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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Lecture, readings, and discussion about the major philosophical movements in Europe after 1800. Figures and movements covered may include Hegel, Schopenhauer, Marx, Nietzsche, Phenomenology, Existentialism, Structuralism, and Post-Modernism. PRQ: A course in Philosophy. Scheduled: Once every two years. Meets: LNO.
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3.00 Credits
Special Topics in History of Philosophy
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3.00 Credits
Through readings and cases, moral problems encountered in economic life are studied. Topics include the profit motive, justice, corporate responsibility, private ownership and public interest, advertising, and resolutions of disagreements. PRQ: None. Scheduled: Spring yearly. Meets: LNO.
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3.00 Credits
Through readings of major thinkers, the crucial issues of religion are explored: distinguishing theism, agnosticism, and atheism, arguments for and against the existence of God, the question of whether faith is legitimate, and whether ethics depends upon religion. PRQ: None. Scheduled: On request. Meets: LNO.
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3.00 Credits
Issues in Philosophy of Science including observation, scientific method, relativism, skepticism. Case studies from the history of science. PRQ: A course in either Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Mathematics. Scheduled: On request. Meets: LNO.
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3.00 Credits
Exploration of fundamental questions about the human condition: The mind/body problem; free will and determinism; the original goodness, neutrality, or sinfulness of humanity; the relationship between reason and emotion; issues of death and immortality. PRQ: A course in Philosophy. Scheduled: Once every two years. Meets: LNO.
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Who should decide what books are read? Should pornography be censored? What about politically rebellious pamphlets? Or the advertising of tobacco on television? Or hate language that attacks a person's sex, race, or ethnic origin? Should church and state be separated? If the government does not fund some artists on the grounds that their work is offensive, is that censorship? In this course, we will study what some of the greatest minds in history have argued about free speech and censorship in art, politics, religion, business, science, and sex. PRQ: None. Scheduled: On request. Meets: LNO.
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3.00 Credits
Aesthetics interprets the artistic and related aspects of human life, and raises questions about the nature and value of art, criteria for criticism, and about beauty. PRQ: None. Scheduled: On request. Meets: LNO.
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3.00 Credits
Special Courses in Philosophy
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3.00 Credits
A particular philosophical issue is studied in detail. PRQ: A course in Philosophy. Scheduled: On demand or at the discretion of the Philosophy Departmen.t Meets: LNO.
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