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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Proof theory and model theory for the propositional and predicate calculi. Discussion of semantic aspects of logical systems. Can be taken as a directed reading course.
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4.00 Credits
A critical examination of the social sciences' enduring relation to the fundamental problems of philosophy, organized around the issue of whether the social sciences should be modeled on the natural sciences or whether the study of human beings requires a completely distinctive approach because human behavior cannot be predicted and explained as other natural phenomena can be. Major issues include social explanation and laws, functionalism and behaviorism, interpretation and meaning, rationality (cross-cultural and understanding), individualism and holism. Examples will be provided from economics, psychology, sociology, political science, history and anthropology. Offered regularly.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Majors and minors only. Revolutionary changes in science and politics from the 16th century onwards reconstituted central issues in what is now called Modern Philosophy. This course focuses on knowledge and political community in the works of Descartes, Hobbes, Hume and Kant, among others. Offered every Spring.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: Majors and minors only. This is an ethics course for majors and minors in philosophy. It provides a foundation and orientation for their other electives in this area and a common set of reference terms. It addresses central ethical issues through consideration of historical and contemporary philosophers. Offered every Spring.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHIL - 312. A seminar study of classical and contemporary theories of knowledge. Topics include the nature of knowledge, skepticism, perception, theories of justification, a priori knowledge, theories of truth, with close attention given to moderate realism and its relation to contemporary epistemology. Offered every other year.
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4.00 Credits
This seminar explores current philosophical work on emotion, though both classic philosophical works and empirical studies will be discussed. Topics may include: the nature and value of emotion, the (un)justifiability of nasty emotions, and the emotional bases of social practices (e.g. resentment and legal retribution). Offered regularly.
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4.00 Credits
This course includes the study of traditional logic, fallacies in ordinary language, and an introduction to modern symbolic language.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PHIL - 310. A seminar study of metaphysical systems and theories from ancient Greece to the twentieth century. Topics include metaphysical inquiry and method, the nature of metaphysical discourse, representative schools and metaphysical issues, such as being, essence and existence, personhood, knowledge, freedom, and God. Offered every other year.
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4.00 Credits
A study of the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, with readings from his major works in metaphysics and epistemology, ethics, aesthetics, and politics. Offered intermittently.
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: PHIL - 312 or PHIL - 203 or PHIL - 256. This course discusses revisions and rejections of enlightenment conceptions of history, autonomy, reason, and freedom. The inherited philosophical legacy of colonialism and eurocentrism is rethought through figures ranging from Marx and Nietzsche to Marcuse and Dussel.
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