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Philosophy 231: History of Ancient Philosophy
4.00 Credits
Grinnell College
Also listed as Classics 231. A study of the philosophy of ancient Greece and Rome. Traces the growth of Western philosophy from its origins in the sixth century B.C.E. through the third century C.E. Includes examination of the Presocratics, Sophists, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Epicureans, Stoics, Sceptics, and Plotinus. Prerequisite: Philosophy 111, or Humanities 101, or permission of instructor. J. CUMMINS.
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Philosophy 233: History of Early Modern Philosophy
4.00 Credits
Grinnell College
A study of the intellectual world of the early modern period. Readings may include works by Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Particular attention will be given to the complex relations between philosophy, science, religion, and politics during this period. Prerequisite: Philosophy 111 or permission of instructor. NYDEN-BULLOCK.
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Philosophy 234: 19th- Century Continental Philosophy
4.00 Credits
Grinnell College
Survey of the major figures in 19th-century philosophy, emphasizing themes that lead to developments in 20th-century phenomenology, existentialism, and poststructuralism. Readings include selections from Hegel's Phenomenology, Kierkegaard's writings, Marx's philosophical and political works, several textsof Nietzsche, and short works from the hermeneutic tradition. Prerequisite: Philosophy 111 or permission of instructor. SCHRIFT.
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Philosophy 235: 20th- Century Continental Philosophy
4.00 Credits
Grinnell College
Examination of the major themes in phenomenology, existentialism, hermeneutics, poststructuralism, and feminism. Readings may include works by Husserl, Heidegger, Habermas, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, Beauvoir, Derrida, Foucault, and Cixous. Special attention will be focused on connections between philosophy and recent developments in humanities and social sciences. Prerequisite: One 200-level course in philosophy or permission of instructor. SCHRIFT.
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Philosophy 242: Ethical Theory
4.00 Credits
Grinnell College
Examination of several problems that arise in ethical theory. Questions included for consideration are the identity of the moral self, the issues of moral relativism and how to ground norms, the question of the nature of the virtues and their relationship to one another, and the question of whether gender might be morally significant. Prerequisite: Philosophy 111 or permission of instructor. MEEHAN.
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Philosophy 245: Philosophy of Art
4.00 Credits
Grinnell College
Designed as a survey of theories of art and beauty, this course acquaints students with influential aesthetic theories in the history of Western philosophy and relates them to more recent theoretical developments in the arts. Prerequisite: Philosophy 111 or permission of instructor; courses in the arts emphasizing theoretical issues may substitute for 111. STAFF.
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Philosophy 253: Philosophy of Mind
4.00 Credits
Grinnell College
Examination of several issues in philosophy of mind. Topics include the metaphysics of mind (the mind-body problem, dualism, functionalism, eliminativism, and the computer paradigm), intentionality (internalism and externalism), and consciousness (subjectivity, the nature of qualitative experience). Readings from Descartes, Ryle, Smart, D. Lewis, Putnam, Dennett, Quine, Davidson, Searle, Churchland, Fodor, and Nagel. Prerequisite: Philosophy 111 or permission of instructor. FENNELL.
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Philosophy 256: Philosophy of Language and Cognition
4.00 Credits
Grinnell College
A survey of the major issues in contemporary philosophy of language as well as an examination of the major assumptions of empirical theories of language and cognition. Readings include works by Frege, Russell, Carnap, Ayer, Wittgenstein, Kripke, Putnam, Quine, Davidson, and Chomsky. Topics include theories of meaning, the nature of reference, and the cognitivist approach to mind and language. Prerequisite: Philosophy 102 or 111, or Linguistics 114, or permission of instructor. FENNELL.
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Philosophy 257: Philosophy of Science
4.00 Credits
Grinnell College
An examination of the foundations of scientific inference (induction and confirmation), the nature of scientific explanation, the structure of theories, and scientific methodology. Discussion includes the possibility of objective knowledge and the nature of scientific revolutions. Prerequisite: Philosophy 102 or 111, or background in a science, or permission of instructor. FENNELL, NYDEN-BULLOCK.
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Philosophy 258: Classical and Contemporary American Pragmatism
4.00 Credits
Grinnell College
A study of the major figures in classical and contemporary American pragmatism. Topics included for consideration are: what is the pragmatic method?; how does it engage traditional philosophical questions?; and what is its relation to other key philosophical approaches, such as logical positivism and realism? Readings may include selections from Peirce, James, Dewey, Mead, C.I. Lewis, Carnap, Ayer, Quine, Davidson, Rorty, Putnam, and Nagel. Prerequisite: Philosophy 111 or permission of instructor. FENNELL.
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