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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the concepts and methods of symbolic logic. Translation of arguments from English into symbolic notation; methods of establishing the validity of arguments by means of symbolic logic. Discussion of logical notions such as consistency and inconsistency, logical truth, and the philosophy of logic. Prerequisite: PHIL 111 or consent of instructor.
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Impact of modern science on various philosophical issues: science and religion, mind and computers, time travel, Einstein's relativity, human freedom, the ethical limits of technology. Prerequisites: one course in philosophy and two courses in science, or consent of instructor. GenEd II.A.
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Concepts, method and nature of science, including induction and theory confirmation, probability, explanation, natural laws, space and time, and the objectivity of science. Prerequisite: one course in either philosophy or science.
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An examination of the nature and theories of law, the relationship between law and morality, the nature of legal obligation, and the notion of justice. Prerequisite: one lower-level course in philosophy or consent of the instructor.
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The philosophical schools of the Hellenistic and Roman periods, viz. Stoicism, Epicureanism, Scepticism and Neo-Platonism and the two main Christian philosophies of the Middle Ages, viz. Augustinianism and Thomism. Prerequisite: one lower-level course in philosophy.
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The history of philosophy beginning with Descartes through the 19th century. Prerequisite: one lower-level course in philosophy.
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3.00 Credits
A survey with varying emphasis on a number of such contemporary philosophical positions as pragmatism, phenomenology, logical positivism, the analysts, neo-Aristotelianism, the philosophers of science, and the existentialists. Prerequisite: one lower-level course in philosophy.
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The history of the main currents of American philosophical thought as exemplified in such writers as Edwards, Emerson, Pierce, James, Royce, Dewey, and Whitehead. Prerequisite: one lower-level course in philosophy.
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Examination of major ideas and issues in African Systems of Thought. Prerequisite: one lower-level course in philosophy or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A reflection on philosophical topics combining films and texts.
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