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PHIL 1020 - Introduction to Ethics 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Introductory study of major philosophies on the nature of the good for humans, principles of evaluation, and moral choice. Some attention is given to contemporary topics such as violence and abortion. Approved for LAS Humanities area requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures; Writing Intensive. GT-AH3.
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PHIL 1040 - The Individual and Society 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Addresses alternative methods for creating a self in a technologically advanced society. In particular, the course will ask how philosophy can provide a foundation for discussion, dialogue, and debate. Approved for LAS Oral Communication requirement.GT-AH3.
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PHIL 1050 - Faith and Reason 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An introduction to philosophy through religious topics such as sacredness, faith, reason, revelation, creation, immortality, and God’s existence. GT-AH3. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 1100 - Introduction to Religion 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An introduction to the study of religious phenomena such as myth, symbols and rituals as they relate to religious beliefs. The concepts of sacred narratives, sacred histories, and religious experiences will be discussed along with different approaches (e.g., psychological, sociological, anthropological) to the study of religion. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Explore-Arts, Humanities and Cultures.
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PHIL 1120 - Critical Thinking 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Introduction to the formal and informal standards and critical techniques used in the evaluation of daily reasoning and argument. Approved for LAS Humanities area requirement. Satisfies the LAS and Compass Curriculum Quantitative and Qualitative Reasoning requirement as a logic course when taken by a student who has either 1) successfully completed MATH 1040 (or a mathematics course that has college algebra as a prerequisite), OR 2) scored 87% or higher on the College Algebra placement test and scored 50% or higher on the Business Calculus placement test. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures. GT-AH3.
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PHIL 1150 - What Is Justice? 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
A study of the major philosophical views regarding justice and their applications to practical issues.
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PHIL 1200 - Sports Ethics 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Survey of the major ethical issues that surround the sport industry within the political and economic context of America.
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PHIL 1300 - Introduction to Philosophies of Asia 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Covers classic and recent representatives of the major philosophical and religious traditions of Asia, including Hindu, Buddhist, Confucian, Daoist, and Shinto thought. Approved for LAS Humanities and Global Awareness area requirements. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures; Inclusiveness (Global/Diversity); Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 1310 - A Lab of Her Own: Science and Women 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An introduction to natural science and its methods for non-science majors. It focuses on women’s participation in both the formation of scientific concepts and the development of methodology. Modern concepts of science and mathematics with an emphasis on women’s contributions to these fields will be presented. This course will offer a feminist critique of the traditional methods of science. Approved for the LAS Natural Science area requirement. Meets with PES 1310 and WEST 1310.
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PHIL 1400 - Introduction to Sustainability and Environmental Ethics 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
This introductory course explores the nature, scope, and complexity of environmental challenges facing us. It utilizes Western and non-Western philosophical and ethical perspectives. Examined topics include: wilderness preservation, global climate change, water usage, ecological restoration, ethical eating, and environmental justice. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
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PHIL 3000 - Cosmology and Culture 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
This course traces the path of philosophical and scientific world views from Aristotle, to Newton, to Relativity and the corresponding philosophical and cultural transformations that each worldview gives rise to. Emphasis will be placed on the philosophical ideas of each era and on the application of these ideas to culture. Approved for LAS Global Awareness area requirement and Humanities area requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Navigate; Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3040 - Religion and Race in America 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
This course is designed as an advance introduction to the relationship between religion and race as expressed in American culture. By looking at cultural products such as film, court decisions, political speeches, literature, and music, we hope to clarify the complex, often contentious relationship. Meets with HIST 3550.
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PHIL 3050 - Cyborgs and Monsters 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
This course examines the familiar yet strange figure that occupies a central place within our culture, science, and imagination - the cyborg. The course explores philosophy addressing the figure of the cyborg and its counterpart, the monster, in relation to mechanistic and non-mechanistic theories. Approved for LAS Humanities Area requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Navigate.
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PHIL 3060 - Religion and Politics in the U.S 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
This course will examine the role of religion in American politics. Dealing with complex issues such as the church/state relationship and the faith of political leaders, this course will critically and historically examine the relationship between religion and politics in the American landscape.
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PHIL 3070 - Religion and Sports 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
This course explores the complex relationship between religion and sports. Is sports a religion? Does God care who wins the Super Bowl? These and other questions relating to the culture that continues to value religion and sports will be addressed. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3080 - Religion and Capitalism 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Explores the complex relationship between religion and capitalism. The course will address issues of religious accommodation to capitalistic culture as well as religious critique of the economy. Special attention is paid to consumer culture.
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PHIL 3100 - World Religions 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
A reading-discussion course which explores the major world religions and the nature of their appeal to the spiritual aspirations of members of the human family. Approved for LAS Humanities area and Global Awareness requirements. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures; Writing Intensive. Prer., previous course in philosophy.
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PHIL 3110 - Women and Religion 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Examines the way(s) in which women have been, and continue to be viewed in various religions through comparing sacred and other texts with actual religious practices and beliefs. This course engenders an appreciation of the tension between the ideal expectations for and the real possibilities available to women in religious traditions. Meets with WEST 3110.
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PHIL 3120 - Greek and Roman Myth 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
A philosophical examination of Greek and Roman myth based on a variety of ancient and modern hermeneutical methods, including approaches from the Presocratics, Platonism, Aristotle, Stoicism, Structuralism, Semantic Theory, Psychoanalysis and Ritual Theory. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3130 - Biomedical Ethics 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Ethical dimensions of the patient-physician relationship and the impact of medical technology. Topics include informed consent and experimentation with human subjects, technological manipulation of birth and death processes, allocation of medical resources, genetic screening in the workplace, and genetic engineering. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Navigate, Writing Intensive. Meets with PHIL 5130.
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PHIL 3140 - Women in Classical Antiquity 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Analysis of the philosophical views of women and by women in ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian thought. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Inclusiveness (Global/Diversity). Meets with HIST 3010 and WEST 3140.
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PHIL 3150 - Virtue Ethics 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
This systematic introduction to virtue ethics proceeds by examining classic and contemporary texts where students will ask and answer questions such as: What is a virtue? What makes a virtue worthy of pursuit? Are virtues culturally relative or objectively good? Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Writing Intensive; Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures.
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PHIL 3160 - Death and Dying 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
The meaning of death and dying in the history of Western philosophy from antiquity to contemporary Existentialism. Detailed examination of ethical issues raised in the care of the dying. Euthanasia and termination of treatment, care of the seriously ill newborn, etc. Approved for LAS Humanities area requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures; Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3170 - Epistemology 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Consideration of the classical and contemporary, contributions to the analysis of the nature, limits, and conditions of knowledge. Meets with PHIL 5180.
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PHIL 3180 - Practical Ethics 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An examination of the applicability of some standard ethical theories to the specific moral issues raised by and encountered in the practice of professions, such as business, engineering, law, health care, politics, and teaching. Approved for LAS Humanities area and Cultural Diversity requirements. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures; Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3190 - Values, Relativism, and Skepticism 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
The problem of rational justification of ethical standards, including a selected treatment of the history of ethics. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Writing Intensive. Meets with PHIL 5190.
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PHIL 3200 - Politics and the Law 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Examination of the most influential recent works expressing the conservative, liberal, Marxist and anarchist contributions to contemporary social and political theory. Approved for LAS Social Science area requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Explore-Society, Health and Behavior; Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3210 - Political Economy: Capitalism 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
What do economic crises mean? This course covers the origins of capitalism (Adam Smith to Chicago School), enlightenment ideals related to Industrial Capitalism, shifts from Financial to Surveillance Capitalism, critiques of capitalism (Karl Marx to Keynes), and Postcapitalism. Approved for LAS Social Sciences area requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Navigate; Sustainability; Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3230 - Gender, Race, and Sexuality 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An introductory course that provides an overview of first, second, and third wave feminism. Focus will be on how to avoid essentializing the category “Woman” and will examine how the intersection of various forms of oppression (gender, race, sexuality, economic class, and physical ability) shape and change feminist politics in the United States and globally. Approved for LAS Cultural Diversity requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Navigate, Inclusiveness, and Writing Intensive. Prer., PHIL1000 or WEST 2010. Meets with WEST 3130.
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PHIL 3240 - Political Violence: Peace, War and Terrorism 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Critical examination of the philosophic commitments that underlie and affect war, conflict resolution, and peace; evaluation of various questions involved in conducting war and resolving disputes; consideration of the feasibility of pacifism. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures; Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3300 - Philosophy of Mind 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Consideration of the central problems in the philosophy of mind, including the mind-body problem; the knowledge of other minds; free will and determinism; as well as discussion of concepts such as action, intention, motive, desire, memory, etc.
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PHIL 3330 - Emotion and Cognition 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Philosophy has tended to relegate emotions and emotional life to a minor role in the exposition of traditional philosophical questions or to eliminate emotions altogether from consideration. This course will rethink the role of emotions in philosophy. Prer., One philosophy course or instructor permission.
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PHIL 3340 - Love and Hate: Philosophy, Literature, & Cognitive Science 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An examination of love and hatred utilizing texts from philosophy, psychology, cognitive studies, literature and science to develop new ideas about love and hatred. Prer., previous course in Philosophy.
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PHIL 3345 - Philosophy of the Body: Western and Indian Perspectives 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
This course explores philosophical questions, topics, and themes concerning the body in Western and Indian traditions. The approach to the material in this course is historical, cross-cultural, and above all philosophical. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
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PHIL 3350 - On the Nature of Things (Meta-Physics) 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Traditional and contemporary theories of the basic categories used to describe reality and the human relationship to it, including concepts such as substance, identity, space and time, causality, determination, and systematic ontology. Prer., three hours of philosophy.
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PHIL 3360 - Animal Minds: The Philosophy of Comparative Psychology 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An introduction to philosophical issues raised by comparative psychology. Topics covered include non-linguistic beliefs and concepts; mental representation and memory; reasoning and meta-cognition; communication and language; mind-reading (theory of mind); social cognition; consciousness.
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PHIL 3390 - Philosophy of Psychology 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Course covers classical and contemporary discussions of philosophical issues raised by psychological theory. Issues include introspectionism (James), psychoanalytical models of the self (Freud, Horney), learning theory (Piaget), depth psychology (Jung), behaviorism (Skinner), feminist psychology (Chodorow, Gilligan), cognitive science, psychology and language (Lacan), and existential psychology (Merleau- Ponty).
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PHIL 3400 - Holocaust 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Detailed analysis of the holocaust and its educational importance. Main focus is the Jewish holocaust with attendant eugenic policies, with possible attention to other examples of holocaust. Examination of philosophies that support organized social violence and principles that achieve a humane philosophy of life. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
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PHIL 3420 - Symbolic Logic I 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An exposition of the ideas and techniques of modern symbolic logic including several formal systems to distinguish between valid and invalid arguments and discussion of the foundations of arithmetic and set theory. Satisfies the LAS and Compass Curriculum Quantitative and Qualitative Reasoning requirement as a logic course when taken by a student who has either 1) successfully completed MATH 1040 (or a mathematics course that has college algebra as a prerequisite), OR 2) scored 87% or higher on the College Algebra placement test and scored 50% or higher on the Business Calculus placement test.
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PHIL 3450 - Mathematical Logic 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Introduces students to mathematical logic. Topics will include first-order quantification theory; formal number theory; axiomatic set theory; computability. Incompleteness, undecidability, and partial recursion will be discussed. Prer., MATH 1040 or MATH 2150 or PHIL 3440.
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PHIL 3480 - Philosophies of India 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Historical development and a critical analysis of the major philosophical texts and school of India, including the Vedas, Upanishads, and Bhagavad-Gita;the 6 orthodox schools; Jainism; Buddhism; and modern Indian thinkers including Gandhi and Radhakrishnan. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement.
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PHIL 3490 - Philosophies of China 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Historical development and critical analysis of the major philosophical schools and texts of China, including Confucianism, Taoism, Ch’an (Zen) Buddhism, Neo-Confucianism and modern Chinese thought. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures; Inclusiveness (Global/Diversity); Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3500 - Buddhist Philosophy 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
General survey of key Buddhist philosophical concepts of both the Theravada and Mahayana traditions, such as dukha, nirvana, anatman and voidness. The relationship between Pali Sutta’s and the Theravada tradition will be discussed as well as the relationship between Mahayana and the Prajna Paramita Suttas. Key schools of Mahayana, such as Cittamattra and Madhyamaka will also be introduced. Approved for LAS Global Awareness requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures; Inclusiveness (Global/Diversity); Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3510 - Before Socrates 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Systematic examination of the development of Western philosophy from its inception among the pre-Socratics and their impact on Plato and Aristotle. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Writing Intensive. Prer., One philosophy course.
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PHIL 3520 - Plato 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Provides an in-depth analysis of Plato’s texts. Besides hermeneutic issues as to how one ought to read the dialogues; ethical, cosmological, metaphysical and political questions emerging from Plato’s works will be addressed. Prer., One previous Philosophy course. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3530 - Cynics, Stoics, and Skeptics 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
History of Western Philosophy during the Hellenistic period (c. 310 B.C.E. To 450 C.E.). Covers Stoicism, Epicureanism, Skepticism, Atomism, neo-Platonism and the introduction of Jewish and Christian thought into philosophy via Philo of Alexandria and St. Augustine, respectively. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3540 - Saints and Heretics 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
History of Western Philosophy from the Medieval period to the beginning of modern times. Course covers Christian, Jewish and Islamic philosophers, including Augustine, Anselm, Avicenna, Averroes, Maimonides, Aquinas, Ockham, Machiavelli, and F. Bacon. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3550 - Aristotle 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Offers a careful reading of several Aristotelian works ranging from biology to ontology and ethics, with an eye towards how these may fit together as well as how Aristotle is situated in relation to Plato, the Presocratics, and Hellenistic thinkers. Prer., One previous course in Philosophy.
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PHIL 3560 - Modern Classical Philosophy 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Systematic examination of some fundamental philosophic problems treated by Rationalists and Empiricists in the 17th and 18th centuries (Hobbes, Descartes, Locke Spinoza, Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume), especially those concerning the foundations and limits of knowledge and attempts to overcome the limitations of these two traditions.
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PHIL 3570 - Kant and the Enlightenment 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Study of the Enlightenment (Age of Reason) with special emphasis on Kant’s work and some of his precursors and critics.
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PHIL 3580 - Hegel, Marx, and Nietzsche 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Survey of some of the major thinkers in the 19th century such as Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche.
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PHIL 3600 - Philosophy of Religion 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Detailed analysis of religious experience from Eastern and Western traditions, including mysticism, mythology, cosmology, knowledge of God and the divine attributes, salvation, immortality, and the influence of secularism. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3610 - Jewish Philosophy 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
This course will present a survey of thinkers who have reflected philosophically on the tenets and scripture of Judaism. The course begins with in-depth analysis of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament) and then moves through major figures such as Maimonides and Buber.
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PHIL 3620 - Christian Thought 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
This course will present a survey of thinkers who have reflected philosophically and theologically on the tenets of the Christian faith. The course begins with the New Testament and moves through major figures such as Augustine, Aquinas, and Kierkegaard.
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PHIL 3630 - Gender and Race in Biblical Literature 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Course examines the presence(s), result(s), and interpretation(s) of gender and race in biblical literature and the issues and problems those categories present to the reader. Meets with WEST 3630.
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PHIL 3690 - Islamic Philosophy 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An exploration of the development of Arab Islamic philosophy, history and culture through the Ottoman and Colonial periods into the construction of the modern Arab states and the emergence of contemporary Islamic political philosophy. Topics include nationalism, globalization, democracy, human rights and women. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures; Inclusiveness (Global/Diversity); Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 3700 - Beauty and the Beast 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Investigation of concepts such as the aesthetic object, the artistic experience, and creative expression and a critique of certain theories designed to solve problems of aesthetic evaluation. Meets with PHIL 5700.
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PHIL 3720 - Philosophy Through Film 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Relation between philosophical issues and film to show how philosophical concepts are embodied in film and filmmaking. Meets with PHIL 5720.
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PHIL 3730 - Fiction and Imagination 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
A study of the intersection of philosophy and literature, the benefits each derives from the other and of philosophical themes expressed in literary works and philosophical problems raised by literature. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Writing Intensive.
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PHIL 4040 - Phenomenology 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Critical analysis of early 20th century philosophical movements such as phenomenology, structuralism, and hermeneutics, emphasizing their origins and the philosophical and non-philosophical issues that gave rise to them. Prer., Previous course in philosophy. Meets with PHIL 5040.
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PHIL 4060 - Mid 20th Century European Philosophy 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An intensive examination of the major European philosophical movements of the mid 20th century, including phenomenology, existentialism, linguistics and post-structuralism, emphasizing their relation to key philosophical and non-philosophical issues of the period. Prer., Previous philosophy course. Meets with PHIL 5060.
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PHIL 4070 - Existentialism 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Main themes of existentialist thought from its origins in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to such 20th century figures as Jaspers, Heidegger, Sartre and Camus. Approved for LAS Humanities area requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Writing Intensive, and Explore-Arts, Humanities, and Cultures. Meets with PHIL 5070.
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PHIL 4080 - Constructions of Truth 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
This course responds to the threats associated with the age of post-truth, where fake news and disregard for evidence discredit opponents’ views. Countering this culture phenomenon with philosophical arguments highlights the moral, social, and political costs associated with it. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirements: Explore-Arts, Humanities and Cultures; Writing Intensive. Prer., One philosophy course. Meets with PHIL 5080.
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PHIL 4100 - American Pragmatism 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Analysis and appreciation of America’s most important contribution to intellectual life, pragmatism. Also discussed are two of pragmatism’s predecessors, transcendentalism and naturalism. Meets with PHIL 5100.
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PHIL 4140 - Nature, Sustainability, and the Environment 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
The philosophical significance of ecology for establishing an environmental ethic. Application of environmental ethics to such issues as responsibilities to future generations, the problem of the moral standing of nonhuman species and wilderness, and the deficiencies of cost-benefit analysis as a basis for decision making. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Sustainability. Prer., Previous course in philosophy. Meets with PHIL 5140.
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PHIL 4160 - Business and Management Ethics 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Designed to teach students to appreciate the ethical dimensions of the decision-making process in which most business managers are engaged during their careers. Meets with PHIL 5160.
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PHIL 4200 - Consciousness 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Consciousness has re-emerged as a fundamental topic in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy. This course introduces students to some of the recent neuroscientific studies of consciousness and surveys some of the philosophical problems posed by consciousness. Meets with PHIL 5200.
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PHIL 4250 - Food for Thought 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
In-depth examination of a particular trend in contemporary social theory such as critical theory, the Frankfurt school, Marxism and post-Marxism, economic democracy, deep ecology, postmodernism and deconstruction. Prer., Three hours of philosophy. Meets with PHIL 5250.
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PHIL 4260 - Philosophy of Law 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
A consideration of various views of the nature of law, its role in society and its relation to other disciplines. Examination of the philosophic commitments that underlie and affect legal convention and procedures. Approved for LAS Social Science area requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Explore-Society, Health and Behavior. Meets with PHIL 5260.
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PHIL 4350 - Analytic Philosophy From Frege to Davidson 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Analytic Philosophy is a term used to describe both a particular method and a style of philosophizing. This course examines that method and that style and shows the promise the former once held for settling traditional philosophical issues and problems and the continuing influence of the latter. Meets with PHIL 5350.
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PHIL 4400 - Philosophy of Science 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
A close examination of issues in the history, philosophy and sociology of science. Attention will be given to contemporary debates on such topics as the methodology of science, the growth of scientific knowledge, the logic of scientific discovery and the value-neutrality of science. Approved for LAS Social Science area requirement. Meets with PHIL 5400.
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PHIL 4410 - Philosophy of Biology 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
A broad examination of pertinent issues in biology, from the theory of evolution to contemporary debates concerning DNA and the human genome project.
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PHIL 4420 - Symbolic Logic II 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An intermediate course in symbolic logic that introduces students to quantified predicate logic with identity, intensional logic, second-order logic, and many-valued logic. Certain meta-logical results such as the Loewenheim-Skolem theorem, completeness, soundness, computability, Church’s thesis, and incompleteness are discussed. Satisfies the LAS and Compass Curriculum Quantitative and Qualitative Reasoning requirement as a logic course when taken by a student who has either 1) successfully completed MATH 1040 (or a mathematics course that has college algebra as a prerequisite), OR 2) scored 87% or higher on the College Algebra placement test and scored 50% or higher on the Business Calculus placement test. Prer., PHIL 3440 or consent of instructor. Meets with PHIL 5420.
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PHIL 4440 - Decision and Game Theory 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Introduces students to decision theory and game theory. No mathematical knowledge beyond high school algebra is assumed. Theoretical development of decision theory and game theory will be coupled with application of both to practice and the real world. See course schedule for topics covered. Prer., ECON 1010 or PSC 3500 or PHIL 1120 or PHIL 3420. Meets with PSC 4440 and ECON 4440.
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PHIL 4460 - Nature and Nurture 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An examination of the meaning of human nature from various perspectives, including Greek thinking, religious explanations, naturalist, existentialist and pragmatist theories.
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PHIL 4490 - Philosophy of Language 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
A historical survey of developments in philosophy of language. Topics covered include sense and reference, signifier and signified, rule-following, ordinary language philosophy, deconstruction, and casual theories of reference. Authors covered include Frege Husserl, De Saussure, Wittgenstein, Austin, Derrida, and others. Meets with PHIL 5490.
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PHIL 4550 - Feminism, Sexuality, and Culture 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An examination of selected philosophical issues in the context of recent developments in feminist thought. Course will consider the question of whether traditional patterns of philosophical thought express gender bias, and if so, why. Approved for LAS Cultural Diversity requirement. Prer., one course in PHIL, WEST, WMST, Meets with WEST 4550.
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PHIL 4800 - Internship in Philosophy 1 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
This course is available to students interested in applied philosophy. Students will intern for organizations outside and inside the university community and reflect philosophically on their experience. Instructor approval required.
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PHIL 4910 - Systematic Philosophy 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
A thorough study of a single philosophical problem, system, or single philosopher. Meets with PHIL 5910.
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PHIL 4930 - Special Topics 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Detailed examination of a special topic taken from the history of philosophy which is not covered by the regular departmental course offerings (variable content). Prer., Philosophy majors or consent of instructor. Two courses in Philosophy. Meets with PHIL 5930 and WMST 4900.
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PHIL 4950 - Senior Thesis 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
A research project directed under the supervision of a full time departmental faculty member. The topic of the research is chosen by the student in consultation with the project advisor. Required of all philosophy majors. Approved for LAS Oral Communication requirement. Approved for Compass Curriculum requirement: Summit. Open to juniors/seniors only.
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PHIL 5040 - Phenomenology 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Critical analysis of early 20th century philosophical movements such as phenomenology, structuralism, and hermeneutics, emphasizing their origins and the philosophical and non-philosophical issues that gave rise to them. Prer., previous course in philosophy. Meets with PHIL 4040.
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PHIL 5060 - Mid 20th Century European Philosophy 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An intensive examination of the major European philosophical movements of the mid 20th century, including phenomenology, existentialism, linguistics and post-structuralism, emphasizing their relation to key philosophical and non-philosophical issues of the period. Prer., previous philosophy course. Meets with PHIL 4060.
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PHIL 5070 - Existentialism 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Main themes of existentialist thought from its origins in Kierkegaard and Nietzsche to such 20th century figures as Jaspers, Heidegger, Sartre and Camus. Meets with PHIL 4070.
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PHIL 5080 - Postmodernism 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
This course responds to the threats associated with the age of post-truth, where fake news and disregard for evidence discredit opponents’ views. Countering this culture phenomenon with philosophical arguments highlights the moral, social, and political costs associated with it. Prer., Graduate students only. Meets with PHIL 4080.
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PHIL 5100 - American Pragmatism 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Analysis and appreciation of America’s most important contribution to intellectual life, pragmatism. Also discussed are two of pragmatism’s predecessors, transcendentalism and naturalism. Meets with PHIL 4100.
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PHIL 5130 - Ethics of Life and Health 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Ethical dimensions of the patient-physician relationship and the impact of medical technology. Topics include informed consent and experimentation with human subjects, technological manipulation of medical resources, genetic screening in the workplace, and genetic engineering. Meets with PHIL 3130.
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PHIL 5140 - Nature, Sustainability, and the Environment 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
The philosophical significance of ecology for establishing an environmental ethic. Application of environmental ethics to such issues as responsibilities to future generations, the problem of the moral standing of non-human species and wilderness, and the deficiencies of cost-benefit basis for decision making. Prer., Previous course in philosophy. Meets with PHIL 4140.
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PHIL 5160 - Business and Management Ethics 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Designed to teach students to appreciate the ethical discussions of the decision-making process in which most business managers are engaged during their careers. Meets with PHIL 4160.
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PHIL 5180 - Theories of Knowledge 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Consideration of major philosophers, both classical and contemporary, who have contributed to the analysis of the nature, limits and conditions of knowledge. Meets with PHIL 3170.
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PHIL 5190 - Ethics 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
The problem of rational justification of ethical standards including a selected treatment of the history of ethics. Meets with PHIL 3190.
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PHIL 5200 - Consciousness 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Consciousness has re-emerged as a fundamental topic in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and philosophy. This course introduces students to some of the recent neuroscientific studies of consciousness and surveys some of the philosophical problems posed by consciousness. Meets with PHIL 4200.
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PHIL 5250 - Food for Thought 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
In-depth examination of a particular trend in contemporary social theory such as critical theory, the Frankfurt school, Marxism and post-Marxism, economic democracy, deep ecology, post-modernism and deconstruction. Variable content. Meets with PHIL 4250.
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PHIL 5260 - Philosophy of Law 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Consideration of various views of the nature of law, its role in society and its relation to other disciplines. Examination of the philosophic commitments that underlie and affect legal convention and procedures. Meets with Phil 4260.
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PHIL 5300 - Philosophy of Mind 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Consideration of the central problems in the philosophy of mind, including the mind-body problem; the knowledge of other minds; free will and determinism; as well as discussion of concepts such as action, intention, motive, desire, memory, etc. Meets with PHIL 3000.
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PHIL 5350 - Analytic Philosophy 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
‘Analytic Philosophy’ is a term used to describe both a particular method and a style of philosophizing. This course examines that method and that style and shows the promise the former once held for settling traditional philosophical issues and problems and the continuing influence of the latter. Meets with PHIL 4350.
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PHIL 5400 - Philosophy of Science 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
A close examination of issues in the history, philosophy, and sociology of science. Attention will be given to contemporary debates on such topics as the methodology of science, the growth of scientific knowledge, the logic of scientific discovery and the value-neutrality of science. Meets with PHIL 4400.
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PHIL 5420 - Symbolic Logic II 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An intermediate course in symbolic logic that introduces students to quantified predicate logic with identity, intensional logic, second-order logic, and many-valued logic. Certain meta-logical results such as the Loewenheim-Skolem theorem, completeness, soundness, computability, Church’s thesis, and incompleteness are discussed. Meets with PHIL 4420.
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PHIL 5441 - Decision and Game Theory 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
Introduces students to decision theory and game theory. Topics will include rationality; strategic reasoning; Nash equilibria; strategic games; symmetric and non-symmetric games; coalitions and cooperation; zero and non-zero-sum games; and, prisoner’s dilemmas. Prer., PHIL 3440 or MATH 1040. Meets with PHIL 4440.
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PHIL 5460 - Nature and Nurture 3 Credits (Minimum) 3 Credits (Maximum)
An examination of the meaning of human nature from various perspectives including Greek thinking, religious explanations, naturalist, existentialist and pragmatist theories.
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