Department: PHIL Philosophy

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PHIL104 Introduction to Philosophy This course is designed to introduce students to the discipline of philosophy, particularly as it has been developed in the western tradition from the ancient through contemporary period. Students will consider how the philosophical arguments from v...
PHIL110 Philosophy of Human Nature Many fields of inquiry traffic in a conception of some fixed essence of humanity, in which we all share. The idea of there being a human nature serves as a kind of Archimedean point from which we can learn to judge whether particular virtues possesse...
PHIL117 Thought and Belief The course will probe specific areas where Western philosophy and the Christian tradition interrelate focusing on various religious topics that have philosophical implications, such as the nature of faith, salvation, the character of God, the problem...
PHIL210 Philosophy of Human Nature Many fields of inquiry traffic in a conception of some fixed essence of humanity, in which we all share. The idea of there being a human nature serves as a kind of Archimedean point from which we can learn to judge whether particular virtues possesse...
PHIL215 Ethics This course is a substantive study of major classical figures in western moral philosophy, including Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Kant, Mill, and Nietzsche. It deals with the questions: What are the fundamental rules that guide our actions? Can we ever...
PHIL217 Thought and Belief The course will probe specific areas where Western philosophy and the Christian tradition interrelate focusing on various religious topics that have philosophical implications, such as the nature of faith, salvation, the character of God, the problem...
PHIL220 Practical Thinking Examines formal and informal fallacies, symbolic translation, and deductive and non-deductive reasoning as they emerge in everyday practical contexts. The student will learn the basics of argument, master the notions of validity and soundness, and pe...
PHIL280 Applied Ethics Five-, ten-, or fifteen-week sections which investigate moral philosophy as it manifests itself in practical contexts. The focus is on how to arrive at the best moral reasons for acting within practical parameters which present their own special task...
PHIL280A Applied Ethics: Sports and Ethics This course is an examination of ethical theory and moral deliberation as applied to the context of sports, specifically youth sports, college athletics, and professional sports.
PHIL280A1 Applied Ethics: Sports-Youth This course is an examination of ethical theory and moral deliberation as applied to the context of sports, specifically youth sports, college athletics, and professional sports. A maximum of three hours may be taken for Core credit for humanities c...
PHIL280A2 Applied Ethics: Sports-College This course is an examination of ethical theory and moral deliberation as applied to the context of sports, specifically youth sports, college athletics, and professional sports. A maximum of three hours may be taken for Core credit for humanities c...
PHIL280A3 Applied Ethics: Sports-Professional This course is an examination of ethical theory and moral deliberation as applied to the context of sports, specifically youth sports, college athletics, and professional sports. A maximum of three hours may be taken for Core credit for humanities c...
PHIL280B Applied Ethics: Environmental Ethics This course is an examination of ethical theory and moral issues as applied to the context of environmentalism. Does nature have inherent world independent of the uses to which it is put by human beings: Do humans have moral duties to animals, plants...
PHIL280B1 Applied Ethics: Environmental Ethics- Animals This course is an examination of ethical theory and moral issues as applied to the context of environmentalism. Does nature have inherent worth independent of the uses to which it is put by human beings: Do humans have moral duties to animals, plant...
PHIL280B2 Applied Ethics: Environmental Ethics- Ecology This course is an examination of ethical theory and moral issues as applied to the context of environmentalism. Does nature have inherent worth independent of the uses to which it is put by human beings: Do humans have moral duties to animals, plant...
PHIL280B3 Applied Ethics: Environmental Ethics- Placelessness This course is an examination of ethical theory and moral issues as applied to the context of environmentalism. Does nature have inherent worth independent of the uses to which it is put by human beings: Do humans have moral duties to animals, plant...
PHIL280B4 Applied Ethics: Environmental Ethics- Environmental Theories No Description Set
PHIL280B5 Applied Ethics: Environmental Ethics- Denial in the Public Square No Description Set
PHIL280C Applied Ethics: Human Rights No Description Set
PHIL280D Applied Ethics: Bioethics This course is comprised of three-separable, one-credit courses regarding medical ethics. Part I has to do with moral foundations in medicine concerning paternalism, informed consent, and professional responsibilities. Part II deals with medical reso...
PHIL280E Applied Ethics: the Ethics of Racial Identity No Description Set
PHIL280F Applied Ethics: Property No Description Set
PHIL280G Applied Ethics: Military Ethics No Description Set
PHIL280H Applied Ethics: Workplace Ethics This course is an examination of ethical theory and moral issues with particular attention to specific workplace contexts. Includes issues such as the moral foundations of business involving at-will termination policies, workplace speech-codes, priva...
PHIL280I Applied Ethics: Ethics of Empire No Description Set
PHIL280J Applied Ethics: Sexual Ethics No Description Set
PHIL309 Social and Political Philosophy This course is the philosophical study of people in societies with particular attention to the abstract claims they have on each other in the form of individual rights, duties, and privileges, and their demands for equality, justice, and freedom. The...
PHIL311 History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy An historical overview of the Greek, Roman and medieval philosophers, with special emphasis upon Plato, Aristotle, Augustine and Aquinas.
PHIL312 History of Modern Philosophy A study of influential Western philosophers from the Renaissance and the Enlightenment including Descartes, Hume, and Kant. Issues raised include empiricism and rationalism, human freedom, the nature and existence of God, skepticism, conceptual meani...
PHIL313 History of Contemporary Philosophy A study of recent Western philosophy, including but not limited to, phenomenology, existentialism, pragmatism, analytic, and post-modern philosophy.
PHIL314 History of 19th Century Philosophy A study of major 19th century philosophical movements and figures, roughly covering the time period between Kant and Husserl, including Hegel and German idealism, historicism, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Marx, and neo-Kantianism.
PHIL315A MEDICAL ETHICS No Description Set
PHIL315B SEXUAL ETHICS No Description Set
PHIL315C ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS No Description Set
PHIL317 Philosophy of Religion Philosophy of religion is the critical examination of basic religious beliefs and concepts. Its focus is to philosophically consider the claims that people make about religion, e.g., about the nature of God, and assess the conceptual grounds upon whi...
PHIL317HN Philosophy of Religion: Honors No Description Set
PHIL318 Philosophy of Art This course is a study of the basic philosophical problems, issues, and questions with respect to the understanding, interpretation, and evaluation of art and beauty. Topics of discussion include the nature and definition of art; the possibility of...
PHIL318D Topics in Philosophy: Readings-CS Lewis No Description Set
PHIL320 Symbolic Logic This course is a more advanced offering of techniques in logical analysis. Students will focus on constructing deductive arguments, engage in symbolic translation, recognize formal argument forms, do truth-table analysis, conduct proofs, and employ s...
PHIL330 Philosophical Readings Philosophical readings courses are to be thought of as a series of great works which when taken together form a sustained whole. The course will conduct its inquiry in complete works which cross time periods and traditions within philosophy. Meets Co...
PHIL330A Philosophical Readins: Philosophy Of Love No Description Set
PHIL330B Philosophical Readings: C.S. Lewis Philosophical readings courses are to be thought of as a series of "great works" which when taken together form a sustained whole. The course will conduct its inquiry in complete works which cross time periods and traditions within philosophy. Offer...
PHIL330C Philosophical Readings: Military No Description Set
PHIL350 Science As a Cultural Force An inquiry into the nature of the scientific method in relation to human culture and its use in gaining and applying new knowledge. This course constitutes a substantial interdisciplinary investigation of the impact of science and technology upon soc...
PHIL350A Science As a Cultural Force: the Making Of the Bomb An inquiry into the nature of the scientific method in relation to human culture and its use in gaining and applying new knowledge. This course constitutes a substantial interdisciplinary investigation of the impact of science and technology upon so...
PHIL350B Science As a Cultural Force: the Tobacco Wars An inquiry into the nature of the scientific method in relation to human culture and its use in gaining and applying new knowledge. This course constitutes a substantial interdisciplinary investigation of the impact of science and technology upon so...
PHIL350C Science As a Cultural Force: Science and Human Nature An inquiry into the nature of the scientific method in relation to human culture and its use in gaining and applying new knowledge. This course constitutes a substantial interdisciplinary investigation of the impact of science and technology upon so...
PHIL350D Science As a Cultural Force: Evolution - For and Against An inquiry into the nature of the scientific method in relation to human culture and its use in gaining and applying new knowledge. This course constitutes a substantial interdisciplinary investigation of the impact of science and technology upon so...
PHIL350E Science As a Cultural Force: Science and Rationality An inquiry into the nature of the scientific method in relation to human culture and its use in gaining and applying new knowledge. This course constitutes a substantial interdisciplinary investigation of the impact of science and technology upon so...
PHIL450 Great Philosophers This course evaluates the thinking of a single major theoretical figure across a series of original texts addressing different subjects, but usually including combinations of that thinker's views on metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics....
PHIL450A Great Philosophers: Sartre This course evaluates the thinking of a single major theoretical figure across a series of original texts addressing different subjects, but usually including combinations of that thinker's views on metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics....
PHIL450B Great Philosophers: C.S. Lewis No Description Set
PHIL450C Great Philosophers: Kant and Hegel No Description Set
PHIL498 Independent Study No Description Set
PHILELCT Philosophy Elective No Description Set