PHL 151The Examined Life
or PHL 152 or Ethics & The Good Life ENG 150
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
La Salle University · Courses
PHL
61 courses with the subject PHL, 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.
PHL 152Ethics & The Good Life
ILO 11.1: Cultural and Global Awareness and Sensitivity (p. 440)
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 153Beauty and the Soul
The relationship between the human soul and beauty is explored through the critical study and evaluation of classical texts and works in the visua and performing arts.
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 154God: Beliefs, Proofs, & Doubts
Five 200-400 level courses 15 Total Credits 18
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 155The Quest for Meaning: An Inside-Out Course
What is the meaning of life? This question has been central to the work of philosophers, scientists, and artists throughout human history. Is life inherent meaningful? Is meaning bestowed by a divine creator? Is life absurd and devoid of meaning at all? Is meaning something that we must create for ourselves? And perhaps most importantly, how should I live my life, based on my answers to these questions? This course will survey a wide variety of responses to these questions, using the texts of philosophers as our guide.
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 175Themes in Philosophy
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 206Social and Political Philosophy3
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 212Current Ethical Issues
This course presents an application of ethical principles to present-day moral problems and controversies. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course,
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 213Phil Of Sports3
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 222Love and Human Sexuality
This course offers a philosophical exploration of human love and sexuality. Classical and contemporary writings will be used. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 223Perspectives on Death
This course is a study of various philosophical strategies for coming to terms with human death. Philosophical views on death applied to problems such as aging and dying, suicide and euthanasia, the medical conquest of death, and definitions of death are topics to be addressed. This course is of particular value for students choosing careers in the health professions. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 260Philosophy Explores Photography
ILO 10 Ethical Reasoning
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 261Reason & Reality3
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 264Critical Thinking
La Salle University Catalog 2023-2024 - Undergraduate 247
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 265What Is Art?3
This course is an introduction to the philosophy of art with emphasis on the metaphysics of beauty and on art's role in politics and society.
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 266Philosophy Looks at Film
This course is an application of philosophical perspectives to the study of film, with special attention to international cinema. The course will approach film either as a unique form of art or as a unique medium for engaging traditional philosophical questions. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 267Philosophical Approaches to God
This course is a study of philosophical positions about the existence and nature of God. Themes discussed include various concepts of God; the possibility of proof for the existence of God; and the philosophical dimensions of the religious experience. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 268Topics in Eastern Philosophy
This course will study the major philosophers and philosophies of the East through a focus on one or more of the following philosophical traditions: Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Buddhist, or Islamic. Prerequisite(s): Any core PHL course or HON 131-132
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 269Work & Culture3
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 270Special Topics
Some recent topics have included the following: Harry Potter and Philosophy; Tao and Zen; Art and Fascism. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 271Special Topics3
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 272Special Topics3
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 273Special Topics3
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 274Special Topics3
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 275Special Topics3
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 276Special Topics3
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- 3
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- 3
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 303American Philosophy
This course presents a critical history of thought in North America, tracing its gradual transformation from 17th-century Puritanism to current movements. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 306Environmental Philosophy
The course is designed to provide the student with an introduction to a wide range of philosophical issues and problems that are attached to the attribution of moral concern for the environment. Topics may include deep ecology, ecofeminism, social ecology, social action, and the moral standing of animals as well as other living beings. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 308The Philosophy of History
This course is a study of some of the principal viewpoints about historical knowledge and historical development. Problems discussed include: subjectivity and objectivity, causality and explanation, and perspective and relativity in history. The great schemes of historical interpretation are also considered. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 309God, Reality, Heaven & Hell: Thomas Aquinas
This course is a critical study of the philosophical writing and intellectual world of Thomas Aquinas. Texts principally from the "Summa Theologiae". Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 310Existentialism
This course is a critical study of existentialist thinkers and themes from the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics may include absurdity, nihilism, subjectivity, freedom, authenticity, and the Other. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 311Problems of Knowledge
This course offers a systematic investigation into the sources, limits, and nature of knowledge. Topics include: meaning and its relation to truth of statements; nature and criteria of truth; and the role of observation, perspective, and conceptualization in the justification of knowledge claims. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 313Metaphysics
This course is a study of the ways in which major philosophers have answered questions about the basic nature of reality. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair La Salle University Catalog 2023-2024 - Undergraduate 525
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 323Philosophy of Science
The course looks at the practice of science, its aims, its methods, and its relation to society. Possible topics include the justification of scientific findings, the nature of scientific progress, the various branches of science, morally responsible scientific practice, and science and religion. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 325Symbolic Logic
This course provides an introduction to formal logic, including truth- functional and quanti-ficational logic. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 326The Dawn of Reason: Ancient Greek Philosophy
This course focuses on the beginnings of rational thought in ancient Greece. We will read philosophers from the pre-Socratics through Plato and Aristotle to Plotinus.
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 327Angels & Demons: The Romance of Medieval Philosophy
This course examines key questions in medieval philosophy such as: Is religious faith rational? What is the nature of the human soul and other spiritual beings (if they exist)? Why is there something rather than nothing (the creation of the world)? Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course,
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 328(Early) Modern Philosophy
This course examines 17th- and 18th-century philosophy is studied with a concentration on the rationalists, the empiricists, and Kant. Prerequisites: Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 329Contemporary Philosophy
This course is a comparative study of trends in twentieth- and twenty- first-century philosophy. These may include pragmatism, phenomenology, existentialism, deconstruction, feminist theory, and critical theory. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 330The Great Philosophers
This course is an in-depth study of a single major thinker from the philosophical tradition. Emphasis is on the critical reading of texts, although attention will be given to the historical setting of the thinker's work. Previous thinkers have included St. Augustine, Karl Marx, Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hannah Arendt, and Michel Foucault. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 331The Great Philosophers
This course is an in-depth study of a single major thinker from the philosophical tradition. Emphasis is on the critical reading of texts, although attention will be given to the historical setting of the thinker's work. Previous thinkers have included St. Augustine, Karl Marx, Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hannah Arendt, and Michel Foucault. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- PHL
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 332The Great Philosophers
This course is an in-depth study of a single major thinker from the philosophical tradition. Emphasis is on the critical reading of texts, although attention will be given to the historical setting of the thinker's work. Previous thinkers have included St. Augustine, Karl Marx, Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hannah Arendt, and Michel Foucault. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- PHL
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 333The Great Philosophers
This course is an in-depth study of a single major thinker from the philosophical tradition. Emphasis is on the critical reading of texts, although attention will be given to the historical setting of the thinker's work. Previous thinkers have included St. Augustine, Karl Marx, Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hannah Arendt, and Michel Foucault. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- PHL
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 334The Great Philosophers
This course is an in-depth study of a single major thinker from the philosophical tradition. Emphasis is on the critical reading of texts, although attention will be given to the historical setting of the thinker's work. Previous thinkers have included St. Augustine, Karl Marx, Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hannah Arendt, and Michel Foucault. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- PHL
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 335The Great Philosophers
This course is an in-depth study of a single major thinker from the philosophical tradition. Emphasis is on the critical reading of texts, although attention will be given to the historical setting of the thinker's work. Previous thinkers have included St. Augustine, Karl Marx, Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hannah Arendt, and Michel Foucault. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- PHL
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 336The Great Philosophers
This course is an in-depth study of a single major thinker from the philosophical tradition. Emphasis is on the critical reading of texts, although attention will be given to the historical setting of the thinker's work. Previous thinkers have included St. Augustine, Karl Marx, Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Heidegger, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Hannah Arendt, and Michel Foucault. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 339Gender, Body, And Culture
(Patterns 2 or Concentration Option) This course provides a philosophical analysis of social and cultural practices that construct gender identity. Strategies of resistance to dominant modes of embodiment and concepts of sexual difference will also be explored. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 341Minds, Brains, And Zombies
This course examines human consciousness. Topics include the relation between the mind and the brain, the possibility of building conscious machines, the mental life of animals, and conceptual puzzles posed by zombies. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 350Business Ethics
Business practices evaluated in the light of ethical principles. Special concern is given to moral dimensions of management decision making and to the ethical problems of consumerism and government control. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 370Special Topics
Recent topics have included: Revolution to Romanticism; Philosophy of Islam; Memory, Identity, and the Self; Evolution and Creation; J.R.R. Tolkien as Philosopher; Harry Potter and Philosophy. Prerequisite(s): Any PHL core course, HON 131-132 or permission of the departmental chair
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 371Special Topics
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 372Special Topics
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 373Special Topics
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 374Special Topics
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 375Special Topics
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- PHL
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 377Special Topics
PHL 379 PHL 444
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- PHL
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 379Special Topics
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- PHL
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 444Research in PHL I
This course provides the student with an opportunity to do research with a faculty member. The student and the faculty member agree on the research project before the student registers for the course.
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- PHL
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 445Research in PHL II
This course is a continuation of the 444 research course. It provides the student with an opportunity to continue to conduct research with a faculty member.
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- PHL
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 470Special Topics
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- PHL
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
PHL 480Seminar
This course is an investigation of a philosophical theme chosen each year by the department. Students will write a paper on the theme and present their work to the seminar. The seminar has for its purpose the integration of previous philosophical study. Restriction(s): Required of philosophy majors; open to others with approval of the Department Chair.
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- PHL
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- 2023-2024-undergraduate
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- catalog.lasalle.edu
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