100.
Introduction to Philosophy. -- What philosophy is and how to learn
from it. Elementary philosophical questions, methods, and ideas.
Ideas typically include: God, freedom, knowledge, the basis of
morality, the relation of mind and brain. Classical and/or contemporary
readings. 3 hours.
115. Contemporary Moral Issues. -- Today's moral problems and
dilemmas; elementary methods and concepts of moral philosophy.
Problems typically include: abortion, capital punishment, euthanasia,
respect for animals and nature, among others. 3 hours.
116. Bioethics. -- Moral problems and dilemmas in medicine and
health affairs; elementary methods and concepts of moral philosophy.
Problems typically include: abortion, AIDS, human and animal experimentation,
among others. 3 hours.
120. Practical Reasoning. -- Nature of reason and inference; informal
reasoning skills; assessment of arguments. 3 hours.
125. Introduction to Ethics. -- Elements of moral philosophy.
Moral objectivity, connections among morality, rationality, and
religion; nature and significance of moral value. 3 hours.
135. The Rule of Law. -- Law and legal institutions and processes,
with emphasis on civil law. Development of legal ideas in such
areas as torts, contracts, and labor law. Role and history of
legal institutions within political framework. Relations between
courts and legislatures. 3 hours.
203. Philosophy of Religion. -- Religion; its nature, warrant,
and significance. God, evil, religious experience, faith and reason.
3 hours.
204. Philosophy and Christianity. -- What Christians believe and
why they believe it; foundations of Christian philosophical thought.
Christian concepts of God, Christ, salvation, atonement, faith,
and ethics. 3 hours.
205. Existentialism. -- What existentialists believe and why they
believe it; foundations of existentialist philosophical thought.
Existentialist concepts of freedom, commitment, anxiety, and authenticity.
3 hours.
208. Philosophy of the Arts. -- Art; its nature, scope, and significance.
Concepts of expression, beauty, artistic creation, and standards
of art criticism. 3 hours.
215. History of Moral Philosophy. -- Socrates to present, focusing
on historical development of moral tradition that has shaped Western
society. Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, Mill,
and Nietzsche, among others. 3 hours.
220. Introduction to Symbolic Logic. -- (Also MA 120.) Formal
reasoning and formal reasoning skills. Deductive inference and
validity; truth function theory and elementary concepts of quantification
theory. 3 hours.
230. Social and Political Philosophy. -- (Also PSC 252.) Basic
principles of political life; their nature, warrant, and scope.
Political authority; proper role of government; economic justice;
freedom, rights, and the free enterprise system. 3 hours.
232. Classical Political Thought. -- (Also PSC 361.) Development
of western political thought from Plato to Augustine; emphasis
on theories of major political thinkers. 3 hours.
233. Modern Political Theory. -- (Also PSC 362.) Development of
western political theory from the early modern era to contemporary
debates in works of Machiavelli to Mill. Emphasis on theories
of major political thinkers. 3 hours.
239. Classical Thought of India, China, and the West. -- Conceptions
of self, society, and natural world. 3 hours.
240. History of Philosophy: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. --
Origins and development of western philosophic tradition, with
emphasis on writings of Plato and Aristotle. Concepts of knowledge,
reality, and the good life. 3 hours.
270. The Scientific Enterprise. -- Science; its nature, scope,
and significance. Scientific reasoning; science as a social institution;
ethical issues in science. 3 hours.
290-291-292. Topics in Philosophy. -- In-depth examination of
one or more problems, authors, or ideas of current or historical
interest. 3 hours.
305. Epistemology. -- Human knowledge; its nature, sources, and
limits. Concepts of truth, objectivity, evidence, and belief.
Prerequisite: One previous PHL course or permission of instructor.
3 hours.
308. Metaphysics. -- Reality; its basic elements, principles of
existence and identity, appearance and reality. Concepts of cause,
matter, mind, realism and anti-realism. Prerequisite: One previous
PHL course or permission of instructor. 3 hours.
314. Philosophy and Feminism. -- Feminism; conceptual foundations,
scope, and applications. Problems typically include, among others,
feminist concepts of gender, reasoning, knowledge, and ethics.
3 hours.
315. Ethics: Theories of Good and Evil. -- Morality; its nature,
principles, and scope. Normative and critical problems in moral
philosophy; moral obligation. Prerequisite: One previous PHL course
or permission of instructor. 3 hours.
320. Intermediate Symbolic Logic. -- (Also MA 224 and continuation
of PHL 220.) Quantification theory; identity and definite description;
soundness and completeness; skill in formal proof and ability
to express arguments from natural language into artificial language.
Prerequisite: PHL 220 (MA 120) or permission of instructor. 3
hours.
335. Philosophy of Law. -- Nature and function of law. Justification
of punishment, legal responsibility, judicial review, regulation
of pornography, and Constitutional interpretation. 3 hours.
341. History of Philosophy: Descartes to Hume. -- Philosophy in
modern era, focusing on continental rationalism and British empiricism;
emphasis on theories of knowledge and reality; science, religion,
and modernism. 3 hours.
342. History of Philosophy: Kant and the 19th Century. -- Western
philosophic tradition from Kant through end of 19th Century. Kant,
Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Mill, among others. 3 hours.
343. History of Philosophy: Twentieth Century. -- Major movements
and problems of twentieth century philosophy. Moore, Wittgenstein,
Russell, and Quine, among others. Prerequisite: One previous PHL
course or permission or instructor. 3 hours.
348. American Philosophy. -- Major philosophers of classical American
period; Peirce, James, and Dewey. Origins and nature of American
pragmatism. Prerequisite: One previous PHL course or permission
of instructor. 3 hours.
350. Philosophy of Language. -- Language; its nature, structure,
and uses. Reference, meaning, communication, and interpretation;
Russell, Wittgenstein, Quine, and Chomsky, among others. Prerequisite:
One previous PHL course or permission of instructor. 3 hours.
372. Minds and Machines.-- (Also CS 372) Artificial intelligence;
its philosophical foundations and applications. Topics may include
mind-body problem, nature of intelligence, machine models of mind,
computational processes, and mental representation. Prerequisite:
One previous PHL course or permission of instructor. 3 hours.
375. Philosophy of Mind. -- (Also PY 375.) Mind; its nature, forms,
and functions. Concepts of mind/body, consciousness, rationality,
free will, and personal identity. Prerequisite: One previous PHL
course or permission of instructor. 3 hours.
470. Philosophical Problems in the Natural and Social Sciences.--
Nature and uses of science. Concepts of explanation, confirmation,
scientific law, and theory; special problems in sciences. Prerequisite:
One previous PHL course or permission of instructor. 3 hours.
490-491-492. Philosophy Seminar -- In-depth examination of one
or more problems, authors, or ideas of current or historical interest.
Prerequisite: Two previous philosophy courses or permission of
instructor. 3 hours.
499. Directed Studies. -- Special arrangement opportunity for
in-depth study. Prerequisite: Permission of instructor. 1, 2,
3 hours.
517. Principles of Scientific Integrity. -- (Also GRD 717.) Survey
of ethical issues and principles in the practice of science. Prerequisite:
Permission of instructor. 3 hours.
590. Directed Readings. -- Directed readings in special areas
or topics of philosophy; honors thesis supervision or opportunity
for graduate credit in philosophy. Prerequisite: Permission of
instructor. 3 hours.
770. Philosophy of Science. -- Overview of philosophy of science
with attention to foundational debates in social sciences, and
social constructivist views of scientific knowledge. Prerequisite:
Permission of instructor. 3 hours.
790-791-792. Problems Proseminar. -- Philosophic problems of current
interest in graduate and professional education. Specific issues
in cognitive science, the arts, or ethics and public policy may
be selected for analysis. Content varies depdending upon instructor
and student demand. 3 hours.
