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3.00 Credits
Full course for one semester. This course is a study of the central topics and problems of metaphysics, including the mind-body problem, free will and determinism, persistence and change, and the natures of particulars, properties, time, space modality, causality, identity, and persons. Prerequisites: Philosophy 201 and one other 200-level course in philosophy. Conference.
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3.00 Credits
Full course for one semester. This course is an introduction to the central topics in the theory of knowledge, including the nature of knowledge, the nature of epistemic justification, and varieties of skepticism. Prerequisites: Philosophy 201 and one other 200-level course in philosophy. Conference. Not offered 2009-10.
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3.00 Credits
Full course for one semester. This course is an introduction to the central theories and problems of ethics. Prerequisites: Philosophy 201 and one other 200-level course in philosophy. Conference.
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3.00 Credits
Full course for one semester. This course is a study of such topics as truth, reference, meaning, convention, linguistic and nonlinguistic communication, and the relationships between language, thought, and reality. Prerequisites: Philosophy 201 and one other 200-level course in philosophy. Conference. Not offered 2009-10.
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3.00 Credits
Full course for one semester. A study of scientific testing, explanation, development and revolutions, the rationality of science, the nature and structure of scientific theories, and scientific realism. Prerequisites: Philosophy 201 and one other 200-level course in philosophy. Conference. Not offered 2009-10.
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3.00 Credits
Full course for one semester. Some physical things, such as the page or screen you are looking at, represent other things, such as the contents of philosophy courses offered in 2009-20010. How is this possible How can a physical thing represent anything Can we explain how a mental thing (e.g., your thought that it is raining) represents another thing (e.g., today's weather) in the same way In the first part of the course, we look at answers to these questions, and in the second part, we examine how the answers pertain to the contents of mental states. Prerequisites: Philosophy 201 and one other 200-level course in philosophy. Conference. Not offered 2009-10.
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3.00 Credits
Full course for one semester. This course is a philosophical study of such topics as adaptation; units of selection; emergence and reduction; function and teleology; the status of species and systematics; evolutionary trends; implications of evolutionary theory for psychology, culture, epistemology, and ethics; and social implications of contemporary biology (such as the human genome project, genetic engineering, and artificial life). Prerequisites: Philosophy 201 and one other 200-level course in philosophy. Conference.
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3.00 Credits
Full course for one semester. This course is an introduction to modal logic, possible-world semantics, and associated philosophical issues. Prerequisites: Philosophy 201 and one other 200-level course in philosophy. Conference. Not offered 2009-10.
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3.00 Credits
Half course for one semester. An intensive study of selected philosophical problems or works. Primary emphasis is on exercising and developing the skills required for original and creative work in philosophy. Open to philosophy majors with senior standing, and to others with consent of the instructor. Conference.
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3.00 Credits
Full course for one semester. An examination of the relationships among causes, powers, and counterfactuals. Conference.
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