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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A philosophical exploration of ethical, religious, and metaphysical questions about death and dying, such as care for the dying, euthanasia, suicide, life after death. What is a human being? The meaning of life? Our place in the universe? Classical and contemporary writings, East and West, will be examined. Fulfills one of the Themes requirements. Offered fall semester.
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3.00 Credits
Does God exist? Is there a life after death? How did evil enter the world? Is there any place for reason in religion, or is religious faith only a matter of subjective experience? Questions like these will be considered, as well as the answers that have been given to them by some important religious philosophers. Part of the Identity Issue. Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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Prerequisite: Junior standing.
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3.00 Credits
Sex and gender are central to our identity. The course explores these concepts within the intersection of race, class, sexualities, and ethnicities. Philosophical analyses will be used to investigate how gendered biases infuse the structures of thought and action such that sex is a central component of our lives. Part of the Identity Issue. Offered fall semester. Prerequisites: Junior standing.
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Prerequisites: Junior standing.
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1.00 - 9.00 Credits
A variable topics course on a problem, theme, or figure of importance to the practice of philosophy in the present. Offered as needed. Prerequisites: Prior work in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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Prerequisites: Prior work in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Reading on a topic or a philosopher, arranged both as to credit and content with a member of the department. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisites: Prior work in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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Prerequisites: Prior work in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Study of one or more Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian, or Taoist philosophers (The Buddha, Nagarjuna, Lao Zi, Zhuangzi, Confucius, etc.) Topics include human nature, society and individual, moral practice, suffering and liberation, and religiosity. Fulfills Cultures - Global Perspectives. Repeatable for credit, if content differs. Offered winter semester.
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3.00 Credits
A study of a specific theme, debate, development, school, figure, or body of texts in the history of philosophy. Topics from ancient, medieval, early modern, late modern, or non-Western philosophy. The course will focus on the skills needed for historical research in philosophy. May be repeated when topic differs. Offered fall and winter semesters. Prerequisite: Prior course in philosophy or permission of the instructor.
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Prerequisite: Prior course in philosophy or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A study of selected topics, figures, or themes in 20th/21st century American Philosophy. Topics may include pragmatist conceptions of knowledge, inquiry, experience, truth, and democratic deliberation; pluralism; African-American philosophy; Latinx philosophy; Asian-American thought, Native-American thought; taking into account historical context. May be repeated for credit when topics differ. Offered winter of even-numbered years. Prerequisite: A previous course in philosophy or permission of the instructor.
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Prerequisite: A previous course in philosophy or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
A study of selected topics, issues, or figures of the philosophical movements often collected together under the heading of Continental Philosophy. For example, phenomenology, including existential and hermeneutic phenomenology; structuralism and post-structuralism; Frankfurt school neo-Marxism; critical theory; critical race theory; postmodernism; or New Realism. Can be repeated when topics differ. Offered fall semester. Prerequisite: Previous course in philosophy or permission of instructor
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Prerequisite: Previous course in philosophy or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Scientific knowledge is compared with that acquired in other disciplines. Topics common to the physical, biological, and social sciences, such as discovery, explanation, confirmation, and the nature of scientific models and laws are also considered. Offered fall semester of even-numbered years.
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