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Fulfills a course requirement in the Philosophy Core ConcentrationIntroduction to philosophy as the activity of critical inquiry andreflection by exploring some of the questions which have shapedhuman experience. Focuses on philosophers who have examined andchallenged our fundamental beliefs about what is real, whether Godexists, how one should act, and what we can know about these andother matters.
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Fulfills a course requirement in the Philosophy Core ConcentrationLogic is the study of the principles of sound reasoning. Introductionto the areas of informal logic, deduction, and induction. Focuses onthe application of logical distinctions to rational argument, fallacies,definition, and generally to scientific method.
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Fulfills a course requirement in the Philosophy Core ConcentrationIntroduction to moral philosophy-the study of right and wrongand good and evil. Focuses on some representative moral theorieswhich try to answer such basic questions as: What is the differencebetween right and wrong? Is it merely a matter of opinion orcustom, or is there some other, more "objective" basis for thisdistinction?
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Prerequisite: PHIL 103 or consent of instructorExamines the process of deduction from the perspective of modernlogic and stresses the value of symbolic logic as a language. Studentswill work with traditional symbolic notation to develop strategies forproving the validity or invalidity of arguments from simple syllogismsto more complex asyllogistic arguments. The course will begin withpropositional logic, move to quantification theory, and introduceproblematic issues involving relations and identities
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Introduction to classical and contemporary theories of the natureand function of law. Topics include the definition of law, the natureof a legal system, the analysis of basic legal concepts (e.g., right andduty), and the connection between law and morality.
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Introduction to the predominant philosophical themes in Indian,Chinese, and Japanese thought. Emphasizes religious, metaphysical, ethical, and aesthetic concepts from the world views of Confucianism,Taoism, Hinduism, and Buddhism.
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Fulfills a course requirement in the Philosophy Core ConcentrationPrerequisite: PHIL 100, 103, or 200Surveys the history of Greek philosophy from the pre-Socratics toPlato and Aristotle. Also examines the philosophers who developed theprinciples of critical thinking and established the disciplines of logic,metaphysics, theory of knowledge, ethics, and aesthetics.
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Prerequisite: PHIL 100, 103, or 200Covers the development of Western philosophy from the 3rd centuryA.D. to the rise of the modern world. Central historical problemsare: the relation of philosophy to religion, reason to faith; the natureof universals; and the developments leading to the Copernicanrevolution.
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Fulfills a course requirement in the Philosophy Core ConcentrationPrerequisite: PHIL 100, 103, or 200Traces the philosophical response to the scientific revolution of the17th century, from Descartes' search for an adequate foundation forall knowledge to Kant's critique of the nature and limits of knowledge.Explores the conflicts between rationalism and empiricism, andidealism and realism, as well as Kant's attempt to synthesize theresulting insights
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Prerequisite: PHIL 100, 103, or 200Explores the ideas and influence of important philosophical figuresof the 19th and 20th centuries, including Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard,Nietzsche, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and Sartre.The philosophical views examined include dialectical materialism,existentialism, logical positivism, and contemporary analyticphilosophy.
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