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  • PHIL 120: Critical Reasoning

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    A study of the logical principles in deductive and inductive reasoning with emphasis on the methods of identifying the strengths and weaknesses of arguments. Emphasis is on the identification and classification of fallacies, the formation of scientific hypothesis, the methods of confirmation and falsification, legal reasoning, and problem solving. Examples are taken from the arguments of journalists, lawyers, scientists and philosophers. HUM; STAFF
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  • PHIL 125: Philosophy and Fantasy

    7.00 Credits
    Knox College

    This course approaches philosophical issues through science fiction. Among the issues discussed are: 1) Is scientific progress human progress 2) Can machines think 3) Are thinking machines persons 4) Can human society be perfected 5) Does history have an overriding goal for human development 6) Is human perception relative to human biology social community 7) Are social power, scientific practice, exploitation, and the concept of the 'the natural' linked In other words, is nature a social construct HUM; W. Young
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  • PHIL 130: Ethics and Business

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    In this course we read, write and think about the nature of business and its relation to a good human life. We consider such questions as: Is anybody who provides a good to other people involved in a business Could a society have businesses if it didn't also have money In what sense does one have to do what one has contracted to do Do businesses owe anything to those who create the conditions in which they flourish Is there anything objectionable about asking as much as the market will bear for some product D. Wack
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  • PHIL 153: Tragedy and Comedy

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    Life without comedy is unbearable; life without tragedy is unlikely. The tragic and comic aspects of life as well as the artistic and theatrical representations of tragic and comic visions of the human situation have been enduring sources for philosophic reflection on how we should live our lives. This course examines philosophical theories about the nature of comedy and tragedy with special emphasis on what those art forms reveal about the human condition. Readings are taken from Plato, Aristotle, Lao-Tzu, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Camus, and Nietzche. Examples are taken from film versions of famous comedies and tragedies. L. Factor
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  • PHIL 202: Symbolic Logic

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    A detailed study of the principles of deductive logic with emphasis on the identification of valid and invalid arguments, the methods of constructing proofs, the fundamentals of the syllogism, propositional logic, and quantification theory. Prereq: sophomore standing or permission of the instructor; STAFF
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  • PHIL 205: Buddhism and Japanese Buddhism

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    This course is an introduction to Buddhism, with specific emphasis on Japanese Buddhism. To these ends, it will canvass the principal tenets of Buddhism, namely, the four noble truths, the eight-fold path, dependent origination, the no-self, karma, etc., in the Theravada and Mahayana traditions. It will then consider the development of Japanese Buddhism from the Asuka (552-645 CE) through the Kamakura Periods (1185-1332 CE), by examining the rise of particular sects within Japanese Buddhism (Nara Schools, Tendai, Shingon, Pure Land, and Zen). CL: ASIA 205, RELS 205; W. Young
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  • PHIL 210: Ethics

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    Lying, murder and cheating at checkers are all species of injustice-what do they all have in common that makes them all injustices Which is better, being just or appearing just Must one care about being a just (or a good) person It is easier to answer these questions than to explain why the right answers are right, although both tasks are challenging. We think about what the right answers are, and why they are right, through careful reading of some of the great moral philosophers, including Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, St. Thomas Aquinas, David Hume and Immanuel Kant. D. Wack
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  • PHIL 211: Philosophy of Art

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    An exploration of the problems found in the analysis and criticism of the visual and performing arts. Topics include the analysis of an aesthetic experience, the tension between subjective and objective evaluations, the definition of beauty and the problem of the ugly, the problems of creativity and expression, the role of the artist in contemporary society, the ethical issues of censorship, forgery, and artist's rights. Prereq: sophomore standing or permission of the instructor; D. Wack, L. Factor
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  • PHIL 215: Philosophy of Education

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    See description for EDUC 203. HUM; Prereq: sophomore standing or permission of the instructor; CL: EDUC 203; J. Helfer
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  • PHIL 218: Philosophy of Mind

    3.00 Credits
    Knox College

    This course examines the relationship between the mind and the natural world. Accordingly, it will consider the following topics: 1) What is the relationship between the mind and the body 2) Given that cognitive processes are rule-bound processes, are these rules learned or innate 3) Do these rules permit objective knowledge, i.e., knowledge of the world as it is in and of itself 4) What explains the semantic content of cognitive states 5) What is consciousness 6) What is the status of computer intelligence W. Young
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