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Philosophy (PHIL)
For major requirements, see the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences section of this Catalog. Either semester. Three credits. No student may receive more than 6 credits for PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107. Topics may include skepticism, proofs of God, knowledge of the external world, induction, free-will, the problem of evil, miracles, liberty and equality. CA 1. Either semester. Three credits. No student may receive more than 6 credits for PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107. Techniques for evaluating inductive and deductive arguments; applications to specific arguments about philosophical topics, for example the mind-body problem or free will vs. determinism. CA 1. Either semester. Three credits. No student may receive more than 6 credits for PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107. Discussion of selections from such philosophers as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, and Hume. CA 1. 104. Philosophy and Social Ethics Either semester. Three credits. No student may receive more than 6 credits for PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107. Topics may include the nature of the good life, the relation between social morality and individual rights, and practical moral dilemmas. At least one section each term emphasizes women-men issues: sex relations, sex roles, sex equality, abortion, the family, etc. Other sections may emphasize issues concerning Science and Technology or Political Philosophy. CA 1. Either semester. Three credits. No student may receive more than 6 credits for PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107. Topics may include proofs of the existence of God, the relation of religious discourse to other types of discourse, and the nature of religious commitment. CA 1. Prerequisite: ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. CA 1. 106. Non-western and Comparative Philosophy Either semester. Three credits. No student may receive more than 6 credits for PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107. Classic non-Western texts on such problems as the nature of reality and of our knowledge of it, and the proper requirements of social ethics, along with comparison to classic Western approaches to the same problems. CA 1. CA 4-INT. Either Semester. Three credits. No student may receive more than 6 credits for PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107. Meyers Topics concern social ethics and gender, such as gender equality and the impact of gender norms on individual freedom. Specific topics are examined in light of the intersections between gender and race, ethnicity, class, and sexual orientation. CA 1. CA 4. 175. Ethical Issues in Health Care Either semester. Three credits. Krimerman Theories of ethics, with specific application to ethical issues in modern health care. CA 1. 185W. Philosophy and Literature Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Philosophical problems raised by, and illuminated in, major works of literature. CA 1. 200. Philosophical Issues in Contemporary Life Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103,104, 105, 106,107.May be repeated with a change in topic for a maximum of six credits. Philosophical dimensions of problems in contemporary life. Topics vary by semester. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107.Open to sophomores or higher. The fundamentals of aesthetics, including an analysis of aesthetic experience and judgment, and a study of aesthetic types, such as the beautiful, tragic, comic and sublime. Recent systematic and experimental findings in relation to major theories of the aesthetic experience. 210. Metaphysics and Epistemology Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107. Open to sophomores or higher. Topics may include time, personal identity, free-will, the mind-body problem, skepticism, induction, perception, a priori knowledge. 210W. Metaphysics and Epistemology Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of LING 101, POLS 106, PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107. Recommended preparation MATH 101 or equivalent. Open to sophomores or higher. Lehmann, Wheeler Systematic analysis of deductive validity; formal languages which mirror the logical structure of portions of English; semantic and syntactic methods of verifying relations of logical consequence for these languages. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107. Open to sophomores or higher. Issues concerning the nature and foundations of scientific knowledge, including, for example, issues about scientific objectivity and progress. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. 213. Philosophy of Social Science Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107. Open to sophomores or higher. Nature and extent of social phenomena; nature and consequence of group membership; methods of investigation of social phenomena; problems of interpretation. Related doctrines of classic and contemporary theorists such as Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Wittgenstein. Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: PHIL 211. Lehmann Logical concepts developed in Philosophy 211 applied to the study of philosophical issues in the foundations of mathematics. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107. Open to sophomores or higher. Judgments of good and evil, right and justice, the moral `ought' and freedom; what do such judgments mean, is there any evidence for them, and can they be true? Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107. Bontly, Lehmann Inquiry into obligations to, or concerning, the environment, particularly the moral standing of animals, species, ecosystems, and natural objects. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. 217. Social and Political Philosophy Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107. Open to sophomores or higher. Conceptual, ontological, and normative issues in political life and thought; political obligation; collective responsibility; justice; liberty; equality; community; the nature of rights; the nature of law; the justification of punishment; related doctrines of classic and contemporary theorists such as Plato, Rousseau, John Rawls. 217W. Social and Political Philosophy Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107;or WS 103, 104, or 124. Meyers Philosophical issues in feminist theory. Topics may include the nature of gender difference, the injustice of male domination and its relation to other forms of domination, the social and political theory of women's equality in the home, in the workplace, and in politics. 219. Topics in Philosophy and Human Rights (Also offered as HRTS 219.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: One three-credit course in Philosophy or instructor consent . With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. What are human rights? Why are they important? Topics may include the philosophical precursors of human rights, the nature and justification of human rights, or contemporary issues bearing on human rights.
(Also offered as CAMS 257.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107;. Open to sophomores or higher. Greek philosophy from its origin in the Pre-Socratics through its influence on early Christianity. Readings from the works of Plato and Aristotle. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. 222. Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Philosophy Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107. Open to sophomores or higher. Troyer Central philosophical issues as discussed by philosophers such as Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume and Kant. 222W. Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Philosophy Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. 224W. Nineteenth-Century Philosophy Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Open to sophomores or higher. Readings from philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Marx and Engels, Bentham, Mill Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and Kierkegaard; topics such as the debate between individualism and collectivism in the nineteenth century. 225W. Analysis and Ordinary Language Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 210, 221, 222, 227; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. The reaction, after Russell, against formal theories and the belief in an ideal language, and the turn to familiar common-sense "cases" and everyday language in judging philosophical claims. Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein, Ryle and Strawson. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107, which may be taken concurrently. The nature of law; law's relation to morality; law's relation to social facts; the obligation to obey the law; interpreting texts; spheres of law; international law; the justification of state punishment; the good of law; related doctrines of contemporary theorists such as Herbert Hart and Ronald Dworkin. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107. Doctrines advanced by recent American philosophers. 230. Contemporary Marxism and Its Foundation Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107, which may be taken concurrently. Marx's criticisms of capitalism; the distinctive functional explanations Marx offered for the relations of production and the superstructure; application of such explanations to aspects of American culture. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106,107. Open to sophomores or higher. Various religious absolutes, their meaning and validity, existentialism and religion, the post-modern religious quest. Second semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104,105, 106,107. Elder Husserl's theory of meaning; its promise of silencing skepticism and setting philosophy on a new footing; the challenge to it posed by applying it to talk about other minds. 241. Language: Meaning and Truth Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: PHIL 102 or 211, and at least one of PHIL 210, 221, 222, 227. An analysis of the concepts used in thinking about language. (Also offered as ECON 206.) Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: ECON 102, 112 or 113. An examination of the normative assumptions and implications of modern economics (for example, the connections between Classical Utilitarianism and Welfare Economics). Attention to methodological controversies in comtemporary economic theory. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Any one of PSYC 210W, 211W, 215, 220, or 221; and at least one three-credit philosophy course or instructor consent. Conceptual issues in theoretical psychology. Topics may include computational models of mind, the language of thought, connectionism, neuropsychological deficits, and relations between psychological models and the brain. 247W. Philosophy of Psychology Prerequisite: Any one of PSYC 210W, 211W, 215, 220, or 221; and at least one three-credit philosophy course or instructor consent; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. 249. Philosophy and Neuroscience Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one 200-level, three-credit course in Physiology and Neurobiology (PNB), and at least one three-credit course in philosophy or consent of instructor. Philosophical issues in neuroscience. Topics may include theories of brain function, localization of function, reductionism, neuropsychological deficits, computational models in neuroscience, connectionism, and evolution. 249W. Philosophy and Neuroscience Prerequisite: At least one 200-level, three-credit course in Physiology and Neurobiology (PNB), and at least one three-credit course in philosophy or consent of instructor; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one 200-level, three-credit philosophy course. Contemporary issues in the philosophy of mind. Topics may include the nature of the mental; the mind-body problem, the analysis of sensory experience, the problem of intentionality, and psychological explanation. Prerequisite: At least one 200-level, three-credit philosophy course; ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: Any one of PSYC 210W, 215, 254, or 256; or at least one 200-level, three-credit course in philosophy. Conceptual problems in contemporary models of perception. Topics may include the nature of color perception, direct perception and its alternatives, computation and representation in perception, and the connections between perception and awareness. 256W. Philosophy of Perception Prerequisite: Any one of PSYC 210W, 215, 254, or 256; or at least one 200-level, three-credit course in philosophy. ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107. Readings from the principal philosophers between the fourth and fourteenth centuries. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107;ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. 263. Oriental Philosophy and Religion Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite: At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107. Luyster The historical, religious, and philosophical development of Hinduism, Buddhism, Tantrism, and Taoism. 264. Classical Chinese Philosophy and Culture Either semester. Three credits. Prerequisite:At least one of PHIL 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107. Classical Chinese philosophy, including such works as The Analects of Confucius and the works of Chuang Tzu, and their influence on Chinese culture. Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement up to a maximum of six credits. Consent of Department Head required, preferably prior to the student's departure. Special topics taken in a foreign study program. 296W. Senior Thesis in Philosophy Either semester. Three credits. Hours by arrangement. Prerequisite: ENGL 105 or 110 or 111 or 250. Open only with consent of instructor and Department Head. Independent study authorization form required. Prerequisite: Twelve credits in Philosophy at the 200's level or above, three of which may be taken concurrently. Either semester. Three credits. With a change in topic, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary. Either semester. Credits and hours by arrangement. With a change in content, may be repeated for credit. Prerequisites and recommended preparation vary. Either or both semesters. Credits and hours by arrangement. Advanced and individual work. Open only with consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit with a change in topic. |
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