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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. A study of the writings of Moore, Russell, Wittgenstein, Ayer, Ryle, Strawson, Hampshire, and Hare.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. A survey of some of the most influential figures in contemporary continental philosophy in an attempt to identify the key ideas that inform and unify their thought. Authors who may be read include Husserl, Sartre, Heidegger, Gadamer, Merleau-Ponty, Saussure, Derrida, Lacan, Foucault, and Levinas.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. Nietzsche is the first major figure in the history of phi- losophy to repudiate the tradition of Western thought that began with Plato. The nature of this repudiation and Nietzsche's attempt to inaugurate a new mode of philosophical thinking are examined.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. A study of the evolution of American thought and lan- guage from the 'reflective primitivism' of the Puritansand the religious consciousness of Edwards and the tran- scendentalists to the philosophical positions of American pragmatism, idealism, and naturalism. Counts toward American Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. An examination of the basic writings of William James with special attention to his discussion of freedom, con- sciousness, pragmatism, and religious experience. Counts toward American Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. A study of the basic principles of process philosophy through Whitehead's Process and Reality. Topics include actual entities and their formative principles, the phases of feeling, the concrescence of an actual entity, actual entities, nexus and societies, the theory of perception.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. The intellectual and artistic climate of the 1980s-a decade of influential cultural, economic, and techno- logical change-is examined through focus on philo- sophical texts, novels, essays, and relevant films. Require- ments include weekly analytical and interpretive writing assignments. Same course as WR395.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. A team-taught exploration of the competing claims of critical independence and civic cohesion, focused on the case of Socrates. Political analysis and philosophi- cal inquiry are brought to bear on the core issue: How are we to balance the need for political solidarity with the rights of citizens to criticize their governments Same course as PS394.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. Our culture has been reshaped by the new technologies of cinema and television. Examines a range of philo- sophical issues surrounding the audio-visual structure of these media, and their impact upon society. Also uses films, like written texts, as a medium for address- ing significant issues in philosophy. Counts toward Film Studies minor.256 Philosophy
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. A thorough examination of the moral and political phi- losophy of Tolkien's masterpiece. Students are required to read the trilogy and are expected to be familiar with the film. Primarily, students read philosophical texts covering the themes of friendship, virtue, privilege, liberty, sovereignty, war, justice, rebellion, family, moral failure, commerce and industry, sacrifice, and love. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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