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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Fall semester The content and purpose are the same as PL 1100, Reality and Human Existence, though the perspective is broadened and deepened. Prerequisite: Honors status or instructor approval. ( PLI)
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A study of the fundamental types of logic and basic structures of logical reasoning, including argument patterns, deduction (syllogistic and/or symbolic methods), induction, definition, and informal fallacies.
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A study of deduction using symbolic methods, including truth tables, first-order propositional logic, and first-order predicate logic, with emphasis on using rules of inference, conditional and indirect methods, and quantification rules to construct proofs.
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3.00 Credits
Fall and Spring semester An exploration of those fundamental factors involved in moral decision making and the discovery of ethical principles, in order to achieve a critical and reasoned understanding of the meaning and basis of morality. The course includes a rigorous examination of ethical theory, and a study of the derivation of moral principles and values and their application in ethical decision making. Prerequisites: PL 1100 or PL 1150; sophomore standing; junior standing recommended. (PLII)
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Spring semester The content and purpose are the same as PL 3100 Ethical Theory, though the perspective is broadened and deepened. Prerequisites: PL 1100 or PL 1150; sophomore standing; Honors status or instructor approval. (PLII)
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This course will examine various philosophical issues relating to existence and nature of God, with special attention given to the nature of God. Attention will also be given to various conceptions of God in different cultures and religious traditions. Other issues will include: the ontological argument; a discussion of the traditional attributes of God; God's foreknowledge and human freedom; God and time; God and the nature of morality; God's relationship to the world; and the religious relevance of the "God of philosophy." Prerequisite: PL 1100 or PL 1150. (PLI
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The study of moral virtues is, both in Western culture and also in many Eastern cultures, a primordial philosophical approach to how to live well as a human being. Yet it has been mostly ignored academically in the last century in the West. This course examines the phenomenon of admiration as the origin of moral consciousness, and the historical centrality and the current revival of attention to the study of moral virtue and human character. Prerequisite: PL 1100 or PL 1150. (PLII)
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This course examines, through a selection of classical and contemporary texts, the problem of death and dying both from a philosophical and from a practical point of view. Topics covered include the problem of pain and suffering; the meaning of death; attitudes toward death; ethical problems raised by recent medical technology, including euthanasia, suicide, assisted suicide, and the reasons for their popularity. It also examines religious, moral, and legal definitions of death; issues in the care of the dying; and various theories of immortality. Prerequisite: PL 1100 or PL 1150. (PLII)
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A study of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, exploring issues such as the origin and nature of the universe; the unity and diversity of being; the development of logic; and the study of morals and politics. Thinkers to be studied may include the pre-Socratic philosophers, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Epicurean, Stoic, and Neoplatonic philosophers. Prerequisite: PL 1100 or PL 1150. (PLII)
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3.00 Credits
A study of philosophical thought from the patristic age to the decline of scholasticism. Themes include the relation between logic and reality (the problem of universals), and the attempt to reconcile the rediscovered pagan philosophy with religious belief (on creation, personal immortality, and the nature of God). Texts are chosen from the writings of major figures such as Augustine, Abelard, Anselm, the Jewish and Arab philosophers, Aquinas, Bonaventure, Scotus, and Ockham. Prerequisite: PL 1100 or PL 1150. (PLII)
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