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3.00 Credits
Independent Study
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3.00 Credits
Staff This course is a study of Aristotle and the philosophical traditions that followed. Students examine epistemological questions raised by skepticism, stoicism, and epicureanism.
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3.00 Credits
Staff This course is a critical study of the fundamental questions of Greek philosophical thought raised by the pre-Socratics and Plato. Prerequisite: PHIL 201 or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
J. Balmuth, E. Witherspoon This historical and critical reading of classic philosophical thought from the 16th to 19th centuries works with original texts of Bacon, Hobbes, Descartes, Pascal, Spinoza, Leibniz, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant.
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3.00 Credits
Staff Medieval philosophy involved the absorption and transformation of Greek and Hellenistic thought by Jewish, Christian, and Muslim thinkers, often in relations of mutual influence. The period is crucial not only for its project of reconciling reason and faith but also for philosophical insights, arguments, and formulations that have remained influential in several of the main areas of philosophy. The course focuses on questions concerning freedom of the will, the nature of moral requirements and obligation, the role of rational considerations in morality, the virtues, and ideals of human excellence. Students read figures from the three faith traditions and explore their interactions and mutual influences, as well as their differences. Coverage of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim thinkers will be roughly equal, and students look at the Platonic, Neoplatonic, and Aristotelian background to their thought as well as the new directions in which they took philosophy.
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3.00 Credits
M. Clark This course studies Kant and some major developments in 19th-century continental philosophy that stem from the transformations and criticisms of Kant's philosophy. Readings are from Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and Schopenhauer. Issues explored include the possibility of knowing things in themselves, the status of religion and science, the basis of morality, and the relationship between the individual and community. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
D. Dudrick This course is a study of some of the major movements in recent continental philosophy. Among the movements to be considered are phenomenology, existentialism, philosophical hermeneutics, post-structuralism, and postmodernism. Among the thinkers to be considered are Husserl, Heidegger, Gadamer, Sartre, Foucault, and Derrida. Movements and thinkers may vary from year to year. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of the instructor.
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3.00 Credits
E. Witherspoon This course explores philosophical issues raised by the methods and results of the social sciences. It begins by considering fundamental questions raised by anthropology: How is one to understand a culture other than one's own In attempting to understand other cultures, can one employ the concept of rationality Is there one standard of rationality that applies to every culture Do different cultures possess different "logics" that are immune to understanding and criticism from outsiders Exploration of these questions requires thinking about the status of logic and how it is related to systems of belief and action. The course also explores the related question of the status of moral norms as well as the nature of explanation in the social sciences. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of the instructor
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3.00 Credits
D. McCabe This course offers a critical survey of the major political philosophers of the modern era, concentrating on the work of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel, Marx, and Mill. Among the topics addressed are the origin and extent of the state's authority, the grounding and limits of political obligation, the proper scope of individual freedom, and the plausibility of the social contract model as a way of answering these questions. Prerequisites: at least one course in ethics or political theory is recommended. No first-year students.
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3.00 Credits
D. McCabe This course offers a critical engagement with the rich work in political philosophy that has appeared since the landmark publication of John Rawls' A Theory of Justice. After a close examination of Rawls' egalitarian liberalism, the course takes up the range of alternative positions that dominate contemporary political theory: conservatism, libertarianism, communitarianism, feminism, Marxism, and multiculturalism. Prerequisites: at least one course in ethics or political theory is recommended. No first-year students.
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