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Students consider ethical decisions as they relate to the environment and subsequently impact global economics. In studying the moral dilemmas concerning world energy and its economic influence, students become more aware of environmental and cultural ramifications. Students consider and work toward positive actions for a new world environment.
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This course surveys major themes and texts that form the basis for an introduction to Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Taoism. Comparison with Western traditions is addressed in cross-cultural study.
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3.00 Credits
A survey of philosophical concepts in the context of mathematics and history. Students connect and apply what they have learned in mathematics by studying the problem solving methods used by philosophers and scientists. Through this approach, students view past problem solving as an iterative process - as the philosophers/scientists encountered both success and failure. Being enlightened by these various approaches, students develop their personal problem solving techniques when solving philosophical problems related to logical and imaginative cognitive processes.
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3.00 Credits
This course introduces students to the principal theories of justice that have developed within the Western philosophical and theological traditions. Students will relate these theories to a variety of contemporary social and political problems (e.g., poverty, systematic racism, human rights, ecological justice, etc.) in order to gain a better understanding of the requirements of justice in our time.
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A historical and thematic survey of the major themes and thinkers in the Western philosophical tradition from the early modern through post-contemporary periods. Emphasis is placed on the rise of rationalism, empiricism, the nature of mind, and the historical and contextual nature of thinking. Through study of Descartes, Hume, Hegel, Heidegger and others, students acquire deeper understanding of the Western tradition and its culmination in recent philosophical developments. The course engages the student through primary and secondary materials, writing, and reflective conversation and debate.
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3.00 Credits
The study of ethics is concerned with action, motivation, consequence and the character of a person. In this course, students will read from primary sources, tracing key ethical theories as they developed throughout history. Applying varied ethical theories, students will address contemporary problems.
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3.00 Credits
Study of the major texts and thinkers in classical Asian philosophy and religion, providing an in-depth experience of Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Daoism. Through close reading of primary and secondary sources, students will reflect upon key issues and concepts, such as the nature of perception and language, the self, consciousness, ultimate reality, truth, illusion, social praxis, and ethics. Requirements include a willingness to consider radically alternative perspectives, reflection, open discussion, and serious engagement with primary texts.
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3.00 Credits
While continuing to master the theoretical principles at work within formal logic, students will continue to develop a deeper understanding of how theoretical principles can be applied within real-world practical situations. In Logic II therefore, students learn how arguments can be extrapolated from real-world contexts not only by learning new rules of advanced systems of logic, but by engaging in debates which require both research and thinking on one's feet. Topics include examining the philosophical foundations of logic; working with arguments as they are found in real-world practical contexts and situations; and learning new systems of logic in order to further refine and intensify one's existing understanding of categorical and modern symbolic logic.
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3.00 Credits
Philosophy is often given voice in literature. While reading and analyzing traditional and popular literature, students will discover the relationship between literature and philosophy. Special emphasis will be placed on modern literature wherein students will discover recurring philosophical themes.
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3.00 Credits
Interdisciplinary methods are used in order to examine philosophical issues connected to women, gender, and knowledge. Students will be introduced to the classic texts in feminist thought and continue the analysis of the role of gender in the construction of various academic and theoretical frameworks, including literature, science and epistemology, psychoanalysis, and social theory. In addition, students will read the work of women thinkers who have influenced the development of philosophy without emphasizing gender as a basic mode of interpretation.
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