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3.00 Credits
China is a fascinating world with its own characteristic orientation to philosophical questions. Chinese thinkers produced the “Flowering of a Hundred Schools of Thought” in the Axial Age, the same period of time in which philosophy was coming to birth in ancient Greece. Covers some of the Chinese schools, including Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Legalis, Chinese “logic,” and the later schools of Neo-Confucianism, Neo-Taoism and Chinese Buddhism. Cross-listed with RLST 3660.
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3.00 Credits
Covers the systematic work of such German idealists as Hegel, Fichte, and Shelling, as well as responses to those systems by such authors as Marx, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche. Prereq: PHIL 3002 or 3022. Cross-listed with PHIL 5000, HUMN 5000 and SSCI 5000.
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3.00 Credits
Considers radical skepticism in the form of Sextus Empiricus’ Outlines of Pyrrhonism. Following Peter Suber’s “Essay on Classical Skepticism,” the course also looks at historical responses to Pyrrhonean skepticism, especially in theories of belief. Prereq: PHIL 3002 or 3022, a minimum grade of “C” in each previous philosophy course, or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with PHIL 5040.
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3.00 Credits
The most significant philosophical tradition born in the United States is pragmatism. Examines several of the most important classical works of this tradition, the influence of thinkers who have helped to shape pragmatism, and the contemporary relevance of this tradition. Figures who may be included are: Emerson, Pierce, Royce, James, Dewey, Mead and Rorty. Prereq: PHIL 3002 or 3022, a minimum grade of “C” in each previous philosophy course, or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with PHIL 5101, HUMN 5101, SSCI 5101.
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3.00 Credits
Surveys representative philosophers, methods, and/or problems in 20th century ethics. Prereq: PHIL 3002 or 3022, a minimum grade of “C” in each previous philosophy course, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Issues and controversies in contemporary culture, their relation to modern theories of society, and their manifestations in the arts, science and technology, education, religion and ethics. Prereq: PHIL 3002 or 3022, a minimum grade of “C” in each previous philosophy course, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to major theories of aesthetics and contemporary discussions of problems in aesthetics and the philosophy of art, including topics such as: the nature of art, interpretation and evaluation in art. Cross-listed with PHIL 5220 and HUMN 5220.
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3.00 Credits
Traces the history of a set of ideas collectively known as postmodern. Disrupting traditional frameworks of knowledge, these concepts have had an enormous impact on the social sciences, the humanities, and the arts. Course readings expose students to the cross-disciplinary impact of postmodernism on theory, content, and method. Prereq: Upper division standing; PHIL 3002 or 3022, minimum grade of “C” in each previous philosophy course, or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Examines some of the major moral issues confronting the nation’s health care system. The class will search for solutions to such problems as financing health care for those unable to do so on their own, determining the extent of a patient’s right to both refuse and demand certain types of medical treatment, and allocating scarce medical resources such as lifesaving vital organs. The springboard for examining these issues will be the doctor or patient relationship framed by the moral principles of respect for persons and beneficence. Prereq: PHIL 3002 or 3022, a minimum grade of “C” in each previous philosophy course, or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with PHIL 5242, SSCI 5242, HUMN 5242.
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3.00 Credits
While human industry/technology creates enormous material prosperity, it can result in devastating environmental damage. This course analyzes the moral values, consequences and duties implied in relationships between human beings, animals and ecological systems, while seeking out new and ethical approaches. Cross-listed with PHIL 5250, HUMN 5250 and SSCI 5250.
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