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Three Credits LA This course will focus on the history of modern philosophy from the late 18th through the early 20th centuries. It will begin by examining how Immanuel Kant attempts to save philosophy from the excesses of Rationalism and the skepticism implied in Hume's radical Empiricism. It will then examine the series of critical responsesthat Kant' s philosophy itself engendered. Specifically, it will examine how philosophers such as Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche responded t o Kant ? philosophy or its revised or developed versions. Time permitting, it will conclude by examining the views of Idealists such as Royce, Idealism being the philosophical viewpoint that was dominant immediately prior to the rise of Contemporary Anglo-American and Continental Philosophy. PHIL 322 is recommended but not required for this course. Offered every two years
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Three Credits LA This course will explore the origins and development of analytic philosophy, the dominant approach to doing philosophy in the Anglophone world today. It will trace its development from its early origins in Germany, Austria, and the U.K., which led to the formation of the Vienna Circle and the rise and fall of logical empiricism, and conclude with ordinary language philosophy and the advent of eclecticism in the 1960s. As we proceed, we will consider how analytic philosophy emerged in the late 19th century as a movement in philosophy associated with developments in logic and the philosophy of language, how it became conceived as a research project, and finally how it came be conceived as a way of doing philosophy. While we will explore the history of analytic philosophy chronologically, we will do so by focusing on a handful of topics. Specifically, we will focus primarily on developments in philosophical method, considering its implications for debates in epistemology, philosophy of language, philosophy of logic, and philosophy of mind. Some of the philosophers whose works we might study include J.L. Austin, Rudolf Carnap, Donald Davidson, Gottlob Frege, H.P. Grice, G.E. Moore, Hilary Putnam, W.v.O. Quine, Gilbert Ryle, Moritz Schlick, Peter Strawson, Alfred Tarski, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and others. Offered according to faculty and student interest.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course will focus on developments in Continental Philosophy from the beginning of the 20th century to the present day. "Continental Philosophy" is the general term used to describe the many strands of philosophical thought that originate from the continent of Europe, as opposed to those that are dominant in Britain and the United States. The purpose of this course is to introduce studentsto some of the most important theories and philosophers in this tradition. We will explore theories such as phenomenology, existentialism, the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, deconstruction, hermeneutics, French feminism, and postmodernism. We will examine the works of thinkers such as E. Husserl, M. Heidegger, J.-P. Sartre, M. Horkheimer, T. Adorno, J. Derrida, H.-G. Gadamer, L. Irigaray, J. Kristeva, M. Foucault, and J.-F. Lyotard.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course will study the nature and purpose of art. What is art What, for example, makes an arrangement of paint on a canvas a painting as opposed to merely splotches of colors, an arrangement of notes music as opposed to merely noise, and a series of words on pages a novel as opposed to merely a series of words What, if anything, do all works of art worthy of the name have in common that make them art Does art have to be beautiful to be art or can it be ugly and still be art What is it for a work of art to be beautiful What purpose does art serve Since it is a uniquely human phenomenon, appearing in every culture, what is its connection to our being human The course will examine what some of the most influential thinkers-such as Plato, Aristotle, and Kant-have said on this subject. Offered every three years.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA Dual listed as REST 331 This course will investigate the philosophical issues inherent in the phenomena of religion and religious experience. It will critically analyze such issues as the existence and nature of god; faith and revelation as sources of knowledge; the creation of the universe; the meaning of existence-for both the individual and humanity as a whole; the nature and source of morality; and the analytic and poetic nature of religious language. The course will examine religious thinkers such as Augustine, Hegel, Kierkegaard, Maimonides, Pascal, Russell, and Aquinas. Offered according to student and faculty interest.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course will examine philosophical problems of history, including the nature of historical explanation and knowledge, causality in history, and historical necessity. The philosophy of history raises questions such as: What is the proper subject matter for the study of the human past The individual subject The polis or state The culture The species Are there any definable patterns in human history, any signs of ultimate ends toward which events as a whole are moving Are there any cycles of progress If so, what are they and what is the driving force of that progress If history can be said to progress, what is its ultimate direction If it does not progress, is human history therefore random and devoid of meaning The course may analyze the thought of figures such as Cicero, Augustine, Vico, Herder, Kant, Hegel, Marx, Nietzsche, Dilthey, Danto, and Foucault. Offered according to student and faculty interest.
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course is designed to further the critical study of cinema as an aesthetic vehicle and as a medium for examing various epistemological and metaphysical issues. It treats the critical study of cinema as central to a reflective understanding of humans as experiencing subjects. Offered biennially. Fulfills Cinema Studies Minor requirement. Prerequisite: PHIL 101
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3.00 Credits
Three Credits LA This course will examine some of the deepest questions that human beings can possibly ask. What is the nature of reality or existence Is it entirely material or does the immaterial also exist Do abstract entities exist apart from the mind Does anything exist apart from the mind or is the world a mental construct Does everything happen according to fixed laws of nature or do some things happen simply by chance What is our self Is it our body, our soul, or both If it is both our body and our soul, how are two such radically different things connected Are we free to choose our actions from a set of alternatives or is everything we do determined by our genes, our upbringing, our environment, or by some combination of these Students will critically examine possible answers to questions such as these in the history of philosophy, as well as attempt to answer them for themselves. Offered every three years. Prerequisite: PHIL 101L (Introduction to Philosophy) or permission of instructor
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Three Credits LA What is knowledge and how is it acquired Those are the two basic questions that this course will examine. Is all knowledge ultimately based on the information provided by our senses, or is some knowledge in us at birth If knowledge is based on the information provided by our senses, how can we ever go beyond this to know about things not available to our senses-like atoms, the shape of the universe, or the nature of our souls Do we know the world as it really is or only as it appears to us Or is that a false alternative What is truth Is a claim true if it corresponds to the facts or because it coheres with our other claims or because it works to achieve our ends How do we justify our beliefs Is certainty ever possible Students will critically examine answers to questions such as these given by some of the great thinkers in the history of philosophy, as well as attempt to answer them for themselves. Offered every three years. Prerequisite: PHIL 101L (Introduction to Philosophy) or permission of instructor
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Three Credits LA Given that we human beings do and must live together, what form of government should we have, if any Assuming that we do need a government, what purpose is it supposed to serve Should the individual serve the state or should the state serve the individual Do groups have rights or only individuals What are rights What is the proper relationship between the government and religion Should they indeed be separate This course will address questions such as these. In the course of doing so, it will examine some of the forms of government held up as ideally serving the purpose a government is supposed to serve: absolute monarchy, theocracy, a constitutional republic limited to protecting individual rights, communism, fascism, and the welfare state. The course will examine the views of thinkers such as Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Jefferson, Marx, and Engels, among others. Offered every three years. Prerequisite: PHIL 101L (Introduction to Philosophy) or permission of instructor
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