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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. Students add to their knowledge of foundational ethical theories. Aware of the contributions to ethical theory made by thinkers like Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant and Mill, students learn about the moral philosophy of Max Scheler. Writing in early twentieth century Germany, Scheler is credited with developing an entirely original phenomenological theory of values. Attention is also given to the ethical writings of a student of Scheler, the Hungar- ian, Aurel Kolnai. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. A focus on the philosophies of China, Korea, and Japan. The course may take the form of a survey or examine in depth a particular text or tradition, for example, concentrating on Confucianism, Taoism, or Buddhism. Counts toward Asian Studies minor.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. History is a central theme of philosophical inquiry. The study of the philosophy os history raises the ques- tion as to whether there is meaning in events over time and space, granting regularity and human freedom. Some key authors are Cicero, Augustine, Vico, Kent, Herder, Hegel, Marx, Dilthey, Ricoeur, and Danto, each of whom contributed to shaping the understand- ing of history. Counts toward Catholic Studies minor.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. Some have considered philosophical aesthetics one of the most exalted keystones of the philosophical enter- prise, representing an examination of the mind and emotions in relation to a sense of beauty. Are 'truth'and 'knowledge' relevant categories when it comes toevaluating a beautiful object Reflections on the passions within the framework of philosophical discourse. Among the viewpoints typically considered are those of Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Goethe, Hegel, Heidegger, Nietzsche.
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Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. Literature gives concrete expression to our sense of real- ity and in its history 're-presents' the status of man andhuman events as each age presupposes it. Herein resides the intimate relationship which has always existed between literature and philosophy. The history of this relationship explains both the continuity and the discon- tinuity which is present in Western literature. Focuses on one (or more) special topics, such as tragedy, modern- ism, aesthetic theories of literature, and existentialism.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. From the early inquiries of the Milesians to the elabo-253 rately structured reflections of Aristotle, the ancient Greek philosophers inaugurated questions about knowl- edge, virtue, being, and human nature that we continue to ask today. The course focuses on metaphysical, epis- temological, and ethical topics in Thales, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Heraclitus, the Atomists, the Sophists, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. An investigation of the writings of the Presocratic phi- losophers, from Thales to the Sophists. The course looks at their work both in terms of its own intrinsic interest and its influence on later philosophers, chiefly Plato and Aristotle.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. A study of theories concerning the nature of knowledge. Examination of the distinction between knowledge and belief, the role of justification in establishing truth, propositional versus existential truth. Studies classical, modern, and contemporary views.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. A study of the monumental figure of Socrates in philoso- phy. The figure of Socrates in Aristophanes, Xenophon, and Plato is examined before looking to the use and abuse of Socrates in modern philosophy, including that of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Gadamer, Derrida, and Foucault.
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisite: PL201 and one additional PL200-level course. A survey of the main systematic philosophies practiced in the Hellenistic empire from 323 until 30 B.C.- Skepticism, Cynicism, Epicureanism, and Stoicism.
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