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department Philosophy (X) |
Consideration of some main problems of philosophy concerning, for example, knowledge, God, mind and body, and human freedom. Course is identical to
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Consideration of some main problems of philosophy concerning, for example, knowledge, God, mind and body, and human freedom. Credit is not given for both
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Practical study of logical reasoning; techniques for analyzing and criticizing arguments, with emphasis on assessing the logical coherence of what we read and write.
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Introductory logic course that concentrates on investigating how the formal mathematical structure of statements, as well as the structure of the relationships among such statements, reveals the logical force of arguments that we use everyday.
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Some basic questions of ethics, discussed in the light of influential ethical theories and with reference to specific moral problems, such as: what makes an action morally right? are moral standards absolute or relative? what is the relation between personal morality and social morality, and between social morality and law? Credit is not given for both
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Examination of the moral aspects of social problems, and a survey of ethical principles formulated to validate social policy. Credit is not given for both
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Examination of the philosophical bases of democracy and some alternative political forms.
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Study of selected topics on an individually arranged basis. Open only to honors majors or to Cohn Scholars and Associates. May be repeated one time. Prerequisite: Consent of departmental honors advisor.
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Investigation of selected fundamental topics of philosophical inquiry. See Schedule for current topics. Prerequisite: Freshman James Scholar.
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Approved for both letter and S/U grading. May be repeated.
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Consideration of the philosophical themes implicit in a variety of important literary works, both classical and modern; may include such authors as Sophocles, Shakespeare, Goethe, Dostoevsky, and Sartre.
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Introduction to the techniques of formal logic, dealing primarily with truth-functional logic and quantification theory.
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Introduction to ancient philosophy, concentrating on Plato and Aristotle, dealing with such topics as metaphysics, ethics, and the theory of knowledge.
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The history of philosophy from Descartes to Kant.
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Problems in ethical theory; the nature of right and wrong, justice, conscience, moral feelings, etc.
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Philosophical study of selected moral and social problems concerning medicine and biology, such as euthanasia, abortion, allocation of scarce medical resources, health care and rights, and genetic engineering.
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Introduction to philosophical analysis of religious thought and experience. Same as
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Comparative examination of important historical and contemporary conceptions of human nature.
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Investigation of the nature of scientific knowledge by examining archetypal examples from physical science (e.g., Ptolemaic and Copernican astronomy); nature of scientific truth, validation of theories, nature of scientific theories, evolution of theories, experimental procedure, role of presuppositions, scientific revolutions, etc.
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Historical and critical survey of the development of science and its philosophical interpretation to the death of Newton. Same as
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