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3.00 Credits
(3 credits) This course introduces students to the three main areas of philosophical ethics, metaethics, normative ethics and applied ethics. Students will explore metaethical issues such as ethical subjectivism and objectivism, moral skepticism, free will and responsibility; major normative theories such as consequentialism and deontologism; and applied ethical issues such as animal rights, war, and cloning. The overarching goal will be for students to develop the skills necessary for thinking, writing, and speaking about ethical theories and problems while acquiring a basic understanding of these theories and problems.
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits) This course surveys broad trends in political thought: liberalism, conservatism, libertarianism, communism and more are possibly covered. Specific political thinkers from the ancient world to today may be considered. Crucial political concepts such as justice, liberty and equality may also be considered. The overarching goal is to critically explore how humanity has attempted to organize social and political life, all with an eye toward the understanding and evaluation of politics today. No background in philosophy is required. F,S
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits) This is a course in basic reasoning skills, including identifying arguments and types of arguments, evaluating arguments, and defending one's own views with reason and evidence. Students will build skills in basic empirical and statistical reasoning, avoiding common fallacies, and reasoning in specific contexts such as morality, religion, and politics. F,S,Su
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits) This course is an introduction to philosophical traditions outside of the European canon. Students explore various Non-European approaches to philosophical problems and compare these with each other and with European approaches. Texts may include ancient, modern, or contemporary writing from African, Asian, Native American, and European philosophers. Topics may include personal identity, life after death, how we ought to act, what constitutes a good human life, the nature of reality, and what we can know. The overarching goals of this course are for students to study some of the "big questions" in philosophy from a non-Eurocentric approach and to learn about similarities and differences in philosophical views across world traditions. Offered as needed
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits) This course introduces students to formal logic. Students will learn to recognize deductive and inductive arguments. They will translate English statements to the language propositional deductive logic, construct truth tables, and use proof procedures such as natural deduction to demonstrate the validity of arguments. Common forms of inductive reasoning, such as analogical and probabilistic reasoning, may also be introduced. The formal reasoning skills acquired in this course may benefit students taking professional and graduate school admission tests. F,S,Su
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits)(Restricted to Sophomore standing or higher, or permission of the instructor) This course is a survey of Western philosophical thought from the early Renaissance through Hume. The chief emphasis is on the 17th and 18th Century, including Bacon, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley and Hume. This course may be taken prior to PHIL*300.
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits)(Restricted to Sophomore standing or higher, or permission of the instructor) This is a course in the application of ethical theory through the examination of moral issues confronting people in contemporary society. Topics vary but may include discussion of ethical problems related to abortion, druge use and laws, euthanasia, war and terrosim, homosexuality, violence, animal rights, the environment, and punishment. F
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3.00 Credits
No course description available.
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits)(Restricted to Sophomore standing or higher)(Prereq: PHIL*101) This course is an introduction to the fundamental questions, concepts and problems of contemporary philosophy of mind including those concerning the nature of mind, the relationship between mind and world, and understanding consciousness. Readings from Ryle, Armstrong, Lewis, Block, churchland, Dennett, Jackson, Shoemaker, Tye, Dretske, et al.
Prerequisite:
Take PHIL*101;
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3.00 Credits
(3 credits)(Restricted to Sophomore standing or higher, or permission of the instructor)(Prereq: PHIL*101 or PHIL*102) A study of moral principles and the basic concepts underlying these principles, such as good, evil, right, wrong, justice, value, duty, and obligation. Using original source readings from both classical and contemporary moral philosophy, this course develops an understanding of the philosophical foundations of various ethical theories. S
Prerequisite:
Take PHIL*101 or PHIL*102;
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