9 courses with the subject PHI, 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.
PHI 2301Introduction to Philosophy3
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a critical examination of some of the classical questions of Western philosophy. Readings include excerpts from major philosophers, for instance: Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Marx and Nietzsche. The course will cover traditional issues in ethics, epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy or religion, and political philosophy. The emphasis of the course will be on developing critical and analytical thinking skills.
Credits: 3 hrs Philosophical views and discussions of contemporary moral issues, for instance: abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, racial and sexual discrimination, sexual morality, and the morality of nuclear armament.
Credits: 3 hrs This course is a study of the basic principles of deductive reasoning. Focus will be on developing critical thinking and problem-solving skills. These skills are vital for success in any of the post-graduate standardized tests, such as the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), Law School Admission Test (LSAT), Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT), and Medical College Admission Test (MCAT).
Credits: 3 hrs In this course, a single philosopher, area of philosophy or philosophic problem will be studied in depth. This course is to be offered when there is sufficient interest in an area of philosophy of a particular philosopher and may be repeated for credit. Permission of the instructor is required.
Credits: 3 hrs This course examines the nature of science, explanations in science, the scientific world view, the social sciences as a science, truth and knowledge in a scientific context, the verification of theories, the social role of the scientist, values and ethics in science
Credits: 3 hrs This course examines theories of ethics including virtue theory, utilitarianism, deontological ethics and divine command theory, along with these theories’ implicit accounts of human nature and the good life. Topics to be addressed include: implications and criticisms of the differing ethical theories, meta-ethical issues, and differing versions of realist and anti-realist ethical theories.
Credits: 3 hrs This course will examine some of the central problems in the philosophy of religion. Issues to be addressed include; the origin and nature of religion and religious experience, the relationship between faith and reason, justifications and critiques of religious belief and naturalism and naturalistic explanation. The course will also address some major issues in western philosophy of religion such as arguments for and against the extensive of God, miracles, and the attributes of God.
Credits: 3 hrs This course covers the major periods in the history of Philosophy from Greek antiquity to medieval and modern philosophy, Kant and German Idealism, as well as American and 20th Century European Philosophy. The course will enable students to understand how central concerns of each period in philosophy from the nature of reality, justice, knowledge, and the self, were framed differently through study of the primary sources of the major philosophers of the period.
Credits: 3 hrs This course examines different theories of justice and the state. Approaches and concepts to be addressed include, differing accounts of political liberty, the basis for our obligation to follow the law, differing accounts of human nature and the state, rights and duties, social contract theory, civil disobedience, liberty and equality, and criticisms of democracy. This course will draw from classic and contemporary philosophers such as Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Machiavelli, Marx, Rawls, and Nozick. The course is equivalent to POS 1302 . Students may not receive credit for both POS 1302 and PHI 3312.
