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3.00 Credits
An exploration of the concepts and problems involved in a philosophical (self-reflective) investigation of music. Using two 20th-century musicians (Bernstein and Cage) as a guide, questions about the being and characteristics of music will be pursued. Learning to talk and ask questions clearly about the nature of sound and silence is a goal of the course. (Philosophers such as Rousseau, Schopenhauer, Thoreau, Camus, and Wittgenstein will provide direction for class discussion and lectures.) Crosslisted as MUSC 215.
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1.00 Credits
Analysis of some philosophical conceptions of the self- nature relation and their implications for the use and abuse of our natural environment.
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1.00 Credits
Examination of leading theories of individual and mass deception, as well as theories of self-deception, as these theories bear on the task of informed decision making. Philosophers to be studied may include: Freud, Marx, Sartre, Jung, Foucault, Lukacs, Habermas.
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1.00 Credits
An analysis of explanation and prediction, the ontological and epistemological status of theories, evaluation of theories, and scientific change.
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3.00 Credits
An analysis of explanation and prediction, the ontological and epistemological status of theories, evaluation of theories, and scientific change.
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3.00 Credits
Introduction to the analytic movement by way of selected topics illustrating its subject matter, methods, and historical development. Readings include Ayer, Wittgenstein, Russell, Moore, Austin. Prerequisite: PHIL 98 or 100 or 103 or 201 or 220.
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3.00 Credits
Problems for rational inquiry arising from the claims and practices of religious faith; the nature of religious experience and language, arguments for God's existence, evil. Crosslisted as RELI 216. Prerequisite: PHIL 98 or 100 or 103 or 201 or 220 or RELI 125; or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The concepts of knowing, perceiving, believing, and the rational reconstruction of knowledge. Contemporary and classical sources. Prerequisite: PHIL 98 or 100 or 103 or 201 or 220.
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3.00 Credits
Inquiries about the nature of being and the structure of reality, and the epistemological and ethical status of such inquiries, as conducted by such thinkers as Plato, Descartes, Kant, Nietzsche, and Heidegger. Prerequisite: PHIL 98 or 100 or 103 or 201 or 220.
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1.00 Credits
Examination of central issues in the philosophy of mind.
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