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4.00 Credits
Basic structural categories of religions: myth, ritual, space, time, gods, ethics, prayer, scripture, iconography, communities, religious leaders. Basic beliefs: sin, pollution, purity, salvation, harmony, transformation, enlightenment. Basic worldviews: sacred, profane, good, evil, heaven, hell. 4 lectures/problemsolving.
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4.00 Credits
Support Philosophy majors in developing the skills necessary for proficiency in philosophical reading and writing, and for proficiency in oral presentation and argument. 4 lectures/problemsolving.
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14.00 Credits
Group study of a selected topic, the title to be specified in advance. Total credit limited to 8 units, with a maximum of 4 units per quarter. Corequisites may be required. Instruction is by lecture, laboratory or a combination. Prerequisite: permission of instructor.
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4.00 Credits
Investigation of the nature of art, aesthetic experience, beauty, and the standards upon which aesthetic judgments are based. Concepts common to the various artistic disciplines; problems in specific areas in architecture, the graphic arts, music, and literature. 4 lectures/problemsolving. Fulfills GE Area C4. Prerequisites: Completion of GE Area A and subareas C1, C2, and C3.
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4.00 Credits
Nature and grounds of religious experience, such problems as our concept of ourselves, our gods, our anxiety, evil; the relation of religious faith to science and human behavior. 4 lectures/problemsolving.
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4.00 Credits
Investigation of prominent moral theories, including utilitarianism, virtue theory, religious theories, Kantian and deontological theories. Inquiry into the justification and implications of ethical principles and claims. Analysis of moral obligation, interests, justice, happiness. Skeptical challenges to the authority of morality. 4 lecture discussions.
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4.00 Credits
Examination of the philosophical ideas of the Greek, Roman, and early medieval worlds, from the preSocratic philosophers to St. Augustine. 4 lectures/problemsolving.
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4.00 Credits
Examination of the philosophical ideas of the medieval and Renaissance worlds, from St. Augustine to Descartes. 4 lectures/problemsolving.
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4.00 Credits
Great philosophical ideas and thinkers from Descartes to the 20th century; Continental and British schools. 4 lectures/problemsolving.
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4.00 Credits
Philosophical movements of the 20th century, including modern idealism, positivism, pragmatism, existentialism, dialectical materialism, phenomenology, and ordinary language analysis. May be repeated for credit by permission of instructor and student's major department. 4 lectures/problemsolving.
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