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Philosophy (PHIL)
College of Arts and Humanities
PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy: Survey of
Problems (3) Great philosophical issues, theories, and
controversies. AH4
PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy: Morals and
Society (3) Social and individual values, obligations, rights,
responsibilities. AH4
PHIL 102 Asian Traditions (3) Universal themes
and problems from Asian perspective. AH4
PHIL 103 Introduction to Philosophy: Environmental
Philosophy (3) A critical examination of environmental issues;
analyzing the nature of the human being, the nature of nature, and the
relationship of the human being to nature. AH4
PHIL 110 Introduction to Logic (3) Principles
of modern deductive logic. M/L
PHIL 211 History of Philosophy I (3) An
introduction to the history of philosophy based on translations of texts
originally written in classical Greek or Latin. AH4
PHIL 212 History of Philosophy II (3) Introduction
to the history of philosophy based on translations of texts originally
written in post-classical Latin or Arabic. AH4
PHIL 213 History of Philosophy III (3) Introduction
to the history of philosophy based on texts or translations of
“modern” works, that is works originally written in a modern
European language. AH4
PHIL 300 Business Ethics (3) Case studies and
critical analyses of ethical issues in business. Readings from business,
philosophy, law, etc. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213, MGT
301; or consent.
PHIL 301 Ethical Theory (3) Problems and
methods in theory of moral conduct and decision. Pre: 101.
PHIL 302 Political Philosophy (3) Problems and
methods in modern theories of the state. Comparison of anarchism,
liberalism, and Marxism. Pre: 101.
PHIL 303 Social Philosophy (3) Problems and
methods in examination of contemporary American life, values, and
institutions in light of traditional philosophical problems of freedom,
justice, authority, equality. Pre: 101.
PHIL 304 Metaphysics (3) Problems
and methods arising from attempts to understand rationally what is, what
appears to be, and what is not. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211,
212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 305 Philosophy of Religion (3) Problems
and methods. Nature of religious experience, alternatives to theism,
existence of god, relation between faith and reason, nature of religious
language. Pre: one 100- or 200-level PHIL or REL course.
PHIL 306 Philosophy of Art (3) Problems and
methods in aesthetic valuation and in appreciation, creation, and
criticism of artworks. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or
consent.
PHIL 307 Theory of Knowledge (3) Problems
and methods in epistemology. Nature of knowledge, its varieties,
possibilities, and limitations. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211,
212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 308 Philosophy of Science (3) Problems
and methods. Domains of inquiry, methods of validation, and attendant
moral concerns. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or
consent.
PHIL 310 Ethics in Health Care (3) Ethical
issues in application and organization of biomedical resources;
professional responsibility, confidentiality, euthanasia,
experimentation on human subjects, etc. Pre: 101 or consent.
PHIL 315 Modeling Natural Systems (3) Introduction
to philosophy of science for those with some background in the natural
sciences. Special emphasis on issues arising from the construction and
use of models. Pre: consent. (Cross-listed as OCN 315)
PHIL 316 Science, Technology, and Society (3) Investigation
of some of the complex interconnections between science, technology, and
society. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 318 Philosophy of Law (3) Historical and
contemporary issues in law and legal theory. Law and morality; legal
responsibility, justice, rights, punishment, judicial reasoning. Pre:
101 or consent.
PHIL 320 American Philosophy (3) Survey of
major philosophers and schools in development of American thought up to
modern times. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 330 Islamic Philosophy (3) Survey of major
philosophers and schools: Kindi, Razi, Avicenna, Ghazali, Ibn Tufayl,
Averroes, etc. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or
consent.
PHIL 350 Indian Philosophy (3) Survey of major
orthodox and heterodox systems: Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavadgita,
Vedanta, Jainism, Buddhism. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212,
213; or consent.
PHIL 360 Buddhist Philosophy (3) Survey of
central thinkers and schools. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212,
213; or consent.
PHIL 370 Chinese Philosophy (3) Survey of
important schools and thinkers in classical Chinese traditions:
Confucianism, Taoism, Mohism, Legalism. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103,
211, 212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 380 Japanese Philosophy (3) Survey of
central thinkers and schools from ancient to modern. Pre: one of 100,
101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 400 Introduction to Analytical Philosophy (3) Major themes in
logical atomism, logical positivism, and linguistic analysis. Readings
from G. E. Moore to present. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212,
213; or consent.
PHIL 401 Introduction to Existential Philosophy (3)
Major themes from contemporary investigations into meaning of human
existence. Readings from Kierkegaard to Sartre. Pre: one of 100, 101,
102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 402 Introduction to Phenomenology (3) Methods
of analyzing the structures of experience, as developed by Husserl,
Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Sartre, etc. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103,
211, 212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 406 Introduction to Zen (Ch’an) Buddhist
Philosophy (3) Development and philosophical significance of basic
precepts, explored through translations of Chinese and Japanese sources.
Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 410 Philosophy and Psychoanalysis (3) Contributions
of depth psychology to philosophical understanding of the nature of man,
society, art, religion, and morality. Freud, Jung, Adler, Reich, and
Marcuse. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 414 (Alpha) Western Movements and Periods (3) (B)
Greek; (C) late antiquity; (D) medieval; (E) continental rationalism;
(F) British empiricism; (G) German idealism; (H) 19th century; (I) 20th
century. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 415 Philosophy of History (3) Introduction
to theories of history. Continuity and change; cyclical and linear
views, “meaning” in history; social, political, and religious
perspectives. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213, HIST 151,
HIST 152; or consent.
PHIL 417 Philosophy in Literature (3) Philosophical
themes in the literary mode in world literature. Pre: one of 100, 101,
102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 418 Feminist Issues in Philosophy (3) Examination
of a number of basic feminist issues in philosophy within the areas of
ethics, philosophy of religion, and epistemology/ methodology. Pre: one
of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213, any WS course; or consent.
(Cross-listed as WS 419)
PHIL 422 Philosophical Psychology (3) Classical
and modern theories of mind and action; various analyses of motivation,
intention, rationality, self-deception. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103,
211, 212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 436 Philosophy of Language (3) Contemporary
theories in semantics and syntax; problems of meaning, reference, speech
acts, etc. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 110, 211, 212, 213; or
consent.
PHIL 445 Symbolic Logic (3) Intermediate-level
course on techniques; propositional calculus and first-order predicate
calculus. Pre: 110 or any MATH course or consent.
PHIL 448 (Alpha) Individual Philosophers (3) Examination
of work of a major Eastern or Western philosopher. Repeatable three
times with consent. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or
consent.
PHIL 449 Philosophical Topics (3) Concentration
on a topic of current philosophic concern. Repeatable once with consent.
Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 452 Philosophy of Social Sciences (3) Epistemology
of social existence and conceptual and methodological foundations of the
social sciences. Pre: one of 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or
consent.
PHIL 491 Teaching Philosophy (6) For philosophy
majors who lead, under supervision, a freshman seminar section of
philosophy. Pre: consent.
PHIL 492 Philosophy with Children (3) Enhancing
critical thinking and oral communications skills through consideration
of how to teach philosophy to elementary school children (grades K-6).
Pre: 100, 101, 102, 103, 211, 212, 213; or consent.
PHIL 500 Master’s Plan B/C Studies (1) Enrollment
for degree completion. Pre: master’s Plan B or C candidate and
consent.
PHIL 501 Metaphilosopy: Philosophy in Schools (3)
PHIL 609 Advanced Symbolic Logic (3) Basic
course in theory of logistic systems covering the sentential and
first-order functional calculus. Pre: 445, graduate standing, or
consent.
PHIL 610 Studies in Social Philosophy (3) Key
issues in social philosophy, including the nature of community, the
family, and other social institutions. Repeatable once with consent.
Pre: graduate standing or consent; 303 recommended.
PHIL 611 Studies in Ethics (3) Key issues in
ethical and metaethical theory. Repeatable once with consent. Pre:
graduate standing or consent. Recommended: 301.
PHIL 612 Studies in Political Philosophy (3) Key
issues in political philosophy including the nature and justification of
political authority. Repeatable once with consent. Pre: graduate
standing or consent. Recommended: 302.
PHIL 613 Studies in Philosophy of Law (3) Key
issues in legal theory and reasoning. Repeatable once with consent. Pre:
graduate standing or consent. Recommended: 318.
PHIL 614 Studies in Metaphysics (3) Key issues
in ontological and cosmological theory. Problems of materialism,
idealism, phenomenalism, etc. Repeatable once with consent. Pre:
graduate standing or consent. Recommended: 304.
PHIL 615 Studies in Philosophy of Religion (3) Key
issues in theory of religious experience, language, reasoning. Pre:
graduate standing or consent. Recommended: 305.
PHIL 616 Studies in Aesthetics (3) Key issues
in contemporary aesthetics, against background of traditional Western
and Eastern theories. Repeatable once with consent. Pre: graduate
standing or consent. Recommended: 306.
PHIL 617 Studies in Epistemology (3) Key
issues in theory of knowledge. Nature of truth. A priori knowledge,
problems of induction, perception, and knowledge of material world.
Repeatable once with consent. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
Recommended: 307.
PHIL 619 Studies in Philosophy of Language (3) Key
issues in theory of meaning, truth, reference, predication, etc. Pre:
graduate standing or consent. Recommended: 445.
PHIL 620 Studies in Philosophy of Mathematics (3) Key
issues in foundations of mathematics: mathematical truths, axioms,
proofs, etc. Pre: graduate standing or consent. Recommended: 400 or 445.
PHIL 621 Studies in Philosophy of Science (3) Key
issues in the theory of scientific truth and knowledge. Repeatable once
with consent. Pre: one of 308, 316, graduate standing; or consent.
PHIL 622 Studies in Hermeneutics (3) Important
debates concerning the methodology of textual interpretation. Pre:
graduate standing or consent.
PHIL 625 Philosophical Movements and Schools (3) Study
of a collection of texts by different authors who constitute a
recognized movement or philosophical school. Repeatable three times with
consent. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
PHIL 630 History and Theory of Science (3) An
exploration of problems at the intersection of historical studies of
science as a process and philosophical analysis of basic concepts of the
sciences. Pre: one of 308, 316, graduate standing; or consent.
PHIL 665 Zen (Ch’an) Buddhist Philosophy (3) Analysis
of epistemological, metaphysical, and ethical theories. Pre: graduate
standing or consent. Recommended: 406.
PHIL 670 Confucianism (3) Ethical, social,
institutional problems in classical theory. Repeatable once with
consent. Pre: graduate standing or consent. Recommended: 370.
PHIL 671 Neo-Confucianism (3) Logic,
epistemology, metaphysics, and ethics of major Chinese Neo-Confucian
philosophers, 11th- 16th century. Repeatable once with consent. Pre:
graduate standing or consent. Recommended: 370.
PHIL 672 Taoism (3) Critical examination and
evaluation of major philosophical ideas in Lao Tzu, Chuang Tzu, and the
Neo-Taoists. Repeatable once with consent. Pre: graduate standing or
consent. Recommended: 370.
PHIL 699 Directed Research (V) Repeatable. Pre:
graduate standing and consent.
PHIL 711 Seminar on Nagarjuna (3) Close
examination of the most significant of Nagarjuna’s philosophical
writings. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
PHIL 712 Seminar on Aristotle (3) Close
examination of the most significant of Aristotle’s philosophic
writings. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
PHIL 713 Seminar on Kant (3) Close examination
of the most significant of Kant’s philosophical writings. Repeatable
once with consent. Pre: graduate standing or consent. PHIL 714
Seminar on Plato (3) Close examination of the most significant of
Plato’s philosophical writings. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
PHIL 715 Seminar on Nietzsche (3) Close
examination of the most significant of Nietzsche’s philosophical
writings. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
PHIL 716 Seminar on Spinoza (3) Close
examination of the most significant of Spinoza’s philosophical
writings. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
PHIL 717 Seminar on Whitehead (3) Whitehead’s
revolutionary process philosophy and process theology through his major
texts. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
PHIL 720 Seminar on Individual Philosophers (3) The
most significant texts of an important philosopher. A different
philosopher will be chosen each semester. Consult department for further
information. Repeatable three times with consent. Pre: graduate standing
or consent.
PHIL 725 Seminar in Philosophical Topics (3) Close
study of a topic of important philosophical controversy such as
“killing and dying” or “deconstruction.” Repeatable two times
with consent. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
PHIL 735 Seminar on Philosophical Periods (3) Close
study of a period of significant and connected philosophical activity
within a philosophic tradition. Repeatable two times with consent. Pre:
graduate standing or consent.
PHIL 740 Seminar in Philosophical Texts (3) Reading,
analysis, and critical discussion of one (or of several closely related)
philosophical text in its original language (sometimes in conjunction
with established translation). Repeatable two times with consent. Pre:
graduate standing or consent.
PHIL 750 Seminar in Indian Philosophy (3) Major
philosophical problems in the development of Indian thought during its
formative period. Repeatable once with consent. Pre: graduate standing
or consent. Recommended: 350.
PHIL 760 Seminar in Buddhist Philosophy (3) Major
philosophical problems in the development of Buddhist thought during its
formative period. Repeatable once with consent. Pre: graduate standing
or consent. Recommended: 360.
PHIL 770 Seminar in Chinese Philosophy (3) Fundamental
issues, problems, movements, and schools of Chinese philosophy, such as
classical Confucianism, Daoism, Legalism, Chinese logic, and
Neo-Confucianism. Repeatable once with consent. Pre: graduate standing
or consent. Recommended: 370.
PHIL 771 Seminar in I-Ching (3) Metaphysical,
epistemological, ethical, and axiological views of I-Ching and its claim
as foundational work for classical Confucianism, Taoism, and
Neo-Confucianism. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
PHIL 780 Seminar in Japanese Philosophy (3) Various
periods, movements, and thinkers in Japanese philosophy. Topic changes
each semester. Consult department for more information. Repeatable once
with consent. Pre: graduate standing or consent. Recommended: 380.
PHIL 790 Seminar in Comparative Philosophy (3) Comparison
of widely differing philosophical traditions. Specific topic changes
each semester. Consult department for more information. Repeatable two
times with consent. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
PHIL 792 Seminar in Comparative Philosophy: On the
Self (3) Philosophical theories of the self with reference to
psychological and social theories and/or non-Western tradition of
thought. Pre: graduate standing or consent.
PHIL 800 Dissertation Research (V)
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