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What exactly is reality? What should count as "real"? This is the basic question this course will ask. It will deal both with the means with which we try to answer this question, and with the most important answers to this question. Its objective will be to discuss such problems as what is the basic "unit" of reality? Does the real only include matter and things made out of matter? Does it something other than matter? What is the relation between thought and reality? Course readings will include works by Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Michael Loux, and Peter Van Inwagen.
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A logic can be studied as a set of reasoning skills. Truth-functional (t-f) logic is the simplest common part of most logics. Although PHL 1010 covers t-f logic as rules for good reasoning, the emphasis is on studying it as a basic introduction to Logic as a Theory of Truth. No prerequisites
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Just as there are basic rules of reasoning, so too are there basic mistakes we can make when we reason. This course will cover both the basic forms of deductive and inductive reasoning, and the common fallacies involved in both. Readings include Anthony Weston's Rules a Rulebook for Arguments. PHL.2081: Social & Political Philosophy Why do we live in society and what are the roots of the rules whereby we live in society? Are human beings really political animals, beings who want and need to live together? Or are others just a painful necessity: the root of inequality? Are laws and governments just the consequence of our having to live together? Or are there natural laws? These are the questions with which this course will deal. Readings will include works by Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Rawls. No Prerequisites
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This course is an introduction to elementary deontic logic and focuses on alternative theories of truth for statements concerning obligations and rights. The practical goal of the course is to increase the student's skill both at constructing proofs to support moral judgments and at testing sets of value judgments for consistency. ( Fall) (Spring)
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to elementary first-order and second-order symbolic logic, and focuses on increasing the student's skill at reasoning which makes use of words such as: if, and, not, each, any, all and some. (Spring)
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3.00 Credits
What exactly does it mean to be a male, or a female? Philosophers have been puzzled by this question for nearly three thousand years. The ontological status of gender-hood (just how one is to define gender metaphysically) is the subject of this course, which will examine the first attempts of Western Philosophers to come to terms with this problem, from the Pre-Socratics to the High Medievals.
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3.00 Credits
This is a first course in elementary modal logic. The theoretical part of the course is designed to explain the logic of a variety of alternative concepts of truth. The practical part of the course is designed to increase the student's skill at analyzing reasoning, which uses intentional concepts such as possibility, belief, knowledge, and obligation. ( Fall)
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3.00 Credits
This course offers a broad canvas of how literary artists handle major philosophic themes. Topics include: the transmission of values from culture to civilization, the hope and doubt of reason, self-consciousness and self-realization, determinism and freedom, and the individual and society. Philosophic issues will be analyzed in brief texts and exemplified in writings by past masters and contemporary authors. ( Fall)
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3.00 Credits
Ancient and modern drama are meant to elicit fear and pity through the portrayal of the unequal struggle between flawed humans and gods who use decree destiny to negate desires and actions. Opera seria uses music and voice to intensify the tragedies by attempting to resolve individual, family and political conflicts. Philosophy, emphasizing reason and control of passions, contests a tragic view of life. The course will examine tragic dramas, readings on tragic theory and philosophy, and view opera videos like Othello, Don Giovanni, Carmen, and Passion. ( Fall)
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3.00 Credits
This course will examine the basic question of Ethics: under what conditions, if any, does knowledge concerning moral claims exist? Emphasis will be placed on detailed philosophical analyses of theories concerning the nature of moral truth and moral evidence (e.g., skepticism and utilitarianism). Also the concepts of pleasure, happiness, duty, self-deception, courage and the good life will be analyzed. ( Spring)
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