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3.00 Credits
A consideration of philosophical questions about the law such as: What sorts of behavior should be illegal? What is punishment supposed to accomplish? When are we justified in punishing a person? How do judges arrive at decisions? Are there really legal principles that cover all the hard cases judges must deal with or do they use their own personal moral values? What is a legal system and how does it differ from a moral code? Credits: 3 hrs
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This course will focus on philosophical issues relevant to one or more of the following topic areas: philosophical issues in literature and film, theories of drama and performance, the politics of narrative, and recent hermeneutical theory. Credits: 3 hrs Prerequisite: one course in philosophy other than PHIL120 or PHIL130; recommended: PHIL232, PHIL260 or PHIL390
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3.00 Credits
A study of questions concerning basic structure and ultimate nature of reality. Possible topics include universals and particulars, space and time, determinism and freedom, the self, materialism, idealism, substance and process. Credits: 3 hrs Prerequisite: one course in philosophy other than PHIL120 or PHIL130
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1.00 Credits
An exploration and study of topics not covered in other departmental offerings. Students may elect more than once, provided different topics are studied. Credits: 1 hr Prerequisite: department permission
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2.00 Credits
An exploration and study of topics not covered in other departmental offerings. Students may elect more than once, provided different topics are studied. Credits: 2 hrs Prerequisite: department permission
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3.00 Credits
An exploration and study of topics not covered in other departmental offerings. Students may elect more than once, provided different topics are studied. Credits: 3 hrs Prerequisite: department permission
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3.00 Credits
A systematic examination of the main philosophical problems raised by the results and methods of the physical and social sciences. Topics include the problem of meaning, measurement, the interpretation of probability statements, the justification of induction, the concept of cause, the laws of nature, description and explanation, determinism and indeterminism. Credits: 3 hrs Prerequisite: one course in philosophy other than PHIL120 or PHIL130; recommended: PHIL325
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The course attempts to trace the history and development of the phenomenological movement from its origins in the notion of the intentionality of consciousness, beginning with the work of Edmund Husserl and continuing with the later "existential" developments in the field by such thinkers as Heidegger, Sartre and Merleau-Ponty. The course also will study the impact of phenomenology on such varied fields as psychology, sociology and literature.Credits: 3 hrs Prerequisite: one course in philosophy other than PHIL120 or PHIL130; recommended: PHIL331 or PHIL260
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This course is an in-depth study of the major Chinese philosophical texts, which were seminal with regard to the subsequent 2000 years of Chinese thought and culture and which are still relevant to contemporary philosophical concerns. Possible texts include: Sunzi's Art of War, the Yijing, Confucius' Analects, Laozi Daodejing, Zhuangzi, Mencius and Xunzi.Credits: 3 hrs
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3.00 Credits
An examination of gender and its relationship to other issues from a philosophical perspective. Possible topics include rationality, sexuality, aesthetics, ethics and political theory. Credits: 3 hrs Prerequisite: two courses in philosophy other than PHIL120 or PHIL130 Cross-Listed: This course cross-listed with WGST426
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