Philosophy
Programs
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Philosophy Major -
Philosophy Minor
Courses
PHI 1000: Knowledge, Reality, Self
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Philosophical responses to the questions of how we can know, what is real, and what is the nature of human existence that explore the dialogue between Catholic, Christian, secular and skeptical perspectives on these questions.
PHI 1990: Topics
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One-credit course on variable topics; course meets for a minimum of 14 hours.
PHI 2010: Logic & Critical Thinking
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The study of logic and critical thinking. Topics include: argument identification and analysis; formal and informal logic; fallacies; inductive argument; the role of argumentative structures in various philosophical traditions.
PHI 2020: Symbolic Logic
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Propostional and first-order predicate logic; logical structure of arguments; symbolic languages; correct and incorrect inferences; fallacies; truth-tables; natural deduction.
PHI 2115: Ethics for Health Care Prof
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Rights and duties of the patient/client and the members of the health care team, death and dying, genetic engineering and manipulation.
PHI 2117: The Good Doctor
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The art and science, learning and dispositional attitudes necessary for the moral practice of medicine by a good doctor. Themes for the course drawn from philosophical resources, sociological theory, data and first-person medical narratives.
PHI 2121: Environmental Ethics
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The relation of the physical and biological environment to ethical values. Priorities among environmental, economic and political values as a basis for ethical decisions.
PHI 2155: Engineering Ethics
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Engineering ethics through case studies focusing on professional responsibility, the role of technology in society and a holistic evaluation of the purpose of science and engineering.
PHI 2160: The Ethics of War
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Just war theory, total war, nuclear deterrence and nuclear war, disarmament, genocide, war crimes and atrocities, terrorism, non-violent resistance, and pacifism.
PHI 2180: Computer Ethics
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Codes of professional ethics, unauthorized access, ownership of software, and the social responsibility of computing professionals.
PHI 2190: Freedom
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Human freedom analyzed from a metaphysical and political perspective; readings from classical and contemporary sources on such topics as determinism, slavery, rights, authority and dissent.
PHI 2400: Social & Political Phil
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Social and political philosophers and the influence of their theories on the philosophical foundation of modern culture and society; emphasis on such conceptions as society, the state, justice and equality, and the social and political nature of persons.
PHI 2410: Philosophy of Sex & Love
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Embodiment, the nature of sexuality, the types of love, sexual ethics, marriage, sexual differences, and sexual discrimination.
PHI 2420: Philosophy of Women
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Nature and status of women from ancient times to the present, with consideration of the more general context of self-identity; contemporary feminist theories; feminism as a political movement.
PHI 2450: Catholic Social Thought
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Catholic Social Thought from Rerum Navarum to the present. Its Aristotelean-Thomistic grounding. The Church's challenge to analyses of contemporary social, political, and economic systems.
PHI 2470: Irish Thought and Literature
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An examination of main thinkers in the Irish tradition; the relation of reason (science) and religion; the importance of poetry; themes to be explored include (e)migrant thought, exile and home, English as colonizers, langage and voice, laughter and comedy.
PHI 2480: Africana Philosophy
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Survey of theoretical writings and discourses by authors from Africa and the African diaspora at large, especially African-American and West-Indian authors.
PHI 2490: Latin Amer & African Amer Phil
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Colonialism and anti-colonial struggles, slavery and abolition, the Black and Latinx radical traditions, intersectionality and materialist critique, race/gender/sexuality/class relations, mass incarceration and detention, media and culture, liberation struggles.
PHI 2500: Philosophy of Exchange
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Monetary exchange in philosophical perspective: money as a means and as an end; higher and lower forms of exchange; sacrificial economies; the politics of scarcity; sacred economics.
PHI 2550: Technology & Society
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Case studies of specific technologies (such as television, automobiles, health technology) and critical examination of ethical Philosophical and policy issues that these technologies raise.
PHI 2700: Philosophy of Science
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Philosophical implications of specific laws and theories; Newton's laws, energy, evolution, relativity, atomic theory. Methodological problems of observation, discovery, testing; scientific realism, revolutions in scientific thought.
PHI 2760: Philosophy & Literature
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Philosophical ideas in selected literary works; examination of the relation of literature to philosophy; fiction and truth, modes of communication.
PHI 2900: Philosophy of Religion
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The meaning of God, the experience of the Divine, nature of revelation, negative theology, the absence of God.
PHI 2930: Indian Philosophy
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Introduction to basic traditions of Indian philosophy; exploration of debates between these traditions on fundamental issues of epistemology metaphysics, and philosophy of religion.
PHI 2940: Indian & Tibetan Buddhist Phil
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An exploration of fundamental problems, traditions, and themes in Buddhist philosophy as developed in India and Tibet.
PHI 2990: Topics in Philosophy
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PHI 2993: Internship
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Departmentally related and academically creditable field work experience. See department chair for more information. Permission of Department Chair required.
PHI 2996: Internship
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Departmentally related and academically creditable field work experience. See department chair for more information.
PHI 3000: Research Seminar Phil Majors
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Research methods and information literacy in Philosophy leading to practiced philosophical writing based on instructor feedback and/or peer review.
PHI 3020: History of Ancient Philosophy
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Plato, Aristotle and selected pre-Socratic and Hellenistic philosophers in the context of ancient and classical Greek civilization.
PHI 3030: History of Medieval Philosophy
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Philosophical movements from the early Middle Ages to the rise of modern philosophy; the influence of later Medieval speculation upon thinkers of the modern period; readings from Augustine, Aquinas, Bonaventure, and others.
PHI 3040: Hist of Early Mod Philosophy
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The systems of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and the empiricists - Locke, berkeley, and Hume; Kant; selections read and evaluated.
PHI 3050: Kant & 19th Cent Philosophy
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PHI 3100: Augustine & Antiquity
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Life and thought of Saint Augustine; the problem of certitude, the problem of evil, the nature of history, human knowledge and God, the soul-body relations, and political philosophy.
PHI 3160: History of Islamic Phil
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Islamic thought, concentrating particularly on Islamic medieval theology and philosophy.
PHI 3720: Marx & Marxism
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Marx on the theories of human nature, freedom and history; related developments in Marxist thought.
PHI 3990: Topics in Hist of Philosophy
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PHI 4125: Bioethics
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Advanced issues in clinical and research ethics: neuro-enhancement, radical life-extension, phase 1 trials on the non-consenting, ethics of life and death, and ethics of pandemics.
PHI 4140: Phil of Contemporary Music
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Critical listening to rock pop, jazz, rap, funk, punk, dance, and ambient music; relation of music to noise; theories of Hanslick, Nietzsche, Adorno, Barthes, Foucault, Deleuze, and Cage.
PHI 4150: Philosophy & Film
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Analysis of selected classics and current films from the perspective of basic philosophical concepts and questions.
PHI 4210: Environmental Philosophy
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PHI 4300: Death and Dignity
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An account of the most influential philosophical interpretations of death, and an exploration of the fact of dying as a political and social phenomenon grounded on historical examples.
PHI 4600: Psychoanalysis & Philosophy
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Philosophical implications of Freudian theory as it relates to the individual and culture; the role of the unconscious; interpretation, structure of the ego, human sexuality and the foundations of civilization.
PHI 4610: Philosophy of Mind
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The nature of mind, soul, consciousness; the mind-brain relationship; classical and contemporary philosophical approaches; the nature of person identity and moral responsibility.
PHI 4825: Existentialism
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The active, feeling and living human being as the starting point for thinking about existence as more than brute facts and rational truths. Alienation, absurdity, emptiness and dread but also the freedom, authenticity, commitment and creativity as human responses to the apparent meaninglessness of life.
PHI 4990: Independent Study & Research
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Topic chosen by the student and approved by the professor and the chair.
PHI 5000: Adv Sem for Phil Majors
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Special topic in philosophy or current interest to faculty and students. Course is open to Philosophy majors and minors and graduate students with the approval of the Director of Graduate Studies in Philosophy.
PHI 6000: Senior Thesis
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Inquiry in depth into one major philosophical problem or into the thought of one major philosopher; practice in the use of research and bibliographical techniques. techniques.