| 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 |