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An inquiry concerning the differences and similarities between the explanatory categories and methodological procedures employed in the various social sciences (economics, history, political science, psychology, and sociology). Topics to be examined include: explanation, understanding, interpretation, objectivity, causality, experimentation, and modeling. A major focus of this examination will be to assess how these methods and categories affect the way in which we conceptualize and value human activity. Prerequisite: PH 112A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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A critical examination of the philosophical issues related to Psychology. With an emphasis on cognitive and developmental psychology, this course will include such topics as: Concept Formation, Theory- Theory vs. Simulation Debate, Language Acquisition, Metaphors, Inter-theoretic Reduction, Interdisciplinary Theories, and Explanations. This course will isolate and evaluate the metaphysical/ epistemological assumptions made by Psychologists today. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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Investigate current philosophical issues pertaining to our present legal system. Topics for discussion will include the nature of law, legal reasoning, the relationship between law and morality, punishment, legal responsibility, and legal insanity. Prerequisites: PH 112A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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Questions of ultimate value from religious traditions both East and West arise throughout the course. Topics include: the relationships between religion and morality and faith and reason; the nature of religious experience; death and immortality; and the problem of evil. There will also be a section on global religious diversity and truth that relates the issue of moral relativism to religious diversity. Prerequisite: PH 112A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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Appeals to scientific method and evidence permeate modern society, but what exactly is science? A philosophical analysis of how this question has been answered historically and today. Includes a close examination of the epistemological and ethical elements embedded within experimental practice. Prerequisite: PH 112A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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Traces the empiricist and rationalist foundations of modern philosophy, and its relation to developments in what we would today call natural science and the social sciences, by a close reading of the texts of Bacon, Descartes, Hobbes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Prerequisites: PH 112A and another course in philosophy or the permission of the instructor. Three hours a week.
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An analysis and evaluation of works by Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Jaspers, Sartre, Camus, and Marcel. Central themes of Existentialism are considered such as: consciousness- being, freedom of choice, authentic persons, subjectivity. Course conducted as “independent studies,” including 12 class lectures plus directed readings followed up by discussion of assigned books in small groups. Prerequisites: PH 112A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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Questions of moral, political, and religious value are the core of this survey of American intellectual history, including Native American, Puritan, Revolutionary, Transcendentalist, and Pragmatist views. A final section addresses value issues related to race and gender. Prerequisite: PH 112A. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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The central question addressed in philosophy of mind is: how does the mind interact with the body? This course will begin by considering the historical and contemporary theories that attempt to address the problem of interactionism, including Dualism, Behaviorism, the Identity Theory, Functionalism, and Embodied Cognition. The second half of the course will be devoted to discussing a number of the following topics: Intentionality, Personal Identity, Consciousness, Qualia, Language, and Social Cognition. Prerequisite: PH112 and another course in philosophy or the permission of the instructor. Three hours a week.
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Hermeneutics —from the Greek “hermeneuein?to interpret)—is the art of interpretation. Philosophical hermeneutics, the special discipline that reflects on the conditions of the possibility of understanding and of being understood, involves both the particular methodology of textual interpretation and the general theory of human understanding. Readings are from Plato to Gadamer and beyond—including Schleiermacher, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Derrida, et al. Prerequisite: PH 112A and another course in philosophy or the permission of the instructor. Satisfies the second institutional requirement in philosophy. Three hours a week.
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