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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
An investigation into the nature, scope, and limits of human knowledge. Topics to be discussed will include different sources of knowledge, skepticism, and the relationship between truth, belief, and justification. Credits: 3
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A study of various issues concerning the fundamental structure of reality. These may include the nature of time and space, change, causation, modality, matter and mind, action and free will, and the self. Readings may be taken from traditional as well as contemporary sources. Credits: 3
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3.00 Credits
An examination of selected writings in Ancient Philosophy, drawing especially on the work of the pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, the Epicureans, and the Skeptics. Credits: 3
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3.00 Credits
An examination of selected writings of major philosophers from the 16 th to the 18 th Century, drawing especially on the work of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Credits: 3
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Examination of the major theories of morality. Analysis of the ethical theories of such philosophers as Plato, Hume, and Kant, and such ethical positions as hedonism, stoicism, and utilitarianism. Credits: 3
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Investigation of moral issues involving the environment. Topics may include the nature and extent of our duties regarding the environment, conservationism vs. preservationism, duties to future generations, biocentric ethics, ecofeminism, ethical individualism vs. ethical holism, the value of ecosystems, the moral status of animals, and animal experimentation. Credits: 3
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Examination of moral problems which arise in the context of health care practice and research. Consideration of both issues of individual conduct and public policy. May include discussion of general problems in ethical theory which have a direct bearing on these specific issues. Credits: 3
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Consideration of moral problems arising in business as well as both issues of individual conduct and public policy. May include discussion of general problems in ethical theory which have a direct bearing on these specific issues. Credits: 3
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Survey of traditional and contemporary philosophical problems concerning the mind and the cognitive sciences. Topics may include the mind-body problem, the problem of other minds, personal identity, intentionality, mental causation, consciousness and self-awareness, reductionism, the possibility of artificial intelligence, and the nature of psychological explanation. Designed for students interested in psychology and cognitive science as well as for students interested in problems in the philosophy of mind. Credits: 3
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Critical study of theories of art and related problems. Consideration of such topics as the structure of aesthetic experience, the meaning of works of art, the forms and elements of expression in the various arts, and the principles of art and literary criticism. Credits: 3
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