15 courses with the subject PH, 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.
A study of the basic rules governing correct reasoning and of the principles and procedures which enable us to distinguish good argu- ments from bad ones. Topics will include: the recognition of argu- ments, deductive and non-deductive arguments, criteria of validity, syllogistic reasoning, sentence logic and truth tables, formal and informal fallacies.
B. Research Methods (select one course)
Nearly every issue facing our society today has philosophical concepts at its core. This course in and introduction to philosophy by 126 | means of exploration of philosophical concepts or questions as they arise through a discussion of current-day issues. Specific topics will - vary according to student interest, but will include issues and concepts such as: racism, biological research, health care, equality, knowledge, freedom, justice.
A study of the issues related to role of "God" in the thinking of the great philosopher-theologians of the middle ages, with interdiscipli- nary study of the cultural context of their thought. Includes discus- sion of central issues related to the conception of and forth in God and the implications of the contrasts between medieval and contem- porary thought.
A study of the concept of freedom as self-determination, as it emerged from the French Revolution, as it was formulated by 19th- century thinkers such as Hegel, Marx, and Dostoevsky, as ethics explored by 20th-century thinkers such as Sartre and Heidegger, and as it is affecting 21st-century thinking about the person and l about political self-determination.
The study of ethical theories and principles related to questions and issues specific to human society, including issues such as questions of personal responsibility and theories of justice in light of cases such as human rights, world hunger, war and peace, disarmament, commu- nications, environment, and issues related to public policy. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.
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D. Foundations in U.S. Legal Thought (select one course)
This course investigates social identities such as race, ethnicity, gen- der, class, and ability from a philosophical perspective. Through the study of ethical and political theories, the course examines a range of questions about these identities—e.g., questions about how identities are constructed, how they are bound up with a range of social, polit- ical, and economic inequalities, and what we can and should do to address these inequalities. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.
The study of the ethical theories and principles related to bio-medical practices and problems arising from practices such as human experi- mentation, abortion, fetal research, involuntary commitment, suicide, euthanasia, genetics and human reproduction, and other similar top- ics. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.
Attempts to work out a reflective approach to death and dying which can support the concrete consciousness of one's own death. Studies the work of thinkers such as Kubler-Ross, and also the work of such philosophers as Plato, Schopenhauer, Hegel, Freud, and Heidegger. Open to Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only.
This course explores various philosophical theories and themes as they are expressed in literature. Content and themes of the course will vary from year to year. Topics may include questions of morality and responsibility, alienation, issues of appearance vs. reality, ques- tions about human nature and personal identity, the dynamics of tragedy, and the concept of human existence. Readings may draw from diverse cultures, traditions, and periods. (See EN 355)
The study of selected writings from some of the most important fig- ures in European and American philosophy in the 20th century as they treat central ideas and themes of the Western Philosophical Tra- dition. Thinkers covered will represent disparate approaches or movements such as Early Analytic Philosophy, Pragmatism, Phenom- enology (and Existentialism), post-Wittgensteinian Analytic Philoso- phy, Postmodernism, Deconstructionism, and Feminist Philosophies.
Source: Dominican University New York's catalog, linked per course · table learning_unit · CourseShelf publish 61
