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3.00 Credits
This course will investigate conceptual and moral issues concerning personal relationships - friendship, love, sex, and marriage. A study of the conceptual issues will involve a consideration of what these relationships are, for instance,what is friendship, what is love, and are some concepts of friendship better than others? Thinking about moral issues is thinking about what is right and what is wrong, for example should we lie for a friend, and are premarital sex,adultry, and pornography all wrong.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on developing and strengthening logic reasoning and critical thinking skills. Five classes of skills are discussed and practiced-analytical, judging the reliability of sources of information, use of evidence, decision making and problem solving, and creative thinking. The course will also include an introduction to symbolic logic.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the variety of ideas at the fringe of science, such as theories of ancient astronauts, UFO's, the healing power of crystals, New Age cures, and ghosts, but its goal is to improve critical thinking skills. Students will consider what knowledge is and examine differences between science, myth, ethics, religion, and other human enterprises. The course will focus on identifying and evaluating patterns of reasoning used in science and pseudo science.
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3.00 Credits
The problem of free will is one fo the oldest in philosophy. Fundamentally, the issue is generated by two very different pictures of what it is to be a person. On the one hand, we view persons as agents who are responsible for freely chosen actions. On the other hand, we view persons as physical systems subject to deterministic natural laws. Historically, some philosophers have denied that human beings are free in any meaningful sense, others have argued that human beings are immune from casual determinism, while a third group argue that the human beings are both determined and free. In this course, we will explore these contending positions through the work of philosphers like David Hume, Arthur Schophenhaur, Daniel Dennett, Robert Kane, and Harry Frankfurt. In addition, we will consider ideas on the nature of causation, the mind-body problem and the nature of events. No prior knowledge of philosophy is required.
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3.00 Credits
The problem of free will is one fo the oldest in philosophy. Fundamentally, the issue is generated by two very different pictures of what it is to be a person. On the one hand, we view persons as agents who are responsible for freely chosen actions. On the other hand, we view persons as physical systems subject to deterministic natural laws. Historically, some philosophers have denied that human beings are free in any meaningful sense, others have argued that human beings are immune from casual determinism, while a third group argue that the human beings are both determined and free. In this course, we will explore these contending positions through the work of philosphers like David Hume, Arthur Schophenhaur, Daniel Dennett, Robert Kane, and Harry Frankfurt. In addition, we will consider ideas on the nature of causation, the mind-body problem and the nature of events. No prior knowledge of philosophy is required. Restricted to students admitted in the Honors Program.
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3.00 Credits
This course will consider what science can tell us about ourselves, where we have come from and where we are going. After considering the more traditional philosophical, religious and psychological accounts of human nature, we will draw on the more recent resources of evolutionary biology, behavioral genetics and cognitive science to paint a very different picture. We will use illustrations from ancient times to the present to help us think about fundamental issues such as the roots of morality, lies and deception, sexuality, violence and religious feeling.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
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3.00 Credits
Focusing mostly on the visual arts of painting and sculpture but considering theater, literature, music, and poetry, we will explore the various theories that have emerged about the arts throughout the ages. From Ancient Greek thinkers like Plato and Aristotle, to the18th and 19th Century theories of David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Friedrich Nietzsche, and on to modern day concepts put forth by John Dewey, Walter Benjamin, and Arthur Danto, we will talk about the place of the arts and artists in society, then and now. We will ask, and perhaps be able to answer, many questions: What is the relation of art to nature? What makes objects beautiful? Is the notion of the beautiful necessary to art? Is there such a thing as truth in art? What is artistic expression? What makes a work of art good? Does art matter? Is aesthetics important to everyday life?
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3.00 Credits
What does the individual owe to society? What does society owe the individual? Are we social beings by nature, or is there a basic conflict between the individual and society? How do we balance individual rights against obligations to the community? When should the individual withdraw obedience to legal authority? This course looks at how philosophers and others have interpreted questions such as these.
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3.00 Credits
Students in this course will discuss and debate a variety of moral issues and problems. Is infant euthanasia ethical? Should surrogate motherhood be allowed? Do animals have rights? Who should pay for smokers' health care? Is the death penalty just? The focus of the course is on the thinking process, that is, on how to think clearly, reasonably and reflectively about such issues.
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