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Ph 200: Ideas & Their Consequences 3 credits
Selected philosophical ideas of continuing importance from the pre-Socratics to the 20th century.
Prerequisites: Bi 209, Bi 205.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MWF | 8:00–8:50 | LEC A |
| 2 | MWF | 3:00–3:50 | LEC A |
Ph 205: Practical Ethics 3 credits
The meaning and purpose of ethics, with emphasis on Christian principles of action. Historical and practical approach to the problem of right conduct.
This course is not offered this academic year.
Ph 309: Philosophy of Religion 3 credits
Major issues in religion as interpreted through major religious worldviews.
This course is not offered this academic year.
Ph 311: Ancient & Medieval Philosophy 3 credits
Major philosophical figures, movements, and ideas from Thales to the Late Scholastics.
Prerequisite: Ph 200.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MWF | 10:00–10:50 | Al 105 |
Ph 312: Early Modern Philosophy 3 credits
Major philosophical figures, movements, and ideas from Descartes to the end of the eighteenth century, not including Kant.
Prerequisite: Ph 200.
This course is not offered this academic year.
Ph 313: Late Modern Philosophy 3 credits
Major philosophical figures, movements, and ideas from approximately the long nineteenth century, including from Kant to Nietzsche and the early American pragmatists.
Prerequisite: Ph 200.
This course is not offered this academic year.
Ph 314: Contemporary Philosophy 3 credits
Major philosophical figures, movements, and ideas in the twentieth century, from Husserl and Frege to roughly the present day.
Prerequisite: Ph 200.
This course is not offered this academic year.
Ph 411: Logic & Language 3 credits
Classical and contemporary logic, plus philosophy of language, including semantics and pragmatics, theories of reference, and related topics.
Prerequisite: Ph 200.
| Sec | Days | Time | Room |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TTH | 9:30–10:45 | Al 108 |
Ph 412: Ethics & Political Philosophy 3 credits
Major theories in ethics and political philosophy. Topics in ethics include metaethical theories, major normative theories, and a survey of applied ethics topics. Topics in political philosophy include the nature of justice, political authority, rights, just war theory, and property.
Prerequisite: Ph 200.
This course is not offered this academic year.
Ph 413: Metaphysics & Epistemology 3 credits
Major theories in metaphysics and epistemology. Topics in metaphysics include the nature of objects and persons, time, causation, modality, and relations between these. Topics in epistemology include the definition of knowledge, sources of knowledge, and theories of epistemic justification.
Prerequisite: Ph 200.
This course is not offered this academic year.
Ph 414: Philosophy Seminar 3 credits
Special topics in philosophy.
Prerequisite: Ph 200.
This course is not offered this academic year.