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Course Criteria
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4.00 Credits
Explores a selection of topics from core analytic philosophy, both classical and contemporary, such as knowledge of the external world, the rationality of science, mental content, free will, and private languages. Course Information:
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4.00 Credits
What is the mind, and how does it relate to the body? This course surveys the major philosophical issues and perspectives on the mind and its place in the natural world, with special focus on subjective experience (consciousness) and mental representation (intentionality).
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4.00 Credits
The study of feminist approaches to philosophical analysis that have reshaped the terrain when it comes to central questions from a range of philosophical disciplines including political philosophy, ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of science and mind. Course Information: Prerequisites: 4 credit hours in philosophy (300/400 level, excluding 301/401). PHI 411 recommended.
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4.00 Credits
Guided readings in a period of the history of philosophy or a particular philosophical tradition or figure. Course Information:
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4.00 Credits
What is it for words to mean something? What is the connection between language and reality? We will survey the major topics in the philosophy of language, focusing primarily on the concept of meaning, and will read works by Frege, Russell, Quine, Kripke, and others. Prerequisite: PHI 453, PHI 495, or any of PHI 470 through PHI 489 (or instructor's permission).
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4.00 Credits
This advanced course in metaphysics tackles some ongoing puzzles regarding the metaphysics of ordinary things in our world. We engage in active contemporary analytical debates on topics such as identity, constitution, and persistence. Course Information: Prerequisite: At least one upper level philosophy course outside of value theory. Logic strongly recommended.
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4.00 Credits
Social philosophy is a theory of interactions among people that lie at the level of generality between individual life and state politics. We shall discuss: Overlapping consensus v free market of ideas, and the equality without egalitarianism in a global society. In the process we discuss pornography, freedom of expression, welfare, and the role of the internet. The class is fairly technical and addressed primarily to PHI and PSC majors. Course Information: Prerequisites: PHI 436, or PHI 447, PHI 448, PHI 495, PHI 537, PSC 325, PSC 431, PSC 432, PSC 435, PSC 514, PSC 537, PSC 580, BUS 595.
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2.00 - 4.00 Credits
This capstone class includes a two credit hour seminar (open to all students) and a two credit hour senior overview (for Philosophy majors) which includes a research paper. The seminar covers an advanced issue in analytic philosophy (selected by the program each semester). The overview for majors involves senior assessment. Those who write on a non-seminar topic complete a seminar examination. Non-majors take the seminar only, with examination. Graduate students will also write a seminar related paper.
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1.00 - 12.00 Credits
Intended to supplement, not supplant, regular course offerings. Students interested in a tutorial must secure the consent of the faculty member concerned before registration and submit any required documentation to him or her. Course Information: May be repeated if topics vary.
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4.00 Credits
Major philosophical views of aims and processes of education. Considerations given to the educational ideas of such thinkers as Plato, Augustine, Rousseau, and Dewey, as well as to assumptions underlying current reform proposals. Course Information: Same as EDL 535.
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