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3.00 Credits
This course is a study of the development of philosophy in a period when Greek thought merged with Christian faith. The works of several major thinkers of the period, such as Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, and Duns Scotus, will be examined, as well as the writings of many less influential, but still important, philosophers of the time. Special emphasis will be placed on the contemporary relevance (both secular and religious) of this rich period of philosophy.
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3.00 Credits
This course covers the period from roughly 1600 to 1900, a time when the distinction between philosophy and the specialized disciplines arose. Special attention will be given to the works of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Hume, Berkeley, and Kant, among others. This class provides a solid introduction to epistemology and metaphysics, as well as background for PHL 232.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of the principle currents of thought in the western world since 1900. The course will examine existentialism and the other, major philosophical schools of thought (Marxism, Pragmatism, Positivism, and Linguistic Analysis). Correlations between philosophic thought and the politics, scientific theories, art, and literature of the times will be studied. Especially recommended to English and history majors.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of seminal works in Political philosophy. Students examine and evaluate the political thought of thinkers such as Cicero, Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Mill, Marx and Nietzsche.
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3.00 Credits
This course is a survey of contemporary political thought. Students examine and evaluate selected works from contemporary political philosophers such as John Rawls, Robert Nozick, Thomas Nagel, Michel Foucault, Martha Nussbaum and others.
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3.00 Credits
A study of how to judge a human being's claim to know the truth. In general, what can be claimed about the nature and the scope of human knowledge? In particular, what is the truth value of each of the various sorts of human knowledge-e.g., as expressed in moral and aesthetic claims? This course attempts a radical synthesis of the methods of knowing implicit in the Core Program.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Independent Study
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6.00 Credits
An advanced study of enduring philosophic interest. The course's content is determined by the interests of the members of the department, the general faculty, and the students. Specifics are announced as the course is scheduled.
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3.00 Credits
A search for the ultimate explanation of being human in the world in which we live; an inquiry into the changing, acting and existing that we experience in ourselves and in the world. Special emphasis is placed upon the relevance of metaphysical conclusions to human living.
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3.00 Credits
An inquiry into the nature, the problems, the methods of ethics and theories of the good. Special attention is given to aiding students to clarify for themselves their own lived values.
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