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3.00 Credits
This course is a rigorous examination of the theory and methods of symbolic logic. Students do problems and proofs in both sentential logic and first-order predicate logic, using truth tables, logic trees, and INT/ELIM systems of natural deduction. Special emphasis is placed on developing skills in translating sentences from natural language into symbolic notation. This course is especially useful for majors in computer science, mathematics, engineering, and any discipline in which knowledge of formal systems is important. 3 semester hours
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Topics offered in response to student and faculty interest. 3 semester hours each
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This course covers Western philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the Schoolmen. The writers studied include Plato, Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Augustine, and Occam. No prerequisite. Given alternate years. 3 semester hours
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This course offers an examination of the major philosophers from the late 16th century to the end of the 19th century. The works of Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Nietzsche, Marx, and Mill are examined. No prerequisite. Given alternate years. 3 semester hours
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This course considers such questions as: What is the proper function and organization of the state? What is justice? What is the proper relationship between society and the individual? Contributions of philosophers on these topics from ancient Greece to the present are discussed. No prerequisite. Given alternate years. 3 semester hours
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A survey of key concepts in the metatheory of Symbolic Logic as well as an introduction to various alternative logics. The course will consider such topics as the nature of a formal system with emphasis on the distinction between Syntax and Semantics, account of the Soundness and Completeness of formal systems along with related concepts, Godel's incompleteness theorem, and Epistemic, Modal, and Probabilistic Logics. Prerequisite: PHIL 120 or permission of the instructor. 3 semester hours
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This approach to philosophy is through the analysis of moral problems and the critical investigation of theories of moral characteristics in various cultures. Prerequisite: 3 semester hours of philosophy or permission of the instructor. 3 semester hours
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This course examines ethical issues in the business world. Topics covered include product safety, consumerism, affirmative action, ecological damage, and the relationship between morality and economics. This is a writing-enriched course. 3 semester hours
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This course provides an examination of philosophical issues relating to romantic love and human sexuality. Readings include philosophical and literary selections from a variety of intellectual perspectives, including contemporary feminist thought, Christian thought, Classical Greek thought, psychoanalytic perspectives, Marxist thought, and modern analytic thought. This course satisfies Humanities general education distribution requirements. 3 semester hours
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Course explores the nature and development of religion, with interpretation of its significance in contemporary cultures representing every part of the world. Prerequisite: 3 semester hours of philosophy or permission of the instructor. 3 semester hours
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