2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Philosophy
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Bruce Glymour, Head
Professors: Glymour and Hamilton
Associate Professors: Florio, Leach-Krouse, Mahoney, Sabatés, Tanona, Terlazzo, and Wilson
Assistant Professors: Herington, Hicks, Konek, and Wagner
Visiting Assistant Professors: Dipaolo, and Immerman
Emeritus Associate Professors: Exdell, Lara, and Scheer
Emeritus Professors: Reagan and Tilghman
201 Dickens Hall
785-532-6758
Fax: 785-532-3522
E-mail: philosophy@k-state.edu
www.k-state.edu/philos
Philosophy is the study of the intellectual foundations of virtually every area of human thought and endeavor. Over the centuries philosophers have examined, for example, the nature and justification of moral values, religious and scientific explanations of the world, the rationality of social institutions, and the nature of reasoning and argument.
The program in philosophy gives students an understanding of traditional philosophical subjects such as these. It also helps students develop critical habits of thinking and skill in understanding complex issues. Consequently, philosophy is an appropriate subject around which to organize a general education for any purpose. It is especially useful for those considering careers oriented towards policy where values and science intersect (for example law, politics, public policy and ministry). Philosophy also provides an extraordinarily effective background for those who intend to pursue postgraduate professional studies, as for example in law, business and medicine.
The Department of Philosophy offers a variety of options within the major program to provide flexibility, and also offers a minor.
There are seven degree options:
- standard philosophy
- philosophy/pre-law
- philosophy/pre-business
- philosophy/pre-ministry
- philosophy/interdisciplinary
- philosophy/pre-graduate school
- philosophy/pre-med
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science
Non-Degree
Philosophy
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PHILO 100 - Introduction to Philosophical Problems Credits: 3
An introduction to some of the main problems of philosophy, such as the nature of morality, knowledge, mind and body, political authority, and the existence of God.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
K-State 8 Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
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PHILO 105 - Introduction to Critical Thinking Credits: 3
A basic introduction to both deductive and inductive reasoning. Emphasis is placed on constructing, analyzing, and evaluating arguments.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring
K-State 8 Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning
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PHILO 110 - Introduction to Formal Logic Credits: 3
Systematic study of deductive reasoning (and possibly inductive reasoning) using the techniques of modern logic. Examines different types of valid inference, the logical structure of English sentences, and the validity of arguments generally. Involves the development and use of a symbolic system which models logical relations among sentences.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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PHILO 112 - Causal and Statistical Reasoning Credits: 3
This course introduces students to some ideas about causation, and also to some elementary tools for thinking both critically and constructively about causal claims. The treatment is broadly formal, and introduces ideas from statistics, computer science, and philosophy, but requires no mathematical background beyond high school algebra. Some sections are taught using web-based course-ware.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring
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PHILO 115 - Introduction to Philosophy of Religion Credits: 3
Arguments pertaining to the existence of God, the nature of religious experience, the problem of evil, the proper relation between reason and faith, and religious diversity.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
K-State 8 Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
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PHILO 120 - Introduction to Philosophy of Art Credits: 3
Philosophical problems concerning the concepts of art and aesthetic value, patterns of reasoning in art appreciation and criticism, and writing histories of art and artistic movements.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
K-State 8 Aesthetic Interpretation
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PHILO 125 - Introduction to Philosophy of Science Credits: 3
Examines the nature of science and how it differs from pseudo-sciences such as astrology, and raises questions about the nature of reality and social value of science.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
K-State 8 Empirical and Quantitative Reasoning Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
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PHILO 130 - Introduction to Moral Philosophy Credits: 3
Philosophical issues arising in and about morality, such as the nature of moral judgments, moral knowledge, moral justification, and the relation of morality to religion. Topics might be approached by a study of contemporary moral Problems, by reading of classical texts, or by both methods.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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PHILO 135 - Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy Credits: 3
Examines rival theories of justice and applies them to current debates about economic inequality, gender, race, and sexual orientation. Combines some influential historical texts with contemporary philosophical literature on current political issues.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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PHILO 140 - Introduction to Philosophy of Mind Credits: 3
Philosophical problems concerning the nature of human beings, including the relation between mind and body, the existence of the soul, the nature of consciousness, the possibility of artificial intelligence, human freedom and personal identity.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring
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PHILO 145 - Historical Introduction to Philosophy Credits: 3
Introduction to philosophy through the study of major thinkers in the history of philosophy, such as Plato, Descartes, Hume. Topics may include the immortality of the soul, the existence of God, skepticism, reasons for being moral.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring
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PHILO 150 - Introduction to Philosophy of Feminism Credits: 3
Philosophical examination of issues such as femininity and masculinity, the social conditions of gender equality, multiculturalism and gender, affirmative action, sexual harassment, and welfare policy.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring
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PHILO 160 - Introduction to Philosophy of Law Credits: 3
Examines fundamental issues concerning the nature and justification of legal institutions. Topics selected from: the nature of law and its relations to morality, criminal justice and punishment, responsibility and liberty, and legal interpretation.
Typically Offered Fall
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PHILO 175 - Philosophical Composition Credits: 4
The purpose of this course is to provide students an introduction to philosophy while assisting them to further develop writing skills in preparation for Expository Writing II. Topics covered vary, but typically are related to understanding ourselves and our moral practices.
Requisites Prerequisite: ENGL 100 and open only to freshmen and sophomores.
Typically Offered Spring
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PHILO 215 - Honors Introduction to Philosophy Credits: 3
Central problems of philosophy, such as skepticism and knowledge, the nature of human minds, freedom, the nature of morality, justice and the existence of God.
Note For students in an honors program.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring
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PHILO 230 - Honors Introduction to Moral Philosophy Credits: 3
Philosophical issues arising in and about morality. Topics selected from: the nature of moral judgments, moral knowledge, moral justification, and the relation of morality to religion.
Note For students in an honors program.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring
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PHILO 297 - Honors Introduction to the Humanities I Credits: 3
Study of selected major works of history, literature, and philosophy which have been of central importance in the Western cultural tradition. Considerable emphasis is placed on classroom discussion and writing interpretive essays.
Note For students in an honors program.
Requisites Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall
Cross-listed ENGL 297, HIST 297, MLANG 297
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PHILO 298 - Honors Introduction to the Humanities II Credits: 3
Continuation of PHILO 297.
Requisites Prerequisite: PHILO 297 or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Spring
Cross-listed ENGL 298, HIST 298, MLANG 298
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PHILO 300 - History of Ancient Philosophy Credits: 3
Ancient Greek Philosophy, particularly in the writings of Plato and Aristotle. Pre-Socratic and/or Hellenistic philosophers may be represented as well.
Requisites Prerequisite: One course in philosophy, major standing, or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall
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PHILO 301 - History of Philosophy Credits: 3
This course introduces students to the development of philosophical ideas from ancient Greece to the modern era, and develops skills in the critical interpretation of original texts.
Requisites Prerequisite: One course in philosophy, or major standing, or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Spring
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PHILO 303 - Writing Philosophy Credits: 3
Introduction to philosophical composition to develop skills necessary to succinctly explicate single arguments, dialectics relating several arguments, and critical analyses of arguments. Philosophical topics covered vary, but typically are related to understanding ourselves and our moral practices.
Typically Offered Fall
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PHILO 305 - Reasons, Decisions and Society Credits: 3
Introduction to decision and social choice theory emphasizing theories of utility, equilibria, and aggregation.
Requisites Prerequisite: One course in philosophy, major standing, or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Spring
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PHILO 320 - Symbolic Logic I Credits: 3
First order logic, covering truth tables and truth functions, and derivations in both propositional and predicate logic.
Typically Offered Fall
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PHILO 330 - Moral Philosophy Credits: 3
An introduction to ethics, surveying central issues in normative ethical theory with an emphasis on consequentialism, virtue theory, and deontology.
Requisites Prerequisite: One course in philosophy, major standing, or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Spring
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PHILO 331 - Philosophy of Gender Credits: 3
The concept of gender and its effects in the world, including the metaphysical nature of gender, the potentially gendered nature of many areas of “traditional” philosophy, the nature of structural injustice, and the way in which gender influences life choices in areas such as career, family life, and sexuality.
Requisites Prerequisite: One philosophy course or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered On sufficient demand
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PHILO 332 - Philosophy of Sex and Love Credits: 3
Engages philosophical issues pertaining to intimate human relationships, including the concept of love, the ethics of sexuality, and the role of biology and culture in shaping our intimate lives.
Requisites Prerequisite: One philosophy course or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered On sufficient demand
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PHILO 335 - Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy Credits: 3
Introduction to modern social and political philosophy, examining questions about central political values, such as equal citizenship, property rights, distributive justice, fairness, and democratic social and political institutions.
Requisites Prerequisite: One course in philosophy, major standing, or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall
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PHILO 336 - Global Justice Credits: 3
Addresses philosophical and ethical issues of global and international justice, including responsibility to help the poor, human rights, cosmopolitanism and global equality, the moral dimensions of immigration, just war, global health, and responsibility for combatting climate change.
Requisites Prerequisite: One philosophy course or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered On sufficient demand
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PHILO 337 - Religious Freedom and Democracy Credits: 3
Religious freedom and religious toleration. Consider this topic in a variety of contexts, including Western democracies and Muslim majority states.
Requisites Prerequisite: One philosophy course or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered On sufficient demand
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PHILO 340 - Justification and Reliable Knowledge Credits: 3
This course offers an introduction to epistemology, surveying the historical development of important theories of knowledge, alternative conceptions of justification, and differing ideas about evidence and reliable inference.
Requisites Prerequisite: One philosophy course, major standing, or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall
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PHILO 345 - Worlds, Things and Properties Credits: 3
Introduction to metaphysics, surveying the historical development of different metaphysical theories, including alternative conceptions of causation and of identity through time, and alternative theories about the relationship between physical and non-physical (e.g. mental) properties.
Requisites Prerequisite: One course in philosophy, major standing, or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Spring
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PHILO 360 - Topics in Continental Philosophy Credits: 3
A study of selected figures (such as Kierkegaard, Fichte, Marx, Nietzsche, Beauvoir, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Sartre, Heideggar, Husserl, Wittgenstein, Gadamer, Ricoeur, Foucault, Lacan), or movements (such as Transcendental Idealism, Existentialism, Marxism, Phenomenology, Post-Modernism), or issues in continental philosophy (such as humanity’s relation to God, free will, the state, irrationalism, gender, philosophical methodology).
Typically Offered On sufficient demand
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PHILO 365 - Medical Ethics Credits: 3
Selected moral issues which confront the medical professional, including experimentation on human subjects, informed consent, abortion, euthanasia, conflict of interest, and confidentiality.
Typically Offered Spring
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PHILO 380 - Philosophy and Race Credits: 3
The concept of race and racial identity, and contemporary controversies about the nature of racism and social justice, examined through fiction, movies, and readings in biology, anthropology, history, and philosophy.
Typically Offered Fall
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PHILO 385 - Engineering Ethics Credits: 3
An examination of the principles of ethics as applied to cases arising in the practice of the various branches of engineering.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring
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PHILO 386 - Philosophy of Computer Science and Software Engineering Credits: 3
Explores conceptual, ethical, and practical questions about computers and software including the nature of computer science, digital rights, special and general AI, and the ethical responsibilities of software engineers.
Typically Offered Spring
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PHILO 390 - Business Ethics Credits: 3
An examination of the principles of ethics as applied to situations and practices in modern American business.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring
K-State 8 Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility
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PHILO 399 - Honors Seminar in Philosophy Credits: 3
Typically Offered Fall
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PHILO 492 - Computers and Society Credits: 1-2
A study of ethical issues raised by the impact of computers and associated technologies on society, including such topics as ethics of computer use, computer fraud, protection of privacy; legal, moral, and public policy-making responsibilities of computer professionals.
Requisites Prerequisite: Junior standing plus concurrent enrollment in CIS 415; CIS 520.
Typically Offered Spring
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PHILO 499 - Honors Project Credits: 3
Open only to Arts & Sciences students who are active members of the University Honors Program.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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PHILO 501 - Perspectives on Science Credits: 3
Provides historical, philosophical, and sociological perspectives on science, its methods and products, the social processes by which its methods are deployed and its products used, and the ways in which its results become imbued with cultural meaning.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring
K-State 8 Ethical Reasoning and Responsibility Historical Perspectives
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PHILO 510 - Symbolic Logic II Credits: 3
An advanced study of logical systems and problems in logical theory.
Requisites Prerequisite: PHILO 220 or PHILO 110.
Typically Offered On sufficient demand
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PHILO 525 - Social-Political Philosophy Credits: 3
Examines key developments in contemporary political philosophy in such areas as liberalism, libertarianism, communitarianism, Marxism, and feminism, and on topics of special interest where these theories are applied.
Requisites Prerequisite: PHILO 305, or PHILO 330, or PHILO 335 or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Spring
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PHILO 535 - Philosophy of Law Credits: 3
Philosophical issues arising in the legal context, such as the nature of legal reasoning, the nature and scope of constitutional protections, the justification of punishment, affirmative action, and civil disobedience.
Requisites Prerequisite: One course in philosophy (PHILO 135, PHILO 160, or PHILO 330 recommended), or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall
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PHILO 550 - Philosophy of Social Sciences Credits: 3
Epistemic methods and metaphysical presuppositions in the social sciences. Topics selected from: models, measurement, reduction, explanation, theories of function, theories of ideal types, and rational choice theory.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy, one of which must be PHILO 100 or 320.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 570 - Aesthetics Credits: 3
A study of selected topics in aesthetics and the philosophy of art.
Requisites Prerequisite: One course in philosophy or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered On sufficient demand
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PHILO 585 - Ethics Credits: 3
Examines key developments in moral philosophy. May focus on issues in metaethics, ethical theory, or history of ethics.
Requisites Prerequisite: PHILO 330.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring
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PHILO 590 - Topics in Philosophy Credits: 3
A study of selected topics in applied ethics, applied philosophy, or the continental tradition.
Requisites Prerequisite: One course in philosophy.
Typically Offered On sufficient demand
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PHILO 595 - Environmental Ethics Credits: 3
Ethical issues that arise from the use and exploitation of the environment, such as the value of biodiversity, obligations to future generations, obligations to non-humans, and the ethics of environmental risk management.
Requisites Prerequisite: One course in philosophy (PHILO 330 recommended), or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 601 - Advanced Issues in the History of Philosophy Credits: 3
Particular sets of issues in the history of philosophy or in-depth examination of the thought of a particular philosopher. Emphasis on issues in metaphysics and epistemology.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy and consent of instructor. Depending on topic, PHILO 300 or 301 required.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 610 - Special Topics in Logic Credits: 3
Examination of one or more advanced topics in mathematical or philosophical logic, such as: modal, temporal, and epistemic logics; counterfactuals; intuitionistic and other sub-classical logics; higher-order and other super-classical logics; formal semantics of natural language; or theories of truth.
Requisites Prerequisite: PHILO 110 or PHILO 320, or consent of instructor.
Typically Offered On demand
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PHILO 615 - Philosophy of Religion Credits: 3
Concepts of religion, including truth and faith, God and atheism, reason and revelation, morality and religion, evil, humanity, sin, salvation, eschatology.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy. PHILO 305, 320, or 340 recommended.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 620 - The Development of Analytical Philosophy Credits: 3
The history of analytic philosophy from 1870 to 1960, examining the works of most of the following philosophers: Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Moore, the logical positivists, and Quine.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy, one of which must be PHILO 110 or 320.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 625 - The Philosophy of Language Credits: 3
Philosophical problems concerning the nature of language and such concepts as meaning and truth.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy, one of which must be PHILO 110 or 320.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 635 - Metaphysics Credits: 3
A critical examination of theories about objects and their qualities, causality, space, and time. Both traditional and contemporary sources may be used, but emphasis will be placed on the latter.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy. PHILO 305, 320, or 340 recommended.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 640 - Epistemology Credits: 3
Philosophical issues relating to human knowledge. Issues selected from: the difference between knowledge and belief, whether knowledge is really attainable, whether we have epistemic duties and what they might be, what counts as justification for belief. Special topics may include self-knowledge, a prior knowledge, inductive knowledge, and naturalism.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy. PHILO 305, 320, or 340 recommended.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 645 - The Philosophy of Science Credits: 3
Philosophical problems concerning science, its methods. Topics selected from: qualitative and quantitative confirmation theories and the nature of scientific theories, laws, and explanation in the physical and biological sciences.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy, one of which must be PHILO 110 or 320.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 646 - Philosophy of Physics Credits: 3
This course offers an exploration of the conceptual foundations of modern physics, including topics from relativistic space-time theories, quantum mechanics and gauge theories, and related topics in the philosophy of science, including the nature of physical laws, reduction, the measurement problem and non-locality.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy.
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PHILO 647 - Philosophy of Biology Credits: 3
This course will introduce a range of topics in the philosophy of biology, including: the conceptual foundations of evolutionary theory, interpretations of fitness and selection, group selection, definitions of species, epistemological problems in phylogenetic inference, design arguments, explanation in biological sciences and reliable modeling in ecology and evolutionary biology.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy.
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PHILO 648 - Philosophy and the Origins of Ancient Science Credits: 3
Examination of the development of ancient science, with special attention paid to the interrelationship in antiquity of philosophical and scientific accounts of the world. Topics will include developments in mathematics, optics, astronomy, mechanics, and medicine, among others.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy.
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PHILO 649 - Philosophy and the Origins of Modern Science Credits: 3
Examination of the development of modern science from roughly the 16th century, with special attention paid to the interrelationship in early modern philosophical and scientific accounts of the world. Topics will include developments in physics, astronomy, biology, mathematics, and medicine, as well as related areas of metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of religion.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy or four natural science courses, with at least two of them in physics.
Typically Offered Spring, odd years
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PHILO 650 - Rationality and Action Credits: 3
Philosophical issues connected with human action and reasons for action, such as the existence of objective reasons to act one way rather than another, the existence of reasons to act that do not stem from desires, the difference between reasoning about how to act and reasoning about what is true, the nature of intention and desire and their specific roles in action.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 655 - Philosophy of Mind Credits: 3
A philosophical examination of major theories about the nature of the mind, mental causation, consciousness, intentionality, cognition and psychological explanation.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy. PHILO 305, 320 or 340 recommended.
Typically Offered Fall, in alternate years
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PHILO 660 - Advanced Ethics Credits: 3
Selected topics in contemporary ethical theory.
Requisites Prerequisite: PHILO 330 and one other philosophy course.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 665 - Philosophy of Economics Credits: 3
Moral and conceptual foundations of modern economic systems. Topics selected from: the relations between “economics rationality” and the quality of life, the just distribution of wealth, the nature of property rights, and the value of technology in society.
Requisites Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 670 - Advanced Social-Political Philosophy Credits: 3
A study of a single topic in contemporary philosophical literature, with application to current political issues. Topic selected from: multiculturalism, minority rights, nationalism, justification of democracy.
Requisites Prerequisite: PHILO 525 and one other philosophy course.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 675 - Advanced Philosophy of Law Credits: 3
A current issue in analytical jurisprudence (such as the nature of law, the relation between law and morality, the proper standards for constitutional interpretation) or normative jurisprudence (such as basis for tort liability, whether and when strict criminal liability is justified, the rights of criminals).
Requisites Prerequisite: PHILO 535 and one other philosophy course.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 680 - Independent Study in Philosophy Credits: 1-18
Note May be repeated.
Requisites Prerequisite: Consent of instructor.
Typically Offered Fall, Spring, Summer
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PHILO 685 - Current Topics in Metaphysics and Epistemology Credits: 3
Selected philosophical issues of current interest in analytic metaphysics and epistemology.
Note May be repeated.
Requisites Prerequisite: PHILO 340 and two additional philosophy courses.
Typically Offered Fall or Spring, in alternate years
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PHILO 690 - Special Topics in Philosophy Credits: 3
Selected topics in metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science, philosophy of language, or philosophy of mind.
Requisites Prerequisite: PHILO 320 and additional background courses required for topic.
Typically Offered On sufficient demand
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PHILO 701 - Topics in Metalogic Credits: 3
Selected topics in the analysis of first-order theories and the foundations of mathematics.
Requisites Prerequisite: PHILO 510 or MATH 511.
Typically Offered On sufficient demand
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