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4.00 Credits
Theories, classical and modern, of the nature of beauty and the aesthetic experience. Practical criticism of some works of art, and examination of analogies between arts, and between art and nature. (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Critical examination, from a philosophical perspective, of some fundamental problems of religion, the nature of religious experience and belief, reason and revelation, the existence and nature of God, the problem of evil, and religious truth. (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Human beings are by nature sociable; with very few exceptions, we live together in society. Sometimes we do this well, sometimes badly. And so it is natural to ask: what kind(s) of life is good for people who live among people, and what is an (the) appropriate relationship between a person and society Social and political philosophy seeks not to describe how humans have in fact arranged social life, but to reflect on how best to arrange our lives together. That is, it develops visions of good social life and identifies values that should shape society so that people are able to live good lives together. This course will focus on social philosophy and will address questions about the nature of a free and just society. Issues covered may include the nature of freedom, how the facts of gender, race, class, ethnic, and cultural differences should be taken into account in social and political relations, the limits of religious tolerance, affirmative action, parenting, the death penalty, privacy, violence, world hunger, homosexuality, and abortion. (HU)
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4.00 Credits
An examination of the moral rules and action guides that govern various professions. Professions to be examined will include health (physician and nursing); legal; counseling and psychiatry; engineering; military; clergy; teaching. Attention will be given to modes of ethical reasoning and how those modes are practically applied in professional life and activity. Among issues to be discussed, will be the limits of confidentiality; employer authority; power relationships; obligations to the public; professional rights; sexual boundaries; whistle-blowing; safety and risk; computer ethics; weapons development; discrimination; professional review of ethical infractions. Course will include guest lectures and case studies. Steffen (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Investigation of the historical development of existentialism from its origins in the 19th century (Kierkegaard, Nietzsche) through its marriage to phenomenology in the early 20th (Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty), and out the other side as a vigorous dimension of much literary, psychological, and artistic work produced in the last 50 years. (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to the structure and methods of scientific investigation. The nature of explanation, confirmation, and falsification. Scientific progress: What is it Would it be suffocated by obedience to completely rational methods (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Consideration of how major Jewish thinkers from the first to 20th centuries confronted questions at the intersection of religion and philosophy: the existence and nature of God, free will, evil, divine providence, miracles, creation, revelation, and religious obligation. (HU)
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4.00 Credits
Historical survey of selected texts and issues in the classical world, from the pre-Socratics through Aristotle, with emphasis on the origins of the western philosophical traditions in ethics, metaphysics, and epistemology. (HU)
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Historical survey of selected texts and issues in Post- Aristotelian Greek and Roman philosophy from the fourth century B.C. to the third century A.D. Areas of focus may include epicureanism, stoicism, academic and pyrrohnian scepticism, and neoplatonism. (HU)
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Historical survey of selected texts and issues in western philosophy from the fourth to 14th centuries. Attention will be given to the relation between developments in medieval philosophy and major currents in ancient and modern thought. Figures may include Augustine, Eriugena, Anselm, Aquinas, Ockham, and Nicholas of Autrecourt. (HU)
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