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3.00 Credits
An analysis of the writings of one or more important philosophers. Figures include Ancient: Plato, Aristotle. Medieval: Augustine, Aquinas. Modern: Locke-Hume, Kant, Nineteenth-Century European. Contemporary: Phenomenology, Wittgenstein, and Contemporary Continental Thinkers. Prerequisites: PHIL 311, 312. (2-4 credits)
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Advanced Seminars in Contemporary Philosophy
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3.00 Credits
Epistemology, or the theory of knowledge, explores knowledge and related intellectual goods such as understanding, rationality, and experiential acquaintance. It investigates human intellectual powers, the extent of their reach, and whether these powers must follow a particular method or be trained to certain intellectual habits to be used to greatest effect. Typical questions asked by epistemologists include: What are the nature and limits of human reasons What conditions must we satisfy in order to know or to have justified belief What intellectual virtues characterize excellent intellectual agents Do the arguments of skeptics show that we don't have knowledge or justified belief While this course focuses on more contemporary discussions, we will also discuss the epistemologies of many historically significant philosophers. Prerequisites: PHIL 311, 312.
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3.00 Credits
Metaphysics asks such questions as "What is real " and "What is our place in reality " This course studies important twentieth-century work on classic metaphysical questions concerning the existence of God, our knowledge of reality, the nature of identity, minds, free will, essences, and natural kinds. It begins by examining our method of inquiry into such matters, as well as the concepts of realism and truth as applied to these metaphysical concerns. Prerequisites: PHIL 311, 31
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An examination of major types of ethical theory, emphasizing recent thought, along with consideration of the status of ethical theorizing as a philosophical enterprise and the prospects for a common morality in contemporary society. Investigates connections between philosophy and other disciplines, such as psychology, political science, and theology. Seminar format. Prerequisites: PHIL 311, 312.
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3.00 Credits
Studies American pragmatist thinkers John Dewey, William James, C.S. Pierce, and their influence on the contemporary pragmatism of Davidson, Putnam, Quine, Rorty, and others. Prerequisites: PHIL 311, 312.
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3.00 Credits
An assessment of the postmodern critique of traditional Western metaphysical, epistemological, and religious claims in the light of the Christian faith. Includes thinkers such as Derrida, Heidegger, Levinas, Marion, Milbank, Nietzsche, and i ek. Prerequisites: PHIL 311, 312.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Guided reading and research for the advanced student. (1-4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
Independent study on philosophical issues related to internship or employment experience. Requires department approval of student's proposal. Graded pass/fail. Prerequisite: junior or senior standing with Philosophy major. (2-4 credits)
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3.00 Credits
An independent philosophical project requiring original research and/or argumentation, developed in a scholarly paper and culminating in an oral examination. By application only.
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