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3.00 Credits
[Renumbered from REL 308] The Western tradition can be viewed as the encounter of two seemingly irreconcilable ways of understanding the world; philosophy and faith. The former relies on the autonomous exercise of the speculative mind; the latter trusts revelation as the ultimate source of authority and truth. This course examines the Jewish philosophical tradition in light of philosophy and faith and explores whether or not the two are indeed irreconcilable. Prerequisite: PHI 2201 or PHI 2203. 3 Credits. Offered as needed; day.
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Distinctive characteristics of American philosophic thought analyzed and discussed; attention given to the thought of Edwards, Emerson, Royce, Santayana, Peirce, James, Mead, and Dewey. Prerequisite: PHI 2201 or PHI 2203. 3 credits. Offered as needed; day.
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A study of several major women philosophers from the Middle Ages through the 20th century; an analysis of representative texts. The course includes a reflection on the meaning of women in philosophy and address the question of whether general lessons can be drawn from the study of the figures examined. Prerequisite: PHI 2201 or PHI 2203. 3 credits. Offered as needed; day.
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An inquiry into the intelligibility of history and an examination of the character of historical knowledge. Topics include historical change, cyclical and directional theories of history, the idea of progress, historical explanation, and historicism. Attention is given to some of the texts of the following: Thucydides, Aristotle, Polybius, St. Augustine, Vico, Kant, Comte, Hegel, Marx, Burckhardt, Ranke, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Raymond Aron, and Isaiah Berlin. Prerequisite: PHI 2201 or PHI 2203. 3 credits. Offered as needed; day.
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The course examines the nature of art and the character of our experience of art. It deals with such issues as the concept of beauty, imagination, and taste; the role of imitation, representation, and expression; style; the relation of works of art to knowledge and truth; the meaning of symbol and metaphor; the nature of narrative and genre; the philosophical status of works of art; and the emotional responses to art. The course concentrates on the texts of selected major figures in the history of philosophy from Plato to Hans Urs von Balthasar. Prerequisite: PHI 2201 or PHI 2203. 3 credits. Offered as needed; day.
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An examination of the epistemological and ontological requirements of natural science. This examination is carried out by means of a consideration of the idea of science in Greek philosophy, the emergence of modern natural science in the 17th century, logical positivism's account of natural science, and the recent criticisms of the logical positivist account. Readings from ancient, modern, and contemporary sources. Prerequisite: PHI 2201 or PHI 2203. 3 credits. Offered as needed; day.
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An inquiry into the problem of being and into the concepts in terms of which it has been elucidated; the possibility of this question. Readings from ancient, medieval, modern, and contemporary philosophers. Prerequisite: PHI 2201 or PHI 2203. 3 credits. Offered as needed; day.
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An examination of the main themes in Western philosophical considerations of the existence and nature of God. Classical sources, Christian influences, and modern treatments. Prerequisite: PHI 2201 or PHI 2203. 3 credits. Offered as needed; day.
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Examination of selected contemporary and traditional ethical problems, such as abortion, sex education, euthanasia, censorship, war, and capital punishment; some study of the presuppositions, instruments, and procedures of ethical analysis is involved. Prerequisite: PHI 2201 or PHI 2203. 3 credits. Offered as needed; day.
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3.00 Credits
An inquiry into the nature of law through a study of different explanations of what law is. This course also addresses itself to the issues that have been raised concerning the connection of law to justice and of law to morality. Prerequisite: PHI-2201 or PHI- 2203. 3 credits. Offered as needed; day.
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