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3.00 Credits
(3 Units) Introduction to the history, methods, and problems of philosophy for upper-division students. A student wishing to begin a minor or concentration in philosophy at the upper-division level may substitute this course for lower-division coursework in philosophy. Satisfies G.E. area F2. (Fall, Spring)
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(3 Units) Inquiry into the central ideas and problems of existential thought including freedom, anxiety, guilt, death, selfhood, ethical obligation, authenticity, the absurd, the nature of existence, the relation of existence and essence, the relation of self and other, the uncanny, technology, humanism, and nihilism. Readings from primary sources such as Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Kafka, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Tillich, and Camus. Satisfies G.E. area F2.
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(3 Units) Introduction to the development of continental philosophy in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with attention to the main thinkers, their issues, and the focus of their achievements. Provides a context for understanding the point of philosophical developments in the groundbreaking works of continental philosophers. Emphasis on the ideational architecture of the movement.
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(3 Units) Analysis of the concepts of knowledge, truth, belief, evidence, certainty; readings in classical and contemporary theories. Emphasis on problems relating to skepticism and the quest for certainty. Prerequisites: 3 units in philosophy and sophomore standing.
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(3 Units) Analysis of philosophical theories concerning the concepts of right and wrong, good and bad, utility and duty, freedom, obligation, and responsibility. Readings will be drawn from classical and contemporary sources. Satisfies upper-division writing proficiency requirement. Prerequisites: Completion of the Writing Proficiency Screening Test with a passing score, 3 units in philosophy, and sophomore standing.
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(3 Units) A study of historical and contemporary reflections on the nature of mental experience, structures of mental processing, and the "mind-body" problem. Course will focus on issues of central importance to contemporary philosophers working in phenomenology and cognitive science. Satisfies upper-division writing proficiency requirement. Prerequisites: Completion of the Writing Proficiency Screening Test with a passing score, 3 units in philosophy (preferably PHIL 2230), and sophomore standing.
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(3 Units) Reflections on how "race" is constructed, how these constructions determine our personal, social, and political identity,and how "race" identity can be transcended through a return to our origin in diversity. Introduction to race and postcolonial studies as a basis for investigating tensions between bilingualism and the "mother tongue" and for preserving communities of interactive diversity in an elementary school classroom. Designed specifically for future teachers. (LIBS Integrative: Humanistic Inqu
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(3 Units) Philosophical exploration of concepts of home in philosophy, literature, and social-political thought. Reflections on how our sense of home is embedded in larger historical and social-cultural structures and how constructions of home space affect our larger sense of belonging. Designed specifically for future teachers. (LIBS Integrative: Humanistic Inquiry)
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(3 Units) How does our media culture influence our perceptions of education Reflections on how "media frames" influence our understanding of teaching and learning, including our sense of the potential benefits of social investment in public schools, and our perceptions of ourselves as teachers. Designed specifically for future teachers. (LIBS Integrative: Humanistic Inquiry)
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(3 Units) Examination of philosophical issues and themes that emerge in literature. Philosophical analysis will focus on such topics as ethical constructions and justice; selfhood and personal identity; memory and forgetting; desire and knowledge; the work of imagination; sexuality and embodiment; Eros and death; meaning and existence; the relation of truth and fiction; freedom, fatalism, and determinism; and the relations between self, world, language, and politics. Satisfies G.E. area F2.
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