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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
A study of the philosophical presuppositions of historical method and of the meaning or goal of historical process.
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Examines contemporary applied theories of art in a variety of visual art media including painting, sculpture, film, and photography.
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A study of events in the history of slavery, reconstruction, the Jim Crow era, the civil rights struggle in terms of different philosophers' accounts of the nature of human evil. In addition to the focus on evil, we will discuss philosophically the complexities and adequacy of some of the responses to the evils we study. This course satisfies the social justice requirement of the College of Arts and Sciences.
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This course in applied philosophy involves reflection and self-understanding of our technology-saturated world. Examinations of well-known philosophers writings on technology will be covered. Course goals include a deeper, more reflective understanding of the nature of technology, its role in our lives, its ethical implications, its political ramifications and its relation to society.
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Many Modern theories of social justice rest upon models developed in classical anitquity. Similarly, many modern institutions and laws relating to justice have ancient precusors. This course examines major classical texts dealing with justice: selected Presocratice texts; Plato, Republic; Thucydides, History of Peloponnesian war, Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book V, selections from Cicero;selections from other Hellenistic and late Roman authors (including Augustine).
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3.00 Credits
This course covers many of the plays of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Aristophanes, with a view to uncovering their insights into the nature of moral agency, the interplay of the emotions, the nature of motivation, the relation of the individual to his or her kinship group and the wider political society. Philosophical issues concerning free will, determinism, the mind-body problem, and epistemological issues will be explored.
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Many current films raise first-order philosophical questions or issues, though few films are particularly good at solving those same problems or resolving the conflict underlying the issues. This course seeks to explore many contemporary films (none older than "Blade Runner") and the philosophical issues they raise, both by their explicit content and by their implicit content. Metaphysical issues about the mind and body relationship, the nature and extent of free will, and the nature of personal identity will be included. Some epistemological issues having to do with how well we can expect to have access to reality, and what might be among the impediments to the access, will also be included. The course generally avoids treating ethical or moral issues, but also takes an interest in the use of the emotions in films, the treatment of violence and human sexuality in films, the nature of comedy in films. Some attention will also be given to film techniques, especially from the point of view of the audience.
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3.00 Credits
Topics will vary.
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Topics will vary.
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Topics will vary.
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