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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Surveys theoretical positions on the nature of law, with particular emphasis on American law. Prereq: PHIL 3002 or 3022, a minimum grade of “C” in each previous philosophy course, or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with PHIL 5260.
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3.00 Credits
Examines critical and speculative theories of history, including the problems of methodology, explanation, values, and the relationship between history and social philosophy. 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
Consideration of the problems in the philosophy of mind, such as the mind-body problem, the problem of our knowledge of other minds, the compatibility of free will and determinism, and discussion of such concepts as action, intention, motive, desire, enjoyment, memory, imagination, dreaming and self-knowledge. Prereq: PHIL 3002 or 3022, a minimum grade of “C” in each previous philosophy course, or permission of instructor. Cross-listed with PHIL 5300.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces students to basic issues in American jurisprudence as well as to the elements and dynamics of the modern American legal system. Cross-listed with PHIL 5360.
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3.00 Credits
Consideration of such problems as the changeability and definability of human nature, and the possibility of a science of human nature. 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
Asks the questions: What is the nature of the human being? What makes us “human?” Do humans have a “soul?” What is its nature? Is it different from the “spirit?” What is its ultimate fate? Examines the various theories put forward by philosophers of both Eastern and Western traditions. Cross-listed with PHIL 5470 and RLST 4440, 5440.
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3.00 Credits
Examines the “problem of evil.” As formulated in the philosophical tradition: if the deity is understood as perfect, then why is there evil? How can a perfect entity create imperfection? Why would an absolutely benevolent God cause or allow the innocent to suffer? Presents the classical formulation of the problem, the traditional solutions offered, and the classical critiques of each answer. Considers the perspectives of the various religious orientations, each of which deals differently with the question of suffering. Cross-listed with RLST 4480.
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3.00 Credits
Nature of religion and methods of studying it. Cross-listed with HUMN 5600, PHIL 5600, RLST 4060, 5060, and SSCI 5600.
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3.00 Credits
God, gods, and goddesses have been imagined in many different modes, forms, aspects, and guises throughout human history. This course investigates Paleolithic models of God, the Great Goddess of the Neolithic era, the gods of mythological traditions, Biblical God, the abstract God of the philosophers, the God of the pantheists, the deists, and the God of the mystics. Cross-listed with PHIL 5655, RLST 4400 and 5400.
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3.00 Credits
The major philosophical texts of one philosopher is studied in this course. Philosophers to be studied are major figures in the history of philosophy such as Plato, Aristotle, Kant and Hume. Note: May be taken for credit more than once. Prereq: PHIL 3002 or 3022, a minimum grade of “C” in each previous philosophy course, or permission of instructor.
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