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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
3 credits An introduction to logic from the standpoint of modern symbolic methods, including techniques of formal deductive proof, quantification, the logic of relations, and properties of formal deductive systems. Discussions focus on philosophical issues in recent and contemporary logical theory.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Examines one of the most exciting periods in the history of philosophy during which philosophers from Descartes to Kant tried to come to terms with the following questions: What is knowledge Can we know the physical world exists Can we have scientific knowledge Can we know God exists Can we even know whether we exist The works of Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, Hume and Kant are read and discussed.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Studies the nature and meaning of reason, freedom, individuality, and society in the writings of philosophers such as Fichte, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Emerson, Thoreau, Comte, Mill, Spencer, Marx, and Nietzsche. Examination of the impact of such philosophies as the dialectical theory of history, transcendentalism, evolutionary theory, positivism, and existentialism on ideas about the nature and limits of human reason.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Studies philosophical views of the differences between the sexes, sexual equality, love, marriage, and the family from ancient Greece to the 20th century. Texts from the contemporary women's and men's movements will alsobe examined.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Studies classical and contemporary theories of the nature, structure, and aims of education, including major works of such philosophers as Plato, Rousseau, and Dewey. The course will also introduce students to methods of critical philosophical analysis.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits An introduction to the problems of political philosophy with an emphasis on recent and contemporary issues, such as the conflict between liberal and conservative ideologies, fascism, revolution, civil disobedience, and the concept of legitimate political authority.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits An inquiry into the nature of art, creativity, aesthetic experience, and value. Special attention to the importance of art in relation to the nature of man and society. Readings from classical theories of art (Plato, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Croce, Santayana), as well as from contemporary analyses of 20th-century art.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits An investigation of the rise and fall of civilizations in history, studying philosophical questions such as is history cyclical Linear Progressive Directed toward a final goal What is the role of the individual in history Of economic, political, sociological, and psychological causes Does history have a meaning
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3.00 Credits
3 credits An examination and analysis of selected topics including classical and contemporary theories in the philosophy of law and moral philosophy. Such topics as the nature of the law and legal reasoning, the legal enforcement of morality, protection of personal liberty, and the moral justification of punishment are considered. Such philosophers as Aquinas, Austin, Holmes, Bentham, Hart, and Dworkin are read and discussed.
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3.00 Credits
3 credits Introduces the student to ethical problems associated with the practice of medicine, the pursuit of biomedical research, and health care social policy. The course will explore such issues as: Is a physician morally obligated to tell a terminally ill patient that he or she is dying Is society ever justified in enacting laws that would commit an individual, against his or her will, to a mental institution Does society have a moral obligation to ensure that all its members have access to health care To what extent, if at all, is it ethically acceptable to clone a human being Under what conditions is human experimentation ethically acceptable
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