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Course Criteria
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
An examination of the concept of body from philosophical perspectives such as Cartesian dualism, idealism, phenomenol- ogy, biological materialism, cognitive science, gender theory, and disability theory. Offered occasionally.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
An examination of issues arising from religious experience and beliefs, including the arguments for and against the existence of God, the nature of the divine, the problem of evil, and human destiny. This course is the same as RLST 3310. Offered in alternate years.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
An examination of the ways in which ancient and contemporary traditions of Buddhism (especially Zen) and philosophy (especially phenomenology) describe the world and human experience. Offered occasionally.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
An examination of the nature of mind, including mental versus physical explanations of minds, perception, optical and cognitive illusions, the limits of human knowledge, personal identity, artificial intelligence, evolutionary explanations of moral and religious beliefs, and thought experiments about zombies, brains in vats, brain implants, and robot civil rights. Offered occasionally.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
An examination of the nature, goals, and process of scientific inquiry, including issues of deduction and induction, inference to the best explanation, problems of experimental method, skepticism in the epistemol- ogy of science, the nature of hypothetical entities, statistical generalization, pseudo- science, pragmatism and the relation between science and truth, and the relation between science and religion. Offered occasionally.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
An examination of traditional philosophical questions about "being" and the nature of reality such as, but not limited to: What is reality? Do I have free will? Is there a God? What kind of thing am I? The course may either survey the history of metaphysics or cover one or two philosophers or issues in detail. Offered occasionally.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
A junior level course on special issues not regularly covered by the curriculum. Special topics courses offered in the last few years include: Gender and Technology, Philosophy of History, Mind and Body, Pain and Aggression, Philosophy of Time, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of War, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, Philosophy of Violence, and Pragmatism. Usually at least one special topics course is offered each semester. The topics vary widely, and new courses are routinely created.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Applied analysis, practical experience, and training with selected research, educational, governmental, legal, medical, religious, artistic, or business institutions. Prerequisite: Arrangement with specific instructor to direct the internship.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Advanced study of the theory of knowledge usually focusing on one or two trends in the 20th century such as pragmatism, logical positivism, analytic philosophy, feminism, deconstruction, neurobiology and epistemology, etc. Offered occasionally.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Advanced study of classical and contemporary theories of ethics including basic concepts of ethical decision making, issues in cognitive moral perception, how to analyze moral issues, relativism, moral skepti- cism, egoism, utilitarianism, deontological ethics, virtue ethics, care ethics, rights theory, the law and ethics, religion and ethics, evolutionary theory and ethics, moral insanity and disease, and selected applied ethical issues. Offered occasionally.
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