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3.00 Credits
Advanced analysis of deductive procedures; sentential connectives, quantifiers, classes, and relations; the notion of formal system; introduction to axiomatics and metalogical proofs. No prerequisites. 3 hrs
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This course examines various moral and social issues concerning the arts and the aesthetics of our environment, bringing in case studies of particular artworks. It explores the relationships between aesthetic and moral value in the case of censorship, the effect of images on the public, and the aesthetics of the natural environment. It also looks at how public art is supposed to serve the public, and ethical dilemmas faced by art museums. 3 hrs
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An examination of the major thinkers in the history of aesthetics, such as Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, Tolstoy and Croce. The focus will be on how their ideas bear on topics which will interest anyone desiring to understand the origin, nature and value of the arts. Examples of these topics are the relationships among art, knowledge and morality; the natures of originality, creativity and genius; the importance of form, content and expression of emotions; and standards of taste and the claims of criticism. Prerequisite: PHILOS 210, PHILOS 222 or an equivalent. 3 hrs
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Selected dialogues of Plato are studied with a view to understanding Plato's philosophy and its position in the world of Greece and antiquity. Plato's philosophy is also examined with reference to his place in the Western tradition and in modern philosophy. Prerequisite: PHILOS 210,PHILOS 222 or an equivalent. 3 hrs
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Selected portions of Aristotle's works on logic, metaphysics, science, ethics, politics, and poetics are studied with a view to understanding Aristotle's philosophy and its position in the world of Greece and antiquity. Aristotle's philosophy is examined with reference to its place in the Western tradition and in modern philosophy. Prerequisite: PHILOS 210,PHILOS 222 or an equivalent. 3 hrs
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This course is a survey of major British philosophers. Among those who will be studied are Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, David Hume, J.S. Mill, E.H. Bradley, and Bertrand Russell. The influence of British philosophy on other philosophical movements will also be included. Prerequisite: PHILOS 210,PHILOS 215,PHILOS 222 or an equivalent. 3 hrs
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3.00 Credits
A study of selected writings of Immanuel Kant, with particular emphasis on the epistemological, metaphysical and ethical aspects of Kant's philosophy; an examination of Kant's significance within contemporary thought. Prerequisite: PHILOS 210, PHILOS 222 or an equivalent. 3 hrs
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A study of the development of philosophy in the 20th-Century, treating such movements as Idealism, Realism, Logical Positivism, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Pragmatism, and Analytic Philosophy. Prerequisite: PHILOS 210 or PHILOS 215 or PHILOS 222. 3 hrs
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An analysis and investigation of modern and contemporary ethical theories. Among the theories considered are ethical relativity, the emotive theory, utilitarianism, neo Kantianism, and situation ethics. Prerequisite: PHILOS 321. 3 hrs
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