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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 Socrates famously asserted, "The unexamined life is not worth living." Do we really believe this If so, what does it mean to practice, day-by-day, an examined life Beyond the ancient Greeks, Montaigne took up these questions at the beginning of Modernity through writing a new kind of philosophical essay. This new kind of philosophically self-reflexive writing was extended by Emerson in his day-by-day journal; and the demands of the examined life were then further developed in the writings of such thinkers as Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Foucault. Using exemplary selections from these thinkers, we will work out the necessary and sufficient conditions of the practice of the examined life, and then experiment with different essay forms in order to work out the kind of writing that today is a necessary, if not sufficient, condition for living an examined life.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
Consists of the careful reading and discussion of several classical texts of moral philosophy. For first-year students and sophomores; juniors by consent only; not open to seniors.
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 An introductory examination of social and political questions from a philosophical perspective. For first-year students and sophomores; juniors by consent only; not open to seniors.
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 An introduction to some of the central arguments in the philosophy of religion, focusing on proofs for and against the existence of God and discussions of the nature of religious belief. For first-year students and sophomores. This course is open to juniors and seniors by consent only.
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3.00 Credits
Nationwide, over two million people are now in prison, including over 2,000 at the Washington State Penitentiary here in Walla Walla, and those numbers continue to grow rapidly. Yet as a society, there is no clear consensus regarding the goal(s) or purpose(s) of sending someone to prison. How can it be right to cause someone suffering What kind of suffering can be justified, and under what circumstances And what is the connection between having done wrong and being made to suffer In this course we will critically examine some of the ultimate philosophical justifications of punishment, such as retribution, deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation. We will also examine importantly related questions about personal responsibility and the conditions necessary for punishment to be appropriate. Finally, we will consider the relevance and impact of excuses and mitigating factors like age, socioeconomic status, abuse, addiction, and mental illness. Open to first- and second-year students; juniors by consent; not open to seniors. Distribution area: humanities.
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4.00 Credits
Fall: T. Davis, Spring: Carey A close reading of selected texts from Plato and Aristotle. May be elected as Classics 201.
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4.00 Credits
A careful reading and discussion of several primary texts of major medieval philosophers. Intended primarily for (but not limited to) philosophy majors.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses critically on theories of knowledge, truth, and justification, and the issues and problems they severally raise.
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3.00 - 4.00 Credits
An examination of the origin of modern skepticism in Shakespeare's Othello, King Lear, and The Winter's Tale , and Descartes ' Meditatio ns by way of Stanley Cavell 's Disowning Knowled ge. Distribution area: humanitie
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4.00 Credits
not offered 2008-09 We will examine the experiential dynamics of specific religious phenomena, for example, the actions of forgiveness, of surrender in "conversion," and of "turning the other cheek." Readings will be taken from: Luke, Paul's letters, Augusti ne's Confess ions, K ant's Religion within the Limits of Reason Alone, William James' Varieties of Religious Expe rience, Heid egger's The Phenomenology of Religio us Life, and essays by L
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