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Philosophy Courses –Fall 2012 PHI 015
Critical Thinking
Meets Gen Ed Competency for CT Critical thinking is the ability to determine systematically the degree
to which a claim or assertion is warranted by purported evidence. This
course presents explicitly the principles and standards involved in
reasoning and logical persuasion as they apply to our lives, both privately
and publicly. PHI 015 010
Jedwab MWF
9:00-9:50
PHI 015 030 Jedwab MWF 1:00-1:50
PHI 015 020
Jedwab MWF 10:00-10:50
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Introduction to Logic
Meets Gen Ed Competency for CT An introduction to both traditional and modern symbolic logic with
emphasis on problem solving through the applications of rules of validity
and truth table tests for validity. PHI 020 010 Adeel
MWF 10:00-1:50 PHI
020 020 Adeel MWF 11:00-11:50 -------------------------------------------- PHI 030
Introduction to Philosophy
Meets Gen Ed Competency for CT A course designed to introduce the student to philosophic thought and
terminology. Topical survey of the main branches of philosophy;
epistemology; metaphysics, value theory. PHI 030 010
Back MWF
2:00-2:50
PHI 030 040 Huang TH
9:30-10:50 PHI 030 019 Lizza
TH 12:00- 1:20
PHI 030 050 Lizza
TH 1:30-2:50 PHI 030 020
Back MWF
3:00-3:50
PHI 030 060 Huang W
6:00-8:50 PHI 030 030 Huang
TH 8:00-9:20 -------------------------------------------- PHI 040
Introduction to Ethics
Meets Gen Ed Competency for CT, CD A study of the development of major ethical concepts and problems from
the theories of the early Greeks to those of 20th century philosophers. PHI 040 010 Ferreira MWF 12:00-12:50 PHI 040 030 Ferreira TH 12:00-1:20 PHI 040 020
Ferreira TH 3:00-4:20 -------------------------------------------- PHI 060
Introduction to Religious Studies
Meets Gen Ed Competency for CT, CD This course introduces students to various theories of and approaches to
religion in terms of the nature, origin, description, function, and language
of religion. We will examine how religion is studied in the history of
religion, phenomenology, sociology, psychology, and anthropology. PHI 060 010
Jedwab
TH 9:30-10:50 ---------------------------------------------- PHI 105
Medieval Philosophy
Meets Gen Ed Competency for CD, WI This course surveys medieval philosophy including the Latin, Islamic,
and Jewish traditions. It covers
such figures as Augustine, Aquinas, and Ockham.
Emphasis will be placed upon problems having historical as well as
modern importance.
PHI 105 010
Back MWF
12:00-12:50 PHI 113
Environmental Philosophy This course is an introduction to philosophical theories and ethical
issues concerning humanity’s relationship to the natural world.
What responsibility do we have to care for the environment?
What moral obligations, if any, do we have to other animals, plants,
and ecosystems, and what is the basis for such obligations?
PHI 113 010
Lizza
MW 3:00-4:20 ---------------------------------------------- PHI 140
Symbolic Logic
Meets Gen Ed Competency for CT This course investigates the various types of modern symbolic logic,
with special reference to deductive method and the concepts involved in
formal axiomatic systems. Some time is given to the application of symbolic
logic to critical thinking and formal models and to the philosophy of logic. PHI 140 010 Adeel
MWF 1:00-1:50 -------------------------------------------- A detailed examination of selected moral theories: These may include the
Aristotelian, Kantian, utilitarian, intuitionist, feminist and naturalist.
PHI 235 010
Huang
TH 12:00-1:20 -------------------------------------------- PHI 249
Interpretations of the Quran
Meets Gen Ed Competency for CD, WI This course aims at studying major themes in interpretations of the
Quran from classical to contemporary period. Variations and evolution in
methods of interpretation will also be studied, particularly with a
reference to recent developments in Western philosophical hermeneutics. PHI 249 010
Adeel
TH 3:00-4:20 ---------------------------------------------- PHI 260
Philosophy of Art
Meets Gen Ed Competency for CT, WI An investigation
into major problems of art from a definition of art to the relation between
aesthetic judgment and knowledge in general. PHI 260 010
Ferreira
MWF 2:00-2:50 -------------------------------------------- PHI 330
Philosophy of Science
Meets Gen Ed Competency for CT, WI The nature of
scientific theory, explanation, methods and assumptions.
The implications of modern science for society and philosophy, and
some of the major philosophical issues in the sciences. PHI 330 010
Back TH
1:30-2:50
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