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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Philosophical investigation into the character of empirical scientific thought and practices measures of confirmation; empirical success; theory ladenness of observation; scientific rationality and the aims of science; the inference from empirical success to truth; the logic of explanation; the character of natural laws; levels of theorizing and intertheoretic reduction; the ideal of objectivity and the place of extra-scientific values in theory appraisal. No special background required.
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3.00 Credits
Examines philosophical questions about the nature and experience of time. Explores how philosophical views about time are informed by work in different fields, such as anthropology, religious studies, and physics. Questions include whether time is real or an illusion, whether it flows, whether the past, present, and future are equally real, whether time travel is possible, how different cultures think about time and what light that sheds on its true nature. Readings drawn from a wide range of historical and contemporary sources.
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3.00 Credits
Focuses on the Mind-Body Problem. Topics covered may include dualism, logical behaviorism, identity theories, functionalism, various forms of physicalism, mental causation, reductionism, and consciousness.This course is open to Philosophy major, minors, juniors or seniors.Juniors or Seniors (that are not Philosophy majors/minors) interested in taking this course may contact the Philosophy department for an override.
Prerequisite:
PHIL major or minor, or junior or senior standing, orinstructor permission
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3.00 Credits
Examines philosophical theories of human nature, including how traditional philosophical debates about the mind, morality, persons, and freedom are informed by recent empirical work in the cognitive sciences. Topics covered may include philosophical and scientific debates about the innate content and structure of the human mind, moral judgment, the possibility of free will, the extent to which human beings are rational, and the nature of the self and self-knowledge. Connections between conceptions of human nature and political philosophy, as well as bioethical issues concerning enhancement and transhumanism, may also be discussed.
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3.00 Credits
Investigates traditional, foundational questions on the nature of knowledge, truth, and reality. Examines topics such as skepticism, perception and illusion, the nature and existence of God, space and time, free will, and the nature of possibility and necessity. Draws on both historical and contemporary writings.
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3.00 Credits
An examination of central issues in the philosophy of law, including law and morality, the interpretation of law, and philosophical and legal issues concerning punishment, justice, rights, and liberty. The course combines philosophical theory with consideration of selected court cases to develop an understanding of law and its place in society.
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3.00 Credits
An investigation of issues in the philosophy of language and related issues in linguistics (including anthropological linguistics, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics). Topics include, for example, the influence of language on perception, rationalist/empiricist perspectives on language acquisition, language and political control, reference, meaning, and truth.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Special Topic courses are offered on an experimental or temporary basis to explore topics that are not included in the established curriculum. A given topic may be offered under any special topic identity no more than three times. Special topics numbered 481 are primarily for upper-level undergraduate students.
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1.00 - 6.00 Credits
An intensive, focused study involving independent research culminating in a written thesis approved by a thesis director and two faculty readers/committee members. May be taken more than once to a max total of 6 cr hours. Prior approval through advisor, faculty member, department chairperson, dean, and Provost's Office is required.
Prerequisite:
Admission to Departmental Honors Program; prior approval through advisor, faculty member, department chairperson, dean, and Provost Office
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3.00 Credits
An overview of the areas of energy, transportation, and pollution. These topics are approached via the relevant concepts of physical science and physics. A nonlaboratory course for Liberal Studies requirements.
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