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0.00 - 4.00 Credits
This course designation is used to describe a transfer course from another institution which has been evaluated by the convener. A course with this course number has no equivalent Ramapo course. It may fulfill a requirement or may count as a free elective. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College Philosophy Department
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Limited opportunities to enroll for course work on an Independent Study basis are available. A student interested in this option should obtain an Independent Study Registration Form from the Registrar, have it completed by the instructor and school dean involved, and return it to the Registrar's Office. Consult the current Schedule of Classes for policies concerning Independent Study. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Independent Study Amer and Int'l Studies College Philosophy Department
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The emphasis will be on "living" religions, i.e. those that are still practiced today. They include: Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and Bahai. The readings will consist of textbook narratives as well as excerpts from the Scriptures that form the basis of the religions. We shall pay particular attention to the advice religions give their adherents as to how to live a good life. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College Philosophy Department Course Attributes: GE-TOPICS ARTS AND HUMANITIES, MJ-INTL-Intl Compare- Non-West
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This course will be a comprehensive survey of Aesthetics, the Philosophy of Beauty. Aesthetics is the philosophical study of judgments of taste and beauty. Art (for example, visual art, music, literature, or architecture) and nature are prominent themes in Aesthetics. This course will survey different topics in Aesthetics, and we will all become philosophers. Some questions we will ask ourselves are: What is art Is art necessarily beautiful Is beauty objective or subjective What does it mean to have an aesthetic experience We will read ancient, modern, and contemporary works from Western and Non-Western Philosophy. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College Philosophy Department Course Attributes: GE-TOPICS ARTS AND HUMANITIES
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Philosophy of Science is a fairly new discipline. It grew around the end of the 19th century after many scientific discoveries challenged some of our basic assumptions. We shall focus on the so-called modern scientific method and criticisms of it. Readings will include philosophers from the Continental traditions, e.g., Cassirer, Bachelard and Foucault, as well as philosophers from the Analytic traditions. The course will also include multi-cultural and feminist approaches to the Philosophy of Science. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College Philosophy Department
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Social Philosophy has been defined as the "critical examination of ideas and beliefs about society." Social Philosophy usually combines ethics and politics to examine the relationship of the individual to society. Social Philosophy covers a range of interrelated topics, including: authenticity, identity, subjectivity, group membership, solidarity, diversity, and agency. This course will focus on writings by contemporary philosophers, but may also include works by canonical philosophers or even novelists. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College Philosophy Department
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This course will be a comprehensive introduction to bioethics. Bioethics applies the traditional ethical concerns (such as morality, virtue, and values) to the technologies and choices of today's world. Some questions we will consider are: When does human life begin Should it ever be ended for compassionate reasons What obligations do we have to those who cannot make their own health care decisions Can animal experimentation be justified if its results enhance human life What role should professional ethicists have in deciding these issues 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture, Online Course Amer and Int'l Studies College Philosophy Department Course Attributes: GE-TOPICS ARTS AND HUMANITIES, TS-Sch Core- SCP Category
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American Philosophy" examines the works of major American Philosophers beginning with Jonathan Edwards and ending with Cornel West. After reading two essays by R.W. Emerson, we shall focus on the works of the so called "pragmatist" philosophers of the 19th century, C.S. Peirce, William James, Jane Addams and John Dewey. We shall read and discuss signature essays such as "The Fixation of a Belief" and "The Will to Believe." Philosophical issues will include theories of knowledge and of meaning, education and freedom. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College Philosophy Department Course Attributes: MJ-AMER- Amer Thought & Value
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This course will be a study in ethics. Ethics concerns how humans ought to live and the kinds of people they ought to try to be. This class will have a dual focus on theories of ethics as well as on applied problems in today's multicultural world: world poverty, war, race and sexuality, among other topics. Our philosophical readings will include classic texts (e.g., Plato, Kant, and Mill) as well as recent texts (e.g., Martin Luther King, Carol Gilligan, and Peter Singer). 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College Philosophy Department Course Attributes: GE-TOPICS ARTS AND HUMANITIES, MJ-LAWS-Law & Society Elective
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Essentially, the course has three goals. It attempts to separate the thought of Socrates from that of Plato. For this goal, readings include the following dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Symposium and Phaedrus. Students are also encouraged to read Xenophon and Aristophanes. The second goal is to understand the thought of Plato on knowledge, ethics, politics and art. The Republic will be the main source of our information. Finally, Aristotle's criticisms of Plato s thought will occupy the rest of the semester. 0.000 TO 4.000 Credit Hours 0.000 TO 4.000 Lecture hours Levels: Undergraduate Schedule Types: Lecture Amer and Int'l Studies College Philosophy Department Course Attributes: GE-TOPICS ARTS AND HUMANITIES
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