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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. A survey of classical and contemporary theoretical approaches to moral philosophy. Covers such theories as utilitarianism, deontology, virtue ethics, ethical relativism, and the divine command theory. Prerequisite: three hours in PHIL or consent of instructor.
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Alternate years. Notation and proof procedures used by modern logicians to deal with special problems beyond traditional logic; propositional calculus, truth tables, predicate calculus, nature and kinds of logical proofs. Prerequisite: three hours in PHIL, MATH 232, or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Fall or Spring. Topics covered will include some of the nature of mental phenomena, the relation between minds and bodies, free will, the relationship between thought and action, and the problem of other minds. Prerequisite: 3 hours in Philosophy.
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3.00 Credits
On demand. Major philosophical positions of Middle Ages; St. Augustine through Renaissance philosophers. Prerequisite: three hours in PHIL or consent of instructor.
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Fall or Spring. Some of the classics of political thought, including works by Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Smith and Marx. Topics include liberty and authority, justice and equality. Prerequisite: three hours in PHIL or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
On demand. Study of philosophical underpinnings and implications of major movements in psychology, including the discovery of the unconscious, behaviorism, cognitive science, artificial intelligence and sociobiology. Prerequisite: three hours in PHIL or consent of instructor.
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Fall or Spring. Nature of religion; gods and/or God; faith, revelation and religious belief; evil and righteousness; meaning of life. Readings from variety of sources, largely contemporary. Prerequisite: three hours in PHIL or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
On demand. Some non-Western philosophical traditions. Possible topics include Taoism, Confucianism, Buddhism and Vedanta; epistemology, formal inference, causality, metaphysics, mind-body relationships. Prerequisite: three hours in PHIL or consent of instructor. Applicable to the BG Perspective (generaleducation) humanities and arts and international perspective requirements.
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3.00 Credits
Alternate years. Theories of knowledge, truth, belief and evidence. Prerequisite: three hours in PHIL or consent of instructor.
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Alternate years. Various existential themes, including the meaning of life, human freedom, the limits of reason, the meaning of death and the individual vs. society. Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, Camus, Sartre, Jaspers, Buber and others comprise the reading. Prerequisite: three hours in PHIL or consent of instructor.
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