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4.00 Credits
The course will consider the principal ideas and works of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus, two architects of contemporary existentialism (a philosophy that originates in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche). Stemming from a critique of western philosophy, existentialists turn away from abstract, essentialist notions of the world and human beings toward an analysis of our lived experience as individuals in a world formed by choice or attitude. As such, the work of Sartre and Camus considers such human phenomena as boredom, anxiety, absurdity, authenticity, suicide, and the responsibility we bear for creating our own meaning in life.
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4.00 Credits
American philosophy is fundamentally a philosophy of convergence. It is the result of American civilization which has been defined by the meetings and conflicts of European Americans and Native Americans, revolution, a history of slavery and a fight for abolition, a history of involvement in wars across the world, radical social movements, and the meetings of people and communities in the form of immigration. In this class we will study philosophical texts written in America with a particular focus on pragmatism. We will read movement defining works by C.S. Peirce, William James, and John Dewey as well as some relatively unknown works written by Americans on the periphery of the academic culture that inspired the movement.
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4.00 Credits
Simone de Beauvoir is a 20th century existential philosopher and novelist known for analyzing the oppression of women in foundational texts like The Second Sex, and for wide-ranging social and political theory. Her thought has spurred a great following among thinkers and activists in many fields. This seminar course will consider her major works.
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4.00 Credits
Historically, philosophy has been seen as a largely male discipline. This misperception overlooks the rich contributions that women have made to the field. In this course, we will move beyond this oversight to look at work from women philosophers exclusively. In particular, we will read philosophy written by women throughout the Americas. We will read about, discuss, and write about a variety of philosophical topics, including, but not restricted to, metaphysics, ethics, and the self. Moreover, we will explore how these topics are situated within issues of various American identities and genders.
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to modern sentential and predicate logic. The nature of deductive and inductive argument, truth, validity and soundness, and the relationship between formal expression and natural language, with an emphasis on the application of formal logic to the analysis of arguments in ordinary language. Prerequisite: PHIL 102.
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2.00 Credits
Course Description: this course will focus on the pivotal and changing role that religion plays in the modern world. The material will be divided into three units I.The End of Religion as we know it: This section will cover the development of religion in the 20th century, religion from a global perspective (where religion is waxing and waning), New Religious Movements, religious extremism, increasing secularism (atheism and humanism), and progressive religion as well as those who identify as "spiritual but not religious", as well as the intersection of religion and politics. II.Reason and Religion, Reason for Religion: This unit will examine the function of religion from psychological, sociological, anthropological and philosophical, economic and political perspectives. What does religion do for us? How does it work exactly? III.Transcending Religion? This unit will incorporate insights gained from the previous sections to wrestle with the role of religion in today's world. What is the future of religion? How do we ethically critique religion (including an exploration of Moral Absolutism vs. Moral Relativism)? Is there a way to foster progressive forms of religion which maintain benefit while minimizing harm? Is there a way to gain the benefits of religion in a secular context? Students will help shape the content and emphasis of the course within these topical frameworks. Students will review pertinent scholarship and news sources and be able to select from a number of projects involving religious or non-religious communities or engage with projects such as religion in politics or the media.
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4.00 Credits
An examination of moral issues resulting from human use of the natural environment. Focuses on future responsibility as it results from action in the present, an examination of traditional secular and religious conceptions of morality which may have contributed to the "environmental crisis," and a consideration of alternative views such as zoocentrism, biocentrism, ecocentrism, ecofeminism, the "land ethic," and ecojustice. Prerequisite: PHIL 102.
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4.00 Credits
This course offers an opportunity to engage in critical philosophical reflection on some central issues raised by especially monotheistic religions: Does God exist and how can we prove or know that God does exist? These are the questions raised by claims made when someone or other KNOWS God exists, or claims to have had a valid or true experience of God (or the divine). In addition we will examine how religions, especially monotheisms, handle the so-called problem of evil (in light of God's existence): how can the suffering of moral innocents be justified? And, finally, we will look at the role (or not) religions have played in promoting violence in our world, past and present, and critically examine their justifications for such promotion of violence in using the "will of God" or "in the name of God" rationalizations, among others. (4)
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4.00 Credits
Analysis of specific contemporary issues via amoral lens. In some cases the course will focus on a specific field such as medicine, business, or sexual ethis; in other cases the course will focus on a range of fields or issues. Depending on the focus, this course may be taken more than once for credit.
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4.00 Credits
This course involves an in-depth ethical investigation of human activity in two world-changing forms: (a) scientific research and its applications and (b) the socio-economic development of the (natural) world and of human beings. Both sorts of activities, sometimes overlapping in significant ways, aim to increase human welfare (of some or all human beings). While this aim is ethically defensible, does it sometimes or often take place according to the questionable principle of expediency: the ends justify the means? Are these forms of human activities often carried out at the expense of the welfare of other species, the environment as a whole? Just because we can, should we?
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