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  • PHIL 250: Philosophy of Mind

    4.00 Credits
    Lehigh University

    An exploration of the mind-body problem. Are the body and mind distinct substances (dualism); or is there only body (materialism); or only mind (idealism) Other views to be considered include behaviorism (the view that behavior can be explained without recourse to mental states), and the view that the mind is a complex computer. (HU)
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  • PHIL 260: Philosophy of Language

    4.00 Credits
    Lehigh University

    Analysis of the nature of the correspondence between the words we use and the world in which we live. Our unifying theme is the quest for an understanding of truth, conceived as a peculiar relation between language and reality. We examine such central notions as meaning and reference, as understood in historically influential philosophical theories of language. (HU)
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  • PHIL 265: Philosophy of Mathematics

    4.00 Credits
    Lehigh University

    Survey of metaphysical and epistemological issues from the philosophy of mathematics, with emphasis on the arguments on behalf of mathematical platonism, conventionalism, and psychologism. It is highly recommended that students take PHIL 114 and a year of calculus, or otherwise acquire comparable formal background, prior to this course. (HU)
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  • PHIL 273: Ariadne:Internship

    2.00 Credits
    Lehigh University

    An internship devoted to the construction and maintenance of Ariadne, an on-line, web-based, undergraduate journal of philosophy. Responsibilities will include research; publicizing the project nationally and locally; reviewing, selecting, and formatting manuscripts for publication; and various other administrative and editorial activities. Some students may also be involved in the initial states of constructing Dionysos, an externally refereed, on-line, web-based professional journal of the history of philosophy. Prerequisite: Department permission required: previous coursework in philosophy expected. May be repeated more than once for credit. (ND)
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  • PHIL 290: Independent Study

    1.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Lehigh University

    Individual philosophical investigation of an author, book, or topic designed in collaboration with a faculty sponsor. Tutorial meetings; substantial written work. May be repeated more than once for credit. Consent of faculty sponsor required. (ND)
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  • PHIL 3: Global Religion,Global Ethics

    4.00 Credits
    Lehigh University

    Introduction to philosophical and religious modes of moral thinking, with attention given to ethical issues as they arise cross-culturally in and through religious traditions. The course will reference the United Nations Millennium Goals to consider family life and the role of women, social justice, the environment, and ethical ideals. Particular focus varies but may include one or more of the following: abortion and reproductive health, the death penalty, religiously motivated violence, and problems of personal disorder (heavy drinking, anorexia, vengeance). A Global Citizenship course. Steffen (HU)
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  • PHIL 303: Mathematical Logic

    3.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Lehigh University

    Detailed proofs for the basic mathematical results relating the syntax and semantics of first-order logic (predicate logic): the Soundness and Completeness (and Compactness) Theorems, followed by a brief exposition of the celebrated limitative results of G del, Turing, and Church on incompleteness and undecidability. The material is conceptually rigorous and mathematically mature; the necessary background is a certain degree of mathematical sophistication or a basic knowledge of symbolic logic. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. (MA)
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  • PHIL 304: Axiomatic Set Theory fall

    3.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Lehigh University

    A development of set theory from axioms; relations and functions; ordinal and cardinal arithmetic; recursion the orem; axiom of choice; independence questions. Prerequisite: MATH 301 or consent of the department chair. (MA)
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  • PHIL 329: Computability Theory spring

    3.00 - 4.00 Credits
    Lehigh University

    Course development of classical computability theory; enumeration, index and recursion theorems, various models of computation and Church's Thesis, uncomputability results, introduction to reducibilities and their degrees (in particular, Turning degrees, or degrees of uncomputability), computable operators and their fixed points. (MA)
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  • PHIL 347: American Religious Thinkers

    4.00 Credits
    Lehigh University

    An examination of the writings of key figures in the history of American religious thought (such as Edwards, Emerson, Bushnell, Peirce, James, Royce, Dewey and the Niebuhrs). Attention will be directed both to the historical reception of these writings and to their contemporary significance. Raposa (HU)
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