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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces student to philosophical questions pertaining to the foundations of the physical sciences. It will prepare students for advanced work in the area of general philosophy of science as well as in the very specialized field of philosophy of physics, and it will increase the value, to science majors, of the requirements in their own major. Students will read contemporary as well as historical materials pertaining to: the nature of space, time and their interrelations; the nature of physical quantities, the dependence relations amongst them, and the relationship of these dependence relations to causation; the conceptual shifts from classical physical theory to relativity and quantum theory; quantum puzzles and what they challenge; the way history shapes the development of fundamental physical concepts, and the way physical concepts shape the course of history.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of traditional problems and contemporary treatments of issues in metaphysics. Topics may include questions of identity and change, individuality, freedom and determinism, causation, time, necessity and possibility, ontology, natural kinds, essentialism, universals, and truth, among others.
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Survey of traditional and contemporary problems of the mind. Topics may include problems of consciousness, theories of personal identity, the problem of other minds, scientific explanations of consciousness, theories of cognitive architecture, the ontology of mind, and the nature of concepts, among others.
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3.00 Credits
Survey of traditional and contemporary problems related to language. Topics may include the nature of linguistic meaning, the relationship between language and the world, the difference between what is said and what is communicated, demonstratives, indexicals, self-reference, and uses of language (both expressive and figurative), among others.
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This course will focus on the ethical issues that arise in the practice of engineering. Issues to be covered include engineering's effect on public safety and the environment; engineers as professionals; engineering as large-scale human experimentation; conflicts between profit and the common good in business enterprises; the role of codes of conduct; and ethical issues raised by globalization.
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Restricted to students in the Honors Program working on their Honors degree. Prerequisite: Senior Honors standing
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Representative writings of major philosophers in the analytic tradition from Frege and Russell to the present. Recommended Prerequisites: PHIL 3013 OR 3810 OR 4110 OR 4120 OR 4130 OR 4140.
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3.00 Credits
Representative writings of major philosophers in the Continental tradition, including Husserl, Heidegger,Sartre, Habermas, Derrida. Recommended Prerequisite: PHIL 3013, 3810, 4110, 4120, 4130, or 4140.
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3.00 Credits
Intensive study of significant themes or figures in Ancient Greek philosophy or of the connections, contrasts, or debates between important figures in Ancient Greek philosophy. For Juniors and Seniors.
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3.00 Credits
Intensive study of significant themes in ancient or medieval philosophy or of the connections, contrasts, or debates between important figures in ancient or medieval philosophy. For juniors and seniors. Recommended Prerequisite: PHIL 3013, 3810, 4110, 4120, 4130, or 4140.
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