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PHILOSOPHY (PHL) |
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course whose title contains the word "introduction"
may be taken as a first course. The department
recommends that students take no more than two
such introductory courses. Often after a single
such course, students should proceed to follow
their interests with 200- and 300-level courses. |
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PHL 110 |
Introduction
to Philosophy |
3 cr |
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| An
introduction to philosophical analysis and criticism
through a survey of the major branches of philosophy.
Topics may include, but are not limited to: the
mind/body problem, theory of knowledge, skepticism,
ethics, political philosophy, aesthetics, and
philosophy of religion. Fulfils the General Education Requirement. |
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| PHL 120 |
Critical Thinking |
3 cr |
| This course will examine complex types of reasoning, including statistical judgment, decision making, and causal and analogical thinking. emphasis will be placed on the analysis of concrete examples of reasoning in various fields, including science, religion and theology, politics, law, as well as alternative medicine and other non-traditional disciplies. Students will be encouraged to improve their own judgment and decision making by learning how to evaluate arguments and by learning about fallacies, common errors, and biases in reasoning and decision making. There will also be extensive discussion on the relation between how people do reason and how they ought to reason. Fulfills the General Education Requirement. |
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PHL 121 |
Introduction
to Logic |
3 cr |
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| Studies
arguments: what they are, how to identify them,
and how to judge their quality; and examines inductive
and deductive arguments in both their informal
and formal aspects. Fulfils the General Education Requirement. MA 110 or equivalent is recommended. |
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PHL 131 |
Introduction
to Ethics |
3 cr |
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| Examines
ideas about good and bad, right and wrong, and
moral obligation through a survey of major ethical
systems in western philosophy. The course includes
consideration of how these ideas apply to moral
problems and issues. Fulfils the General Education Requirement. |
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PHL 231 |
Social
Ethics |
3 cr |
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| Readings
and analyses of ethical issues in society. Topics
may include euthanasia, sexual equality, sexual
morality, censorship, world hunger, animal rights,
the environment, and capital punishment. Fulfils the General Education Requirement. |
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PHL 233 |
Philosophy
of Love and Friendship (W) |
3 cr |
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| Love
and friendship are investigated by a philosophical
analysis of concepts embraced by the terms. Examples
of the concepts are drawn from common life, religion,
history, and literature. |
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PHL 240 |
Western
Philosophy: Classical |
3 cr |
| Survey of classical Greek philosophy. The philosophers surveyed may include Presocratic philosophers, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Hellenistic philosophers. Fulfills the General Education Requirement. Identical with CLA 240. Credit cannot be received for both PHL 240 and CLA 240. |
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| Survey
of Greek, Roman, and Medieval philosophy with
emphasis on classical Greek philosophy. Core Course. Identical with CLA 240. Credit cannot be received for both CLA 240 and PHL 240. |
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| PHL 242 |
Western Philosophy: Medieval |
3 cr |
| A survey of Medieval Western Latin, Jewish and Islamic philosophers. Identical with REL 242. Credit cannot be received for both PHL 242 and REL 242. |
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PHL 245 |
Western
Philosophy: |
3 cr |
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Renaissance/Enlightenment
(C)(W) |
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| Survey
of Western philosophy from F. Bacon to Kant with
emphasis on the empiricists, rationalists, and
Kant. |
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PHL 251 |
Philosophy
and Cognitive Science |
3 cr |
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| A
survey of central concepts and issues in cognitive
science, including an informal introduction to
automata theory, intelligent systems architecture,
and the philosophical issues arising out of computational
models of language and cognition. |
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PHL 290 |
Special
Topics |
1-3 cr |
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| Different
themes and issues of philosophical significance
will be studied as announced. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 hours. |
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| PHL 310 |
Classical Mythology |
3 cr |
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| Through the disciplines of English and Philosophy, this course will provide an introduction to myths and to the literature that recounts the myths, legends, and folktales of ancient Greece and Rome. Not only will this course offer a survey of Greek and Roman myth, but also it will look at how different writers treat the material and why their treatments vary. Prerequisites: EH 101 and EH 102. Identical with CLA 310, EH 310 and REL 310. Credit cannot be received for both PHL 310 and either EH 310 or REL 310 or CLA 310. |
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PHL 311 |
Political
Philosophy I: |
3 cr |
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| An
examination of the central themes of classical
Western political philosophy through the reading
and discussing of the primary works of such thinkers
as Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas. Prerequisites: PSC 130, or Equivalent, or Permission of Instructor. Identical with CLA 311 and PSC 311. Credit cannot be received for both PHL 311 and either PSC 311 or CLA 311. |
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PHL 312 |
Political
Philosophy II |
3 cr |
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Renaissance
and Enlightenment |
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| An
examination of the central themes of classical
Western political philosophy through the reading
and discussing of the primary works of such thinkers
as Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau. Prerequisites: PSC 130, or Equivalent, or Permission of Instructor. Cross-listed
as PSC 312. Credit cannot be
received for both PHL 312 and PSC 312. |
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PHL 313 |
Political
Philosophy III 19th Century (W) |
3 cr |
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| An
examination of the central themes of classical
Western political philosophy through the reading
and discussing of the primary works of such thinkers
as Hegel, Mill, Marx and Nietzsche. Prerequisites: PSC 130, or Equivalent, or Permission of Instructor. Cross-listed
as PSC 313. Credit cannot be
received for both PHL 313 and PSC 313. |
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PHL 321 |
Symbolic
Logic |
3 cr |
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| A
study of sentential and predicate logics and related
topics. |
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PHL 327 |
Philosophy
of Science |
3 cr |
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| Studies
such topics as method and explanation in the sciences; the demarcation between science and the pseudoscience; realist and anti-realist views about scientific
theories; the logic scientific change; confirmation; reduction; laws of nature; underdetermination; and society, science, and values. |
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| Alienation,
a fundamental element in human existence, is analyzed
in the philosophy of Marx, Hegel, Dostoevsky,
Nietzsche and Sartre, and then used to interpret
characters and situations in selected novels and
films. |
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PHL 333 |
Biomedical
Ethics (W) |
3 cr |
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| Ethical
analyses of problems and issues in the biomedical
and health-related fields. Topics may include
genetic research and technology, abortion, health
care, experimentation, and death and dying. |
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PHL 334 |
Man and
Technology |
3 cr |
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| Examines
the most common impacts that technology is envisioned
to have on both the spirit of the human person
and the environment in which that person lives.
Both the technologist and antitechnologist arguments
will be explored. |
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PHL 336 |
Legal
Theory |
3 cr |
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| Explores
theoretical issues and problems in the area of
law, including theories about the nature of law,
legal validity, the relations between morality
and law, and our obligation to obey the law. Specific
problems, such as legal moralism, are also examined.
Cross-listed as CJ 336. Credit
cannot be received for both PHL 336 and CJ 336. |
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PHL 337 |
Liability
and Punishment |
3 cr |
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| Explores
theoretical issues and problems in the areas of
law (especially criminal law) concerning liability
and punishment. Topics to be examined include
diminished capacity, theories of punishment, and
capital punishment. Cross-listed as CJ 337.
Credit cannot be received for both PHL 337 and
CJ 337. |
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PHL 339 |
Philosophy
of Culture |
3 cr |
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| Acquaints
students with Cassirer's philosophy of culture,
with emphasis on the unity of human experience
as ramified into myth, language, religion, art,
history, science, and politicosocial life. |
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PHL 345 |
Anglo-American
Philosophy Since Kant |
3 cr |
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| An
examination of selected themes and issues in Anglo-American
philosophy since 1800. Topics may include pragmatism,
ideal language philosophy, and ordinary language
philosophy. |
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PHL 348 |
19th
Century Continental Philosophy |
3
cr |
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Literary Theory |
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| An
examination of selected themes and issues in 19th
Century Continental Philosophy and Literary Theory.
Topics may include Idealism, Romanticism,
Existentialism, Marxism, and Freudianism. Identical
with EH 348 and LG 348. Credit cannot be received
for both PHL 348 and either EH 348 or LG 348.
(For LG credit, students will be required to do
some coursework in their language of concentration.) |
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PHL 349 |
20th
Century Continental Philosophy |
3
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and
Literary Theory |
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| An
examination of selected themes and issues in 20th
Century Continental Philosophy and Literary Theory.
Topics may include Phenomenology, Existentialism,
Hermeneutics, Structuralism, and Post-Structuralism.
Identical with EH 349 and LG 349. Credit cannot
be received for both PHL 349 and either EH 349
or LG 349. (For LG credit, students will be required
to do some coursework in their language of concentration.) |
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PHL 351 |
Philosophy
of Religion (W) |
3 cr |
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| Investigates
the nature of religion, including religious experience,
religious language, arguments for the existence
of God, and the problem of evil. Identical
with REL 351. Credit cannot be received for both
PHL 351 and REL 351. |
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PHL 352 |
World
Religions |
3 cr |
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| Major
Eastern and Western religions emphasizing their
historical development, their theological structure,
and their philosophical implications. Identical
with REL 352. Credit cannot be received for both
PHL 352 and REL 352. |
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PHL 354 |
Philosophies
of India |
3 cr |
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| Introduces
the major religions and philosophies of India
by way of the classical Realist/Anti-Realist debate
in India. Study of the major religious doctrines
of theistic and non-dualist Vedanta, Buddhism,
and Jainism, and their philosophical articulation
in the Nyaya, Advaita Vedanta, Madhyamaka, and
other schools. Identical
with REL 354. Credit cannot be received for both
PHL 354 and REL 354. |
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PHL 355 |
Chinese
Philosophy |
3 cr |
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| Introduces
the major classical religious and philosophical
systems of China by way of an examination of early
Confucianism, Mohism, Yangism, Legalism, Taoism,
and Chinese Buddhism. Particular emphasis will
be placed upon the role of these schools in the
development of Chinese religion, morality, and
political organization. Identical
with REL 355. Credit cannot be received for both
PHL 355 and REL 355. |
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PHL 361 |
Philosophy
of Mind |
3 cr |
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| A
study of the concept of consciousness and related
concepts (e.g., mind, self, thinking) as applied
to man, other animals, non-terrestrials, and machines. |
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PHL 370 |
Philosophy
of Art |
3 cr |
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| Acquaints
students with main issues in aesthetics, both
ancient and modern. Includes such issues as the
nature and function of art, the creative process,
the work of art, and the criteria of aesthetic
judgment and appreciation. Identical with ARH 370. Credit cannot be received for both PHL 370 and ARH 370. |
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PHL 390 |
Special
Topics |
1-3 cr |
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| Different
figures or topics of philosophical significance
will be studied as announced. May be repeated,
when content varies, for a total of six hours. May be repeated for a maximum of 9 hours. |
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| NOTE:
The Department requires at least one lower-level
philosophy course or junior standing as a prerequisite
for 400-level courses. |
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PHL 421* |
Literary
Criticism to 1900 (W) |
3
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| Classical,
Neoclassical, Romantic, and Victorian literary
theory. Prerequisites: EH 101 and 102. Identical
with EH 421. Credit cannot be received for both
PHL 421 and EH 421. |
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PHL 422* |
Literary
Criticism Since 1900 (W) |
3
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| Modern
and contemporary literary theory. Prerequisites:
EH 101 and 102. Identical with EH 422. Credit
cannot be received for both PHL 422 and EH 422. |
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PHL 431 |
Advanced
Ethical Theory |
3 cr |
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| Problems
in traditional and recent value theory and ethics. |
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PHL 441 |
Theory
of Knowledge |
3
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| Examines
knowledge, its scope and limits. Topics may include
the conditions, criteria, and grounds for knowledge,
and theories of truth and meaning. |
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| Studies
philosophical theories about the nature of reality,
including such topics as what is real, change,
the nature of things, universals, and such views
as monism, materialism, realism, and idealism. Prerequisites: PHL 240, PHL 245, PHL 321. |
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| PHL 467 |
Mathematical Logic |
3 cr |
| An introduction to formal first-order logic, first-order metatheory, and its extensions. Topics include axiom systems and their models, completeness, compactness, and recursive sets and functions. Identical with MA 467. Credit cannot be received for both PHL 467 and MA 467. Prerequisites: PHL 321 or any 300-level or higher MA course. |
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| PHL 490 |
Special Topics |
1-3 cr |
| An investigation of issues and concepts in philosophy for advanced undergraduates and graduate students. May be repeated, when content varies, for a total of six hours. Prerequisites: Junior, senior or graduate standing. |
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| An
investigation of issues and concepts in philosophy
for advanced undergraduates and graduate students.
May be repeated, when content varies, for a total
of six hours. Prerequisites: Junior, senior or graduate standing. |
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PHL 494 |
Directed
Studies |
1-3 cr |
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| Directed
research in philosophy under the guidance of a
member of the department. Credit according to
the magnitude of the individual project. May be
repeated, if content varies, for a total of six hours. Prerequisites: Junior or senior standing
and approval of directing professor and department
chair. Prerequisites: Junior, senior or graduate standing. |
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PHL 499 |
Honors
Thesis |
3 cr |
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| Extended
research paper prepared under direction of thesis
advisor plus two-person committee selected by
advisor in consultation with student. Prerequisites:
The student must have developed a proposal for
the thesis in consultation with the advisor, and
received permission for the work from the committee.
In addition, the student must be a senior major
or minor, have completed the logic and history
of philosophy requirements, have at least two
courses at the 300-level or higher, and have at
least a 3.3 GPA in Philosophy. Credit for this
course is only given as an addition to the hours
required for the major. |
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PHL 590 |
Special
Topics |
1-3 cr |
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| Study
of individuals or topics of philosophical significance.
May be repeated for credit when content varies, for a maximum of 6 hours.
Enrollment is limited to students in disciplines
other than philosophy. |
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