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PHI101

Introduction to Philosophy
3 Credit Hours, 3 Lecture Hours
Electives:
Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free, Philosophy & Religion, Reading Content
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Introduction to Philosophy investigates the aims, nature and problems of philosophy with emphasis upon the theory of knowledge, metaphysics, ethics and philosophy of religion.

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PHI102

Issues in Philosophy
3 Credit Hours, 3 Lecture Hours
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Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free, Philosophy & Religion, Reading Content
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Issues in Philosophy is critical analysis of the philosophic issues concerning human nature, freedom and determinism, aesthetics, social and political philosophy and philosophy of history.

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PHI110

Ethics
3 Credit Hours, 3 Lecture Hours
Electives:
Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free, Philosophy & Religion, Reading Content
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Ethics is the study of representative ethical systems and how they deal with moral issues. Attention will be given to the meanings of basic terms and to the application of ethics to major personal and social problems of our times such as those in law, medicine, international issues, sexuality and lifestyle.

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PHI120

Introduction to Logic
3 Credit Hours, 3 Lecture Hours
Electives:
Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free, Philosophy & Religion, Reading Content
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Introduction to Logic will inquire into the nature of critical thinking. Such topics as the functions of language, experimental truth and logical validity, the structure of deductive arguments, and the basic inductive methods will be considered.

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PHI121

Practical Logic
3 Credit Hours, 3 Lecture Hours
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Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free, Philosophy & Religion, Reading Content
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Practical Logic is designed to introduce the student to the basics of reasoning, argumentation, and critical thinking. Included are criteria of sound reasoning, rational assessment of arguments, common fallacies, and basic informal logic.

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PHI201

Early & Medieval Philosophy
3 Credit Hours, 3 Lecture Hours
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Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free, Philosophy & Religion, Reading Content
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Early and Medieval philosophy is an adventure in the history of ideas. A study of the rise and evolution of western philosophy from the early Greeks to the Renaissance. Emphasis on Plato, Aristotle, Augustine and Aquinas.

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PHI202

History of Modern Philosophy
3 Credit Hours, 3 Lecture Hours
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Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free, Philosophy & Religion, Reading Content
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Modern Philosophy is a further adventure in the history of ideas. A study of the progress of western philosophy from the Renaissance to the twentieth century. Special emphasis on Descartes, Locke, Hegel, Nietzsche, Marx and Sartre.

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PHI204

Philosophy through Film
3 Credit Hours, 2 Lecture Hours, 2 Lab Hours
Electives:
Fine & Performing Arts, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Open/Free, Philosophy & Religion, Reading Content
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By using imagery from the medium of film, this course attempts to show how philosophy can interconnect themes and ideas presented by film directors. Film provides the opportunity to consider traditional philosophical problems, but in a manner more reflective of the mode of communication of the age. As an aid to class discussion, scholarly papers are read in conjunction with viewing and examining a film. Central topics include epistemology, religion, personal identity, human freedom and meaning of life, and death.

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PHI206

Existentialism
3 Credit Hours, 3 Lecture Hours
Electives:
Open/Free, Humanities, Liberal Arts, Philosophy & Religion, Reading Content
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Existentialism is a type of philosophical thinking and writing that originated in the works of Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. It accepts that the world we live in offers no simple answers. In fact many existentialists believe the world is inherently irrational. The main task, then, of philosophy and of life is to face this absurdity of life and figure out my responsibility in life and my response to the irrationality of life. This course will study several philosophers who have been called existentialist, to understand their depiction of life's absurdity. Rather than being a specific school of philosophy, existentialists share the trait of a common reaction against more traditional ways of doing philosophy.

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