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3.00 Credits
An investigation of the ultimate philosophical commitments about reality. Representative figures in the history of philosophy may be considered and analyzed. Topics selected may include the basic components of reality, their relation to space, time, matter, causality, freedom, determinism, the self, and God. (Offered Fall semesters)
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An examination of the nature and scope of knowledge and justification, including consideration of such topics as skepticism, analyses of knowledge, foundationalism and coherentism, a priori knowledge, and others. Attention is also given to the nature of the epistemological enterprise, e.g., internalism and externalism, and naturalized epistemology. (Offered Spring semesters)
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3.00 Credits
A study of the existence and nature of God. Discussion of the ontological, cosmological, and teleological arguments; topics may include atheistic challenges concerning divine benevolence, omnipotence, omniscience, and creation ex nihilo; logical positivism and religious meaning; miracles; the person and immortality; and religion and morality. (Offered Spring semesters)
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The mind-body problem and the examination of mental state concepts. Topics may include: the nature of mind, including dualist and contemporary materialist theories, representation, mental causation, consciousness, psychological explanation, artificial intelligence; other topics such as personal identity or agency may be included. (Offered Fall semesters)
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3.00 Credits
Language is a fundamental medium by which we interact with others and the world. How words come to have the meanings that they do, refer to objects, express truths, and affect the meanings of other words and truth values are perennial questions in philosophy. These issues have become even more pronounced in 20th century philosophy. Specific topics may include: language and reality; language and psychology; referential theories of meaning; ideal languages; meaning as use; private languages; truth-conditional theories of meaning; descriptive and causal theories of reference and of linguistic competence and performance; verificationism; and/or an introduction to modal semantics.
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3.00 Credits
The study of the language and activity of the scientific community. Topics include: scientific explanation; prediction; laws; theories; models; paradigms; observations; experiment; scientific method; and the question of reductionism in science.
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What is value? Is there a gap between values and facts? Can we ever rationally defend (or reject) value-claims in ethics, art, politics, religion? What is the relation between economics and value? How does history influence value and the study of value? Readings include G.E. Moore, John Dewey, Ralph Barton Perry, Max Scheler, and Robert S. Hartman.
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This course introduces students to concepts and forms of argument they will encounter in the first year of law school. It will examine the reasoning involved in the concepts of legal precedent, proximate cause, and burden of proof, and it will also investigate the legal reasoning in certain landmark cases from torts, contracts, property, constitutional law, and criminal law. Prerequisite: Philosophy 1 or consent of instructor.
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3.00 Credits
What is law? How is it different from morality? Do we have an obligation to obey the law, and if so, how strong is that obligation? This course is an exploration of philosophical issues arising from the interpretation and application of the law. The course examines classic answers to the above questions. The focus of the course may be either historical (e.g., Plato, Hobbes or Hegel) or more contemporary (e.g., H L. A. Hart and Ronald Dworkin), paying special attention to constitutional law.
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3.00 Credits
The nature and end of the state; relation of the individual's rights and duties to those of the state and vice versa, and the relation between states; the kinds of states; their institution, preservation, and destruction.
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