PHIL 316 - PHILOSOPHY OF LAW Credits: 3 Examination of social control of private property, compensation in the law of torts, the right to privacy and bodily integrity, and justice through compensatory discrimination, etc. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 317 - ETHICS AND EXISTENCE Credits: 3 An examination of the concept of ethical obligation from an existential point of view. Readings from Kierkegaard, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Derrida, Levinas, and Apel. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 319 - FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY Credits: 3 This course is an introduction to feminist philosophy, including texts by both historical and contemporary thinkers (e.g. Wollstonecraft, Mill, de Beauvoir, MacKinnon, Gilligan, Irigaray). We shall discuss both feminists' radical critiques of traditional values and beliefs, and feminist alternative views of justice, ethical judgment, and truth. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 321 - KANT AND 19TH CENTURY PHILOSOPHY Credits: 3 An examination of Kant's philosophical revolution in his Critique of Pure Reason, and of the development and criticism of conceptions of self-consciousness, autonomy, sociality, and history in the later post-Kantian philosophical tradition, which may include works by Hegel, Schopenhauer, Marx, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, or others. Recommended prerequisite(s): One previous course in philosophy. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 326 - HISTORY OF ETHICS Credits: 3 An introduction to the major issues of ethical theory through the reading and discussion of such classical figures as Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, the Epicureans, St. Augustine, St. Thomas, Maimonides, Bishop Butler, David Hume, Adam Smith, J.S. Mill, and I. Kant. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: PHIL 526. Recommended Prerequisite(s): One previous course in Philosophy. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 327 - HISTORY OF SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Credits: 3 A survey of classic texts in the history of social and political philosophy, from Plato to Machiavelli to Mill. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 331 - MORAL PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3 An examination of the role of intellect, emotion, and character as they contribute to the moral (and immoral) life, and as they pertain to rationality and moral responsibility. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 335 - ADVANCED TOPICS IN VALUE THEORY Credits: 3 Intensive examination of a topic of contemporary or historical interest in ethics or social and political philosophy. Recommended prerequisite(s): One course in philosophy or permission of the instructor. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 336 - MEDICAL ETHICS Credits: 3 A philosophical examination of some of the fundamental issues in clinical ethics, including informed consent, competency, confidentiality, end of life decision making, the definition of death, allocating scarce medical resources, and the role of economic analysis in clinical decision making. Readings drawn from the clinical and philosophical literature. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: PHIL 536. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 337 - RESEARCH ETHICS Credits: 3 A philosophical and ethical examination of some of the major issues related to research on human and animal subjects. A general framework will be introduced and it will be applied to research on new technologies, research on special populations, and research in an international setting. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 352 - PHILOSOPHY OF PSYCHOLOGY Credits: 3 This course covers core issues in the Philosophy of Psychology. The Philosophy of Psychology is concerned with the question of whether and how the mind can be studied scientifically. Topics include the question of the form of a scientific psychology and the issue of whether there are any psychological laws. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 353 - PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE Credits: 3 Philosophical investigation of relations among language, thought, and reality. Recommended prerequisite(s): One course in philosophy or permission of the instructor. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 355 - PHILOSOPHICAL TOPICS IN ADVANCED LOGIC Credits: 3 Course URL: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~phil355 Various systems of formalization for modalities, tenses and other intentional concepts are studied syntactically and semantically. Students use and compare these systems and evaluate their strengths and limits. These provide examples for discussion of questions such as: What is a logical constant? What is the scope of logic? College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 357 - INCOMPLETENESS, UNDECIDABILITY, AND COMPUTABILITY Credits: 3 Course URL: http://www/owlnet.rice.edu/~phil357 Proof of Godel's Incompleteness Theorems for number theory in several forms and by various methods, as well as development of several definitions of computability for number-theoretic functions, which are then shown to be equivalent. Includes proof of the unsolvability of the Halting Problem and analysis of Church's thesis, as well as exploration of the extension of the concept of computability to real-valued functions. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 390 - TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY Credits: 3 Topics may vary. Please consult with department for additional information. Repeatable for credit with consent of the instructor. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 401 - INDEPENDENT READING I Credits: 3 Course for undergraduate students to pursue independent research projects under direction of a philosophy department faculty member. Instructor permission required College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 402 - INDEPENDENT READING II Credits: 3 See PHIL 401. Instructor permission required College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 411 - SENIOR THESIS Credits: 3 Independent research course for undergraduate philosophy majors who wish to write a senior thesis and become eligible for honors in the major. Students may enroll in PHIL 411 only with consent of a faculty advisor and the department, and only if they intend to enroll in PHIL 412 as well. Senior Thesis is a year-long research course. Instructor permission required College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 412 - SENIOR THESIS Credits: 3 Independent research course for undergraduate philosophy majors who wish to write a senior thesis and become eligible for honors in the major. Students may enroll in PHIL 412 only with consent of a faculty advisor and the department, and only if they intend to enroll in PHIL 411 as well. Senior Thesis is a year-long research course. Instructor permission required College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 501 - ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY Credits: 3 Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: PHIL 301. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 502 - SEMINAR IN MODERN PHILOSOPHY Credits: 3 Graduate level examination of topics and figures of 17th and 18th century history of philosophy. Topics vary from year to year. Repeatable for credit with the consent of the instructor. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 503 - SEMINAR IN EPISTEMOLOGY Credits: 3 College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 504 - SEMINAR IN METAPHYSICS Credits: 3 College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 505 - MATHEMATICAL LOGIC Credits: 3 Course URL: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~phil305 A version of PHIL 305 for philosophy graduate students. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: PHIL 305. College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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PHIL 506 - SEMINAR IN ETHICS Credits: 3 College: School of Humanities Department: Philosophy
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