Philosophy (Phil)

Undergraduate Courses

100-Level Courses


PHIL 110 : Introduction to Philosophy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 110 : Introduction to Philosophy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp; Honors also.
DESCRIPTION:	Articulating, assessing, and defending fundamental positions on topics such as reason, knowledge, science, education, ethics, politics, and religion.

           : Honors Introduction to Philosophy.


PHIL 150 : Reasoning and Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 150 : Reasoning and Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su; Honors also.
RECOMMENDED:	Recommended for philosophy majors and minors.
DESCRIPTION:	Informal grammar, logic, and rhetoric as tools for reading and writing. Library research.
NOTE:	Fulfills GE First-Year Writing requirement. No course challenges accepted.

           : Honors Reasoning and Writing.



200-Level Courses


PHIL 201 : History of Philosophy 1. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 201 : History of Philosophy 1. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp on demand, Su on demand; Honors also.
DESCRIPTION:	Western civilization from Greek antiquity to Renaissance, primarily from perspective of philosophy; exploring fundamental questions in human experience; examining formative events in history; understanding value of important texts.

           : Honors History of Philosophy 1.


PHIL 202 : History of Philosophy 2. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 202 : History of Philosophy 2. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp on demand, Su on demand; Honors also.
PREREQUISITE:	Phil 201.
DESCRIPTION:	Western civilization from Renaissance to present, primarily from perspective of philosophy; exploring fundamental questions in human experience; examining formative events in history; understanding value of important texts.

           : Honors History of Philosophy 2.


PHIL 205 : Deductive Logic. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 205 : Deductive Logic. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp on demand.
DESCRIPTION:	History and use of syllogistic and propositional logic; evaluating arguments with Venn diagrams, truth tables, and Copi-style proofs and proof strategies.


PHIL 210 : Science and Civilization 1. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 210 : Science and Civilization 1. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F; Honors also.
DESCRIPTION:	History of Civilization from Greek antiquity to scientific revolution; methods in early science and their philosophical significance; exploring fundamental questions in human experience; examining formative events in history; understanding value of important texts.

           : Honors Science and Civilization 1.


PHIL 211 : Science and Civilization 2. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 211 : Science and Civilization 2. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W; Honors also.
PREREQUISITE:	Phil 210.
DESCRIPTION:	History of Civilization from scientific revolution to present; concepts and methods in modern science and their philosophical significance; exploring fundamental questions in human experience; examining formative events in history; understanding value of important texts.

           : Honors Science and Civilization 2.


PHIL 213 : Introduction to Ethics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 213 : Introduction to Ethics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp on demand.
DESCRIPTION:	Nature and justification of moral standards, beliefs, and decisions.


PHIL 214 : Introduction to the Philosophy of Art. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 214 : Introduction to the Philosophy of Art. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
DESCRIPTION:	The experience of beauty in nature, in literature, and in the arts.


PHIL 215 : Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 215 : Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
DESCRIPTION:	Existence and nature of God, God's foreknowledge and man's free will, faith, immortality, and religious experience and language.


PHIL 218 : Science and Religion. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 218 : Science and Religion. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	Irregularly (check with department).
PREREQUISITE:	One philosophy course.
DESCRIPTION:	Epistemological and metaphysical similarities and differences undergirding historical problems in science and religion. Nature and effects of past reconciliations; possibility and desirability of current reconciliations.



300-Level Courses


PHIL 300 : Philosophical Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 300 : Philosophical Writing. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp on demand, Su on demand; Honors also.
PREREQUISITE:	Phil 150, 205; or equivalents.
DESCRIPTION:	Writing philosophical papers about philosophical texts or problems. Research methods in philosophy. Library research paper.
NOTE:	Fulfills GE Advanced Writing requirement. No course challenges accepted.

           : Honors Philosophical Writing.


PHIL 305 : Predicate Logic. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 305 : Predicate Logic. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp on demand.
PREREQUISITE:	Phil 205.
DESCRIPTION:	History and use of predicate logic; evaluating arguments with counterexamples and proofs; informal mathematical proofs.
NOTE:	Fulfills GE Languages of Learning requirement.


PHIL 320R : Studies in Ancient Philosophy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 320R : Studies in Ancient Philosophy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
PREREQUISITE:	Phil 201.
DESCRIPTION:	Selected figures or topics.

            : Aristotle.
            : Buddhism.
            : Chinese Philosophy.
            : Church Fathers.
            : Greek Epistemology.
            : Greek Ethics.
            : Greek Logic.
            : Greek Metaphysics.
            : Greek Philosophy of Religion.
            : Greek Political Theory.
            : Greek Science.
            : Helenistic Philosophy.
            : Hindu Philosophy.
            : Neo-Platonism.
            : Plato.
            : Plotinus.
            : Pre-Socratics.
            : Socrates.
            : Stoicism.
            : Topics in Greek Philosophy.


PHIL 330R : Studies in Medieval Philosophy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 330R : Studies in Medieval Philosophy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
PREREQUISITE:	Phil 201.
DESCRIPTION:	Selected figures or topics.

            : Anselm.
            : Aquinas.
            : Augustine.
            : Averroes.
            : Boethius.
            : Bonaventure.
            : Duns Scotus.
            : Maimonides.
            : Medieval Arabic Philosophers.
            : Medieval Epistemology.
            : Medieval Ethics.
            : Medieval Jewish Philosophers.
            : Medieval Logic.
            : Medieval Metaphysics.
            : Medieval Philosophy and Religion.
            : Medieval Political Theory.
            : Medieval Science.
            : Meister Eckhart.
            : Topics in Medieval Philosophy.
            : William of Ockham.


PHIL 340R : Studies in Modern Philosophy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 340R : Studies in Modern Philosophy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
PREREQUISITE:	Phil 202.
DESCRIPTION:	Selected figures or topics.

            : Alexander.
            : Bentham.
            : Bergson.
            : Berkeley.
            : Bosanquet.
            : Bradley.
            : British Empiricism.
            : British Idealism.
            : Continental Rationalism.
            : Descartes and Locke.
            : Descartes.
            : Dewey.
            : German Idealism.
            : Hegel.
            : Hobbes.
            : Hume.
            : J. S. Mill.
            : Kant.
            : Kierkegaard.
            : Leibniz.
            : Locke.
            : Modern Political Theory.
            : Nietzsche and Freud.
            : Nietzsche.
            : Peirce.
            : Pragmatism.
            : Schopenhauer.
            : Spinoza.
            : Topics in Modern Philosophy.
            : Utilitarianism.
            : William James.


PHIL 350R : Studies in Contemporary Philosophy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 350R : Studies in Contemporary Philosophy. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
PREREQUISITE:	One philosophy course.
DESCRIPTION:	Selected figures or topics.

            : Contemporary Analytical Philosophy.
            : Contemporary French Philosophy.
            : Contemporary Political Theory.
            : Continental Philosophy.
            : Derrida.
            : Dufrenne.
            : Existentialism.
            : Foucault.
            : Frege.
            : Gadamer.
            : Heidegger.
            : Hermeneutics.
            : Husserl.
            : Leotard.
            : Levinas.
            : Logical Positivism.
            : Marion.
            : Merleau-Ponty.
            : Moore.
            : Oakeshott.
            : Ordinary Language of Philosophy.
            : Phenomenology.
            : Philosophy and Film.
            : Philosophy and Literature.
            : Philosophy of Architecture.
            : Philosophy of Cognitive Science.
            : Philosophy of History.
            : Philosophy of Mind.
            : Philosophy of Psychology.
            : Philosophy of Social Science.
            : Philosophy of Theology.
            : Ricoeur.
            : Russell.
            : Sartre.
            : Topics in Contemporary Philosophy.
            : Truth.
            : Whitehead.
            : Wittgenstein.



400-Level Courses


PHIL 405 : Metalogic. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 405 : Metalogic. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
PREREQUISITE:	Phil 305.
DESCRIPTION:	Completeness and undecidability of predicate logic; incompleteness of arithmetic and set theory; treatment of related philosophical topics and of nonclassical topics as time permits.


PHIL 413 : Ethics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 413 : Ethics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, Sp on demand.
PREREQUISITE:	One philosophy course.
DESCRIPTION:	Selected figures or problems.


PHIL 414R : Philosophy of Art. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 414R : Philosophy of Art. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F
PREREQUISITE:	one philosophy course.
DESCRIPTION:	Selected figures or topics in aesthetics.


PHIL 415 : Philosophy of Religion. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 415 : Philosophy of Religion. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
PREREQUISITE:	One philosophy course.
DESCRIPTION:	Selected figures or problems.


PHIL 416 : Philosophy of Law. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 416 : Philosophy of Law. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
PREREQUISITE:	One philosophy course.
DESCRIPTION:	The relation between natural and enacted law; theories of punishment; utilitarian and nonutilitarian theories of law; liberty.


PHIL 420 : Philosophy of Language. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 420 : Philosophy of Language. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
PREREQUISITE:	One philosophy course.
DESCRIPTION:	Meaning and reference, synonymy, metaphor, exemplification, translation; linguistic, artistic, and perceptual symbol systems.


PHIL 421 : Metaphysics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 421 : Metaphysics. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, Sp on demand.
PREREQUISITE:	One philosophy course.
DESCRIPTION:	Basic categories of being: appearance and reality, law, causality, space, time, eternity, deity.


PHIL 422 : Epistemology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 422 : Epistemology. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	W, Su on demand.
PREREQUISITE:	One philosophy course.
DESCRIPTION:	Meaning, limits, and justification of knowledge.


PHIL 423 : (Phil 423--Physcs 314) History and Philosophy of Science. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 423 : (Phil 423--Physcs 314) History and Philosophy of Science. (3:3:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W; Honors also.
PREREQUISITE:	Phy S 100 or instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Scientific explanation, concepts, and models. Philosophical assumptions and criteria for theory selection, as exemplified by historical development of basic ideas in science.

           : (Phil-Phscs314) Honors History and Philosophy of Science.


PHIL 449R : Philosophical Lecture Series. (1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 449R : Philosophical Lecture Series. (1:1:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
DESCRIPTION:	Lectures on philosophical topics by faculty and advanced students.


PHIL 490 : Senior Seminar. (1:1.0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 490 : Senior Seminar. (1:1.0:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W
PREREQUISITE:	Senior status.
DESCRIPTION:	Review of philosophical principles and advanced writing experiences culminating in a publishable paper.


PHIL 499R : Honors Thesis. (.5-6:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 499R : Honors Thesis. (.5-6:ARR:ARR)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
PREREQUISITE:	Instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Selected topic or figure in philosophy



500-Level Graduate Courses (available to advanced undergraduates)


PHIL 501R : Graduate Seminar. (.5-5:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

PHIL 501R : Graduate Seminar. (.5-5:5:0)(Credit Hours:Lecture Hours:Lab Hours)

OFFERED:	F, W, Sp, Su
PREREQUISITE:	Instructor's consent.
DESCRIPTION:	Selected topic, figure, or movement in philosophy, as announced in current class schedule.

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