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1 course Examines theoretical, practical and moral dimensions of leadership. Topics include the nature of leadership, the elements of effective leadership, the obligations and responsibilities of leaders and followers, the challenges of leadership in a diverse society. Particular attention given to key figures and events in the civil rights movement as a way of illustrating and illuminating concepts covered in the course.
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1 course The nature, aims and methods of the natural and social sciences. The nature of scientific description, explanation and prediction. The role of theories, models and deduction in science. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy, or major in science or permission of instructor.
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1 course This course is generally a topic area, such as metaethics, philosophy of religion, European philosophy in the 19th and 20th centuries and philosophy of common sense. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of instructor. May be repeated for credit with different topics.
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1 course Techniques of proof in sentential logic, predicate calculus and predicate calculus with identity. Introduction of metalogical issues of consistency, completeness and Godel incompleteness. Topics in philosophical logic such as modal, tense and epistemic logics. Prerequisite: PHIL 202 or permission of instructor.
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1 course An examination of philosophical issues related to religious belief. Typical topics include various puzzles relating to the divine attributes, arguments for and against God's existence and the contemporary debate between theism and naturalism. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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1 course What is knowledge What is it for a belief to be justified What is the relationship between knowledge and justification In this course, we examine some of the main analyses of knowledge and some of the main criteria of justification. Readings will include classic and contemporary sources. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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1 course A philosophical study of the nature of reality, considering such problems as the theory of causes, the status of universals, freedom, mind-body, space and time, individuation. The course will consider both historical and contemporary sources. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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1.00 - 4.00 Credits
Group 4, 1 course An examination of philosophical questions surrounding death. Topics include the rationality of fear of death, the possibility of the survival of death, the relation between mortality and the meaning of life and the ethics of suicide and euthanasia. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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1 course An inquiry into the nature of law, the relation of law to morality, the notion of responsibility in the law, punishment and the import for law of liberty of expression. Readings from classical and recent philosophers of law.
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1 course An inquiry into the nature and function of language, considering questions of reference, meaning, metaphor and the relationship of logic to thought. Although the course will focus primarily on issues raised by Frege and Wittgenstein and developed by contemporary analytic philosophers, discussions of language by non-analytic philosophers may also be considered. Prerequisite: one course in philosophy or permission of instructor.
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