years. Gen. Ed. Category Critical thinking. Credit 3 hours.
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Goal To introduce students to philosophical questions and problems regarding the role of gender in the formation of intellectual positions, and to consider a variety of significant attempts to answer those questions and resolve those problems. Content Writings that consider the relationships between gender and philosophical methods and positions, including feminist philosophical texts. Taught Alternate years. Gen. Ed. Category Critical thinking. Credit 3 hours; cross-listed as WST 228.
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Goal To engage participants in the critical reading and assessment of significant Western philosophers from pre-Socratic philosophers through Hellenistic philosophy, with attention to the broader cultural context in which they developed. Content Philosophical accounts of the nature of reality, knowledge, the self, and appropriate human actions, beliefs, and institutions from the ancient period. Taught Alternate years. Credit 3 hours; S-course.
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Goal To engage participants in the critical reading and assessment of significant Western thought from Augustine to William of Ockham, with attention to the broader cultural context in which they developed. Content Accounts of the nature of reality, knowledge, the self, and appropriate human actions, beliefs, and institutions from the medieval and early modern period. Taught Alternate years. Prerequisite One course in PHI or REL or permission of instructor. Credit 3 hours; cross-listed as REL 314; S-course.
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Goal To engage participants in the critical reading and assessment of significant Western philosophers from Descartes to Kant with attention to the broader cultural context in which they developed. Content Philosophical accounts of the nature of reality, knowledge, the self, and appropriate human actions, beliefs, and institutions from the modern period. Taught Alternate years. Credit 3 hours; S-course.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To engage participants in the critical reading and assessment of significant Western philosophers from the 19th and 20th centuries, with attention to the broader cultural context in which they developed. Content Philosophical accounts of the nature of reality, knowledge, the self, and appropriate human actions, beliefs, and institutions from the 19th and 20th centuries. Taught Alternate years. Credit 3 hours; S-course.
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Goal To introduce students to the philosophical issues implied by the nature of religious language, institutions, and symbols. Content Philosophical analyses of religious institutions and symbols. Possible topics include the variety of theistic and non-theistic religious positions, the problem of evil, and the relationship between reason and faith. Taught Alternate years. Prerequisite One course in PHI or REL or permission of instructor. Credit 3 hours; cross-listed as REL 371; S-course.
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3.00 Credits
Goal To engage advanced students in broad conversations between philosophy and other contemporary topics and fields. Students might work, for example, on the relation of philosophy and film, philosophy and human rights, philosophy and psychology, or philosophy and some other discipline or aspect of culture. Content Students will consider the ways in which the questions and methods of philosophy help illuminate areas of human society and the ways in which these other areas affect philosophy. The course will highlight the work of contemporary philosophers and readings will reflect students' scholarly interests. This course will include an assignment (required for philosophy students and an option for other students) in which students will explore how philosophy integrates their education as a whole. Taught Alternate years. Credit 3 hours.
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