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  • PHIL 201: Critical Thinking

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This course studies the strategies, techiniques and principles of effective problem-solving, decision making and critical analysis. Emphasis is placed on the development of critical thinking skills and their application. Prerequisite;ENGL 101. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1)Recognize the various strategies needed for problem-solving. 2) Demonstrate an understanding of the kind of thinking required for objective analysis. 3) Apply the methods and strategies to their lives.
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  • PHIL 210: Existentialism

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    Study of existential philosophies of human nature, morality, social obligation and human knowledge. Course Objectives (1) Understand the evolution of Continental Philosophical Movements and their influence on the arts, sciences and cultural paradigmatic constructs. (2) Sharpen critical thinking as it pertains to questions concerning authenticity and the nature of existence. (3) Exercise in writing and discourse the important application of philosophical concepts in engaging the deepest questions concerning the countenance of reality.
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  • PHIL 215: World Religions

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    Examination of philosophical assumptions and implications of belief systems represented by world religions such as Buddhism, Taoism, Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as naturalism, agnosticism and atheism. The course will explore metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical assumptions and implications of various religions, anti-religious, and non-religious worldviews. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students should be able to: (1) Discuss the metaphysical, epistemological and ethical presuppositions of various world religions within the context of their history and cultures. (2) Discuss the political, economic, and socio-cultural implications of various religious worldviews. (3) Find, evaluate and use peer-reviewed scholarly sources to support an argument about a contested issue in the philosophy of religion. (4) Write an essay and give an oral report supporting an argument about a contested issue in the philosophy of religion. (5) Identify ways in which changes in religious worldview, historically, have been linked to political, economic and socio-cultural changes in society. (6) Discuss how religious worldviews are linked to political, economic, and cultural forms of power. (7) Discuss how an understanding of religious worldviews inform ethical and social justice issues, including conflicts and inequalities within and between groups of people.
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  • PHIL 240: Ethics in the Professions

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    Focuses on major ethical systems and theories regarding the development of moral behavior, the relationship between morality and the law, and applied ethics in professional settings. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Know the difference between morality and ethics. 2) Become familiar with established theories of ethics. 3) Be able to apply theories of ethics to policy-making decisions.
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  • PHIL 294: Special Topics (CORE)

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

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  • PHIL 305: Philosophy of Law

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This course concentrates on the role of law in social and civil authority, with a focus on both domestic and international problems. The history of Law through ancient traditions and governing systems, culminating in law as "obligation," and "rights" is examined. The role of judges, legal systems and arguments for and against international law-as well as national courts-are put under scrutiny. The justification for holding people responsible for the consequences of their behavior, the concepts of individual liberty, the right to punishment for criminal infractions, the exercise of state and individual rights, and the intersection of law and just and unjust authority, are all brought into question. Course Objectives (1) Identify and explicate the founding philosophical premises of the major schools of thought in jurisprudence. (2) Write about the philosophical underpinnings of both the history and traditions of legal argumentation and governance. (3) Analyze the underlying philosophical difference and similarities in "positivist" and "natural" law theory. (4) Take a position, argue and defend in writing and orally legal theory and justification for rule by law. (5) Understand how to analyze and present a sound argument as well as what constitutes logical fallacies in argumentation
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  • PHIL 332: The Human Condition

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    An interdisciplinary course in psychology, language and literature. Psychological aspects of human experience as they are represent-ed in literature. The function of language in the formation of the subject and in the "talking cure" of modern psychodynamic therapies. Dual listed as PSYC 332. Prerequisites: ENGL 250 or ENGL 251; PSYC 203. Course Objectives (1) Foster understanding and fluency in the discourse concerning the conditions of Human Existence from Religious, Psychological, Philosophical, and Socio-Economic perspectives (2) Discuss, interpret, and write about major religious, sociological, and psychological schools which attempt to explicate, understand and analyze Human Life (3) Exercise critical thinking concerning theories of Human Nature and Human Values
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  • PHIL 360: Marx and Marxism

    3.00 Credits
    Point Park University

    This course enables students to delve deeply into Karl Marx's writings, particularly his magnum opus, Capital, Volume One, but also other works by him and his intellectual descendents and critics. Such forays into sometimes rather difficult pieces allow students to begin to understand the problems and possibilities of Marx's way of thinking. Critically equipped with a Marxist perspective, students are then tasked with making sense of the contemporary world around us, especially the ways in which capitalism operates at global, national, urban, and corporeal scales. By the end of the semester, students should have a firm grasp on Marx and Marxism, a new understanding of the way capitalism works, and an idea of some alternatives to capitalism. Course Objectives Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to: (1) Articulate, in writing and speech, a critical understanding of Karl Marx's thinking. (2) Articulate, in writing and speech, key critiques of Marx's thinking. (3) Apply this way of thinking and/or critiques to depictions of contemporary capitalist society. (4) Articulate, in writing and speech, a greater understanding of the ways in which capitalism works at global, national, and local scales. (5) Articulate, in writing and speech, a comprehension of the ways in which political-economic processes contribute to inequality and social change. (6) Articulate, in writing and speech, a basic understanding of alternatives to capitalism. (7) Strengthen written communication skills. (8) Strengthen oral communication skills. (9) Strengthen analytical and critical thinking skills.
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