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3.00 Credits
A study of ethical issues arising in the context of medical practice, biomedical research, and health related policy making, with focus on the ethical concepts, theories and reasoning methods developed to clarify and resolve these issues. Prerequisite: One previous course in philosophy, or LPPM 200, or permission of instructor. This course is cross-listed as PMGT 220.
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3.00 Credits
The emergence of logos out of and in tension with Greek mythos. Presocratic myth. Plato's myth of Logos. Aristotle's Logos of 'Nature'. Retreat from/retreatment of logos after Aristotle. Prerequisite: a previous course in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
The problematic of faith and reason. Universals and universities. Neoplatonic and Aristotelian schools. Aquinas, Scotus, Ockham. Paganism, politics, and mysticism in Renaissance thought. Prerequisite: a previous course in philosophy; or HIST 257; or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Origins of the modern tradition in Western philosophy. Particular emphasis on the problems of method in thinking, the nature and scope of knowledge, the quest for certainty, and views on the nature of reality. Prerequisite: a previous course in philosophy (241 recommended) or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Characteristics and problems of thought outside the West. Methods of comparative philosophy. Close examination of works and movements within a major tradition (in different semesters: China, India, Japan, Buddhist schools). Prerequisite: a previous course in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
What it means to examine the phenomenon of religion philosophically. Problems which come to light from such an examination, such as the nature of religious experience, the relationship of reason and religion, and the meaning of religious language. Emphasis on the variety of forms in which the phenomenon of religion manifests itself. Prerequisite: a previous course in philosophy; or major standing in anthropology, sociology, or religion; or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
What is a work of art? Inquiries into the nature of art and aesthetic experience and of the meaning of literature and the arts in one's own life and the life of a culture. Conversations with local and visiting artists on special problems. Prerequisite: a previous course in philosophy; or major standing in a literature, music, or art; or permission of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
Ways in which one's view of human nature, the human good, and the nature of justice interact in any coherent vision of the structure of a just society. Prerequisite: a previous course in philosophy or major standing in any of the social sciences.
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3.00 Credits
Logic and methods of scientific thinking. The impact of science on the contemporary world. Conceptions of theories and of observable facts. The rationality of science and of choice among theories. General questions about knowledge, values, and ultimate beliefs as they relate to the scientific enterprise. Prerequisite: a previous course in philosophy or major standing in mathematics or any of the natural sciences.
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3.00 Credits
Fundamental problems such as the nature of law, the justification of legal authority, the relationship between legality and morality, the nature of judicial decision-making, theories of punishment, and issues involved in civil disobedience. Prerequisite: a previous course in philosophy or major standing in political science. This course is cross-listed as LAWP 255.
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