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Because the world is getting smaller, the scope of our knowledge and vision must expand. This course introduces students to major philosophies of the East, such as Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism, through the study of classic texts. Fulfills Cultures - Global Perspectives. Offered fall and winter semesters.
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An inquiry into the nature, criteria, and significance of the fine arts and/or artistic creation and response. Fulfills Foundations - Arts. Offered fall and winter semesters.
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Focuses on the history and context of American philosophy, from the precolonial indigenous wisdom traditions to contemporary philosophers. Special emphasis on American Pragmatism, as a distinctively American philosophical movement, and on the issues of race as a common theme in American philosophy. Fulfills Cultures - U.S. Diversity. Offered fall semester, odd-numbered years.
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This course introduces students to Middle Eastern philosophy from the medieval period through the contemporary era. The course will give students a thorough understanding of what Middle Eastern philosophy is, what makes it unique, and how both medieval and modern thinkers tackle philisophical problems of their day. Fulfills Cultures - Global Perspectives. Offered winter semester, even-numbered years. Prerequisites: Previous work in Philosophy.
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Prerequisites: Previous work in Philosophy.
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An investigation of a major philosophical and literary movement in the 19th and 20th century. Important existentialists include Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre, and Camus. Topics include authenticity, freedom, consciousness, commitment, our relations to others and God, how emotions provide insights unavailable to reason, and the limits of philosophy. Fulfills Cultures - Global Perspectives. Offered fall semester.
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Survey of philosophical, scientific, and religious conceptions of the human being, from past and present and from various cultures. Issues include meaning of life, destiny of humanity, relations between humans, human development and evolution, relations of humans to their creator/origins and to their environments, and methodologies for investigating human nature. Part of the Identity Issue. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Environmental justice addresses environmental racism, inequity, and the broad disparities in how environmental benefits and burdens are distributed across communities. This course will provide an overview of the historical, conceptual, and practical dimensions of the environmental justice movement, and of the critical social and political thought at its core. Cross-listed with ENS 302. Offered fall and winter semesters.
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A study of one or several ancient great philosophers, such as the preSocratics, Plato, Aristotle, and Lucretius. Focus will be on the philosophers' writings, but attention also will be given to context and tradition. Cross-listed with CLA 311. May be repeated for credit if content varies.
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A study of one or several medieval great philosophers, such as: Plotinus, Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Maimonides. Focus will be on the philosophers' writings, but attention will also be given to context and tradition. May be repeated for credit, if content differs.
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A study of one or several modern great philosophers, up to Kant, such as Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Focus will be on the philosophers' writings, but attention also will be given to context and tradition. May be repeated for credit if content differs.
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