PHIL 113Critical Thinking and Civil Discourse
This course provides a basic guide to sound reasoning. To become familiar
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PHIL
41 courses with the subject PHIL, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
PHIL 115Introduction to Philosophy
A general introduction to the nature of philosophical analysis. Lectures, readings, a
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 119Global Ethics
A multicultural introduction to moral reasoning and diverse ways to think globally and ethically. Students will study historical and thematic frameworks for unders
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 120Ethics and Civic Life
In this class, you will be introduced to the perspectives and methods o
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 123Social Ethics: The Good Life
A systematic examination of the conceptions of the good life across cultures and societies. Students will study philos
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 127Contemporary Moral Issues
A critical examination of a number of contemporary moral issues such as: abortion, affirmative
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 210Ancient Traditions
This course is designed as a preliminary exploration into the historical emergence and development of ancient philosophical thou
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 211History of Modern Philosophy
A study of the prominent modern thinkers, such as Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. The course is an histori
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 212Formal Logic
The course covers first-order logical reasoning. First-order logic is the language of the sciences
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 218Philosophy and Literature
A study of the nineteenth-century Russian novelist Feodor Dostoevsky and his contribution to world philosophy and literature. Dostoevsky's stories, which weave together philosophical reflections, uniq
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 219Philosophy of Art
What counts as art? What is beauty? Are there objective standards of beauty? This course examines the nature of aesthetic experience, art, beauty
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 228Feminist Philosophy
This course is an introduction to the philosophy of feminist thought. Feminist theories of epistemology, metaphysics and morality will
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 229Eco-Feminism
Examines the political, social, and ecological problems facing us as a global community. Having its roots in feminist theory and deep-ecology, eco-femi
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 250Social and Political Philosophy
An examination of persistent debates in political and social philosophy. Topics covered can include the meaning of property and welfare, the tensions between liberty and equality
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 251Philosophy of Race and Gender
In this course we will examine race and gender - what they might be, how they might s
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 261Eastern Philosophy
This course is designed as a philosophical exploration of the metaphysical, religious, and
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 262Buddhism
An historical survey of Buddhist philosophy. We will explore Buddhist origins, central teachin
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 263Indigenous Philosophy
This course will examine the philosophical thought of indigenous peoples from three distinct regions: North America (e.g. Inuit, Haudenosaunee, An
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 265Women in Spirituality
An exploration into the various dimensions and ideologies concerning the role of the feminine in relation to the Divine. Belief systems, myths a
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 267Chinese Philosophy
A survey of the main developments in Chinese Philosophy. The course begins with the early dynastic concept of humanism and then tur
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 280Fascisms
This course is a survey of American Pragmatism and its influences on 19th and 20th century philosophy in the United States. Proponents of Americ
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 311Philosophy of Nature
In this course, we examine the roots, origins, and development of our understanding of nature. The meaning of nature and our uniquely human position in t
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 312Truth, Lies, and BS
Philosophers since Plato have thought about the relationship between speech and reality. To coordinate and cooperate in a shared world, humans need to be
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 31420th Century Philosophy
This course will take students through the history of European and Anglo-American philosophy of the 20th century, focusing on
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 316Existentialism
An overview of the existentialist tradition. Primary focus on issues and problems arising from the existentialist reaction to classical philosophy. Topics inc
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 318Philosophy of Law
This class focuses on philosophical issues in four core areas of law; tort law, contract law,property law, and criminal law. It is intended to both introduce students to these areas of law andemphasize the range of issues covere
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 319Topics in Applied Ethics
This course will address in depth one or more specific issues in applied ethics. Topics will vary and may range fro
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 320Ethics and Technology
Descartes prophesied that the scientific method, and the technology it made possible, would allow us to conquer poverty, disease and death. These advances, he thought, would eventually make us "masters and possessors of n
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 323Advanced Formal Logic
In this course, students will put to work the logical theory developed in Formal Logic (Phi
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 326Philosophy as a Way of Life
In this advanced interdisciplinary seminar, students will explore a range of philosophical and artistic perspectives on living a se
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 330Africana Philosophy
This course explores indigenous African systems of thought, modern academic African phil
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 331Latin American Philosophy
This course will examine the philosophical heritage of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking communities from Nor
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- PHIL
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 362Environmental Ethics
An examination of the moral issues involved in the interaction of humans with their natural environment. Topics include: th
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 363Bio and Medical Ethics
An examination of the moral problems facing health-care practitioners, their patients, and others involved with the
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 364Business Ethics
An examination of the ethical questions in the working life and policies of the business and professional sectors of society. The focus will vary, but common themes will include: the role of comme
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 390Internship in Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Students in this course will serve as interns in a program-approved position with a service provider, professional organization, governmen
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 414Topics in Philosophy
A detailed exposition and evaluation of a specific topic or of the views of one major philosophi
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 424Philosophy and Literature: Feodor Dostoevsky and the Great Philosophical Novel
A study of the nineteenth-century Russian novelist Feodor Dostoevsky and his contribution to world philosophy and literature. Dostoevsky's stories, which weave together philosophical reflections, uniq
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 510Independent Study
Students meet with a department member to pursue advanced studies in a
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 513Internship in Applied Ethics
Students in this course will serve as interns in a department-approved position with a service provider, professional organization, government agency, or non-govern
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- 2025-2026
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PHIL 515Senior Symposium
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