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3.00 Credits
1-3 Cr. Courses on topics of interest to philosophy students offered on the basis of need, interest, or timeliness. Prerequisites as determined by the instructor. Restricted to students with freshman or sophomore standing. May be repeated for credit. G3, G9
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1-3 Cr. Independent reading and/or research under the guidance of a philosophy faculty member. Refer to the academic policy section for independent study policy. Independent study contract is required. May be repeated for credit.
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3 Cr. This course is an introduction to the study of the philosophy of nature as articulated in terms of the relationship between humans and the environment in which they live. Philosophical, scientifi c, and religious perspectives on the environment will provide the context for a discussion of the ethics of environmental philosophy. E, G3, G9
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3 Cr. Philosophical examination of the assumptions of religion. Possibility of proofs for the existence of the Divine. Western and Oriental concepts of God. The contemporary scene: belief and unbelief. An examination of relations among God, humans, and nature. Prerequisites 101; RLST 102 or 130. G3, G9 (See RLST 310)
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3 Cr. Students will cover selections from original and/or secondary texts on philosophers from a given historical period, learning the contrasts and developments of great ideas pertaining to such questions (among many others) as the existence or non-existence of God, the relationship between faith, skepticism, and reason, basis of human ethics, the nature of the mind/soul, and the role of senses versus reason in the origin of human knowledge. Time period covered is Pre-Socratics, Plato, Aristotle, and later philosophers through about 100 A.D. Students are strongly encouraged to have had either 100 or 101 prior to taking this course. G3, G9
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3 Cr. Students will cover selections from original and/or secondary texts on philosophers from a given historical period, learning the contrasts and developments of great ideas pertaining to such questions (among many others) as the existence or non-existence of God, the relationship between faith, skepticism, and reason, free will and determinism, relationship between philosophy and the origins of science, the basis of human ethics, the nature of the mind/soul, and the role of senses versus reason in the origin of human knowledge. Covers medieval philosophy touching on Franciscan and other Catholic sources, as well as Islamic sources. Students are strongly encouraged to have had either 100 or 101 prior to taking this course. G3, G9
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3 Cr. Students will cover selections from original and/or secondary texts on philosophers from a given historical period, learning the contrasts and developments of great ideas pertaining to such questions (among many others) as the existence or non-existence of God, the relationship between faith, skepticism, and reason, free will and determinism, relationship between philosophy and the origins of science, the basis of human ethics, the nature of the mind/soul, and the role of senses versus reason in the origin of human knowledge. Time period covered is 16th through early 19th century with readings from some of the following thinkers: Descartes, Pascal, Hume, Locke, Leibniz, Spinoza, Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard. Students are strongly encouraged to have had either 100 or 101 prior to taking this course. G3, G9
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3 Cr. This course will examine the concept of law as a directive human enterprise from a historical and philosophical perspective, focusing on the American legal tradition. Natural Law and Legal Positivistic approaches to law will be discussed. Philosophical questions to be addressed may include views on the propriety and impropriety of judges interpreting laws in terms of social values, the intent of legislators, particular moral codes, and/or the intentions of Constitutional authors. This may also include discussions about the advantages and disadvantages of approaches such as strict constructionism, judicial activism, and intermediate approaches to law. Some analysis of historically signifi cant U.S. Supreme Court cases on a variety of subjects is likely. Offered every other fall. G3, G9
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3 Cr. This course will examine philosophical ideas about such topics as love, community, success, and death, using literature which examines these issues as a focus for the discussion. G3, G9
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3 Cr. Introduction of the basic concepts and techniques of both Aristotelian syllogism and Modern symbolic logic, designed to equip students to analyze and evaluate arguments employed in scientifi c and non-scientifi c discourse. G3, G9
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