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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Fall. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: F2. This writing-intensive course, intended for first and second year students, provides an in-depth exploration of philosophical approaches and ideas in the context of a specific topic in philosophy. Possible topics include the philosophy of sex, death, film, media, and the meaning of life.
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4.00 Credits
Fall. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: F2, F8. An examination of significant themes and questions related to the constitution and maintenance of social and political relations, addressed through a survey of major philosophical figures. Topics include justice, identity, the contest between individual and state, war and peace, and various ideologies (liberalism, conservativism, communism/socialism, totalitarianism, cosmopolitism, libertarianism, contractarianism, anarchism).
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4.00 Credits
Fall. Credits: 4. An examination of philosophical methods, problems, and ideas from Ancient philosophies, such as those of the Presocratics, Plato, Aristotle, Epicureans and Stoics. Issues addressed include the human good, the relation of the human to the cosmos, the nature and role of reason, and the relation between reason and pleasure.
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: F1. An examination of philosophical methods, problems, and ideas from early through late Medieval philosophies, most notably those of Augustine and Aquinas. Issues addressed include the natures and relations of faith and reason, the human good, arguments for the existence of God, and the relation of the human to the divine. (Course offered in alternate years; scheduled for 2008-2009.)
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: F1. An examination of major representatives of Early Modern Philosophy, focusing on the works of Descartes, Hume, and Kant. Major themes are their epistemological and ethical theories. Issues to be considered include such things as the nature and role of rationality, the relation of the sensuous and the rational, the exercise of freedom, and the existence of God.
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4.00 Credits
Fall, Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: F6. An examination of argumentation, with emphasis on identifying, analyzing, and evaluating arguments. Issues to be considered include methods in categorical and truth-functional logic, induction, and fallacies.
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: F1. An exploration in depth of a few major problems in contemporary philosophy of religion, such as the arguments for the existence of God, the problem of evil, the meaningfulness of theological language, and the relationship of faith and reason. (Course offered in alternate years; scheduled for 2008-2009.)
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4.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: F1 (some sections). A seminar in which topics of current interest are presented and discussed. Topics may involve both classical and contemporary philosophical texts. Typically, topics focus on issues that raise significant moral questions in contemporary society. (Subject to special scheduling.)
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4.00 Credits
Spring. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: F11. A philosophical examination of education with attention to issues in ethics (what values should guide education?), metaphysics (do we educate the whole or only part of the person?), and epistemology (what is knowledge and is it the goal of education?). (Course offered in alternate years; scheduled for 2009-2010.)
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4.00 Credits
Fall. Credits: 4. Degree Requirements: F1. An examination of major ethical theories, typically virtue ethics, deontology, and consequentialism, with special emphasis on their central arguments and applicability to specific ethical issues.
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