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4.00 Credits
A seminar on issues at the center of philosophical controversy today, such as the controversy over free will and determinism, the possibility of artificial intelligence, and the Gettier problem. Discussions range over epistemology, metaphysics, and the philosophy of language. Readings are selected from works written in the second half of the 20th century by philosophers such as Ayer, Foot, Strawson, Frankfurt, Putnam, Boden, Searle, Gettier, Chisholm, and Nagel. Offered spring semester in odd-numbered years. Same as: HISTG 136.
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4.00 Credits
Topics in philosophy, varying from term to term as the department may direct. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offered annually.
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4.00 Credits
An introduction to the propositional and predicate calculus, notions of proof, model, consistency, and truth; the Deduction, Compactness, and First Incompleteness Theorems and philosophical ramifications. Meets: 150 minutes weekly. Prerequisite: May differ between the 2 departments. Same as: MATH 151.
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4.00 Credits
A seminar on problems of meaning, truth, and reference. Discussions focus on some of the following topics: the nature of names and descriptions, identity statements and their analysis, necessary truths, the semantic theory of truth, the thesis of the interdeterminacy of translation, and the problem of propositional attitudes. Readings include selections from Frege, Russell, Strawson, Quine, Tarski, Austin, Searle, Wittgenstein, and Kripke. Offered fall semester in odd-numbered years. Same as: HISTG 152.
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4.00 Credits
A seminar centered on the study of a major historical figure, such as Plato, Aristotle, or Kant, or an influential movement, such as pragmatism, logical positivism, or process philosophy. Topic determined each year. May be repeated for credit as topic changes. Offered annually. Same as: HISTG 153.
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4.00 Credits
A tutorial investigating a topic not covered in the regular curriculum. Weekly meetings. Several short papers and a longer term paper. Open to junior and senior philosophy majors at the discretion of the department and the proposed instructor. Required for registration: Departmental approval of the student's written proposal. May be repeated for credit. Signature of instructor required for registration. Offered every semester.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of the history of philosophy from pre-Socratic Greek thought to medieval scholasticism. Particular attention is given to works of Plato and Aristotle. The views of pre-Socratics, Stoics, Epicureans, Augustine, and Aquinas are also discussed. Offered fall semester.
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4.00 Credits
A survey of European philosophical thought in the 17th and 18th centuries. Readings are largely in the areas of metaphysics and epistemology and include selections from the works of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Offered spring semester.
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4.00 Credits
An examination, both critical and historical, of moral theories that have shaped Western thought. Of central concern are questions about the criteria of moral goodness, the strictures of moral obligation, and the nature of justice. Some attention is given to the subjects of moral relativism, hedonism, and egoism. The theories of moral reasoning considered include those of Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, the Cynics, the Epicureans, Hobbes, Kant, Bentham, and J. S. Mill. Offered every semester.
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4.00 Credits
A descriptive and mathematical introduction to topics in contemporary physics. Topics include special relativity, early quantum theory, the Schroedinger equation and its applications, and additional selected topics from general relativity, atomic, nuclear, solid state, and elementary particle physics. Meets: Four hours lecture. Prerequisite: PHYS 11, 12 and MATH 8. Offered fall semester. Same as: MAT 848.
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