Courses

PH 210 PHILOSOPHY OF RACE   3.0 Credit(s)
Investigates the many philosophical issues surrounding race and racial identity. Some issues are metaphysical, such as what races are and whether race is a "real" feature of persons or not. Other issues are moral and political issues, such as what racism is, how it shapes our political landscape, and how societies can combat it. Prerequisite: TAKE A PH COURSE;
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PH 213 PHILOSOPHY OF MARX   3.0 Credit(s)
Philosophical foundations of Marx's thought in Aristotle, Hegel, Feuerbach, and other predecessors. Analysis of Marx's conceptions of alienation, exploitation, historical materialism, and his critique of liberal political thought. Various philosophical responses to Marxism and evaluation of its applicability to contemporary capitalist societies. Prerequisite: Take a 3 credit Philosophy course
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PH 216 TRUTH AND MEANING   3.0 Credit(s)
Historical investigation of the nature of meaning and language, with a particular focus on work done since the mid-nineteenth century. Explores the relationship between the meaning of a proposition and the conditions for the possibility of its truth or verification, and the extent to which all meaning and understanding are (or are not) unified into a holistic "conceptual scheme." Prerequisite: Take a 3 credit Philosophy course
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PH 208 FEMINISM, GENDER & SEXUALITY   3.0 Credit(s)
Philosophically examines how feminist analysis can enhance an understanding of ourselves and the world. Prerequisite: TAKE A PHILOSPHY COURSE
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PH 206 PROBLEM OF AUTHENTICITY   3.0 Credit(s)
An examination of the problem of being true to oneself informed by existential ontology and ethics. Prerequisite: Take a 3 credit Philosophy course
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PH 217 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY   3.0 Credit(s)
Engages representative figures from American Transcendentalism and American Pragmatism in the attempt to answer the questions, "How shall I live?" "What can I know?" and "What is real?" Prerequisite: Take 3 credit Philosophy course
Offered: Spring Semester Even Academic Years

PH 237 PHILOSOPHICAL THEOLOGY   3.0 Credit(s)
The problem of God before and after Kant's "Copernican Revolution," phenomenology of religion, and postmodern theology. Prerequisite: Take a 3 credit Philosophy course
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PH 266 PHILOSOPHY AND FILM   3.0 Credit(s)
Uses contemporary films to lead students through advanced philosophical examination of issues such as epistemology, ethics, religion, technology, and the nature of the mind. Prerequisite: Take a 3 credit Philosophy course
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PH 267 PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE   3.0 Credit(s)
Inquires how encountering great literature can help one wrestle with longstanding philosophical questions. Students read novels and stories and analyze them in light of philosophers associate with existentialism, phenomenology, and aesthetics. Prerequisite: TAKE 3 CREDITS PH COURSE
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PH 249 ENVIRONMENTAL PHILOSOPHY   3.0 Credit(s)
Understanding of the various philosophical and ethical issues raised by a consideration of the environment and of humans' place within it. Prerequisite: TAKE A PHILOSOPHY COURSE
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PH 276 VIRTUES, ACTS & CONSEQUENCES   3.0 Credit(s)
In-depth analysis of the three major normative theories of ethics-virtue ethics, deontology, and consequentialism-with some attention to metaethics. Prerequisite: Take a 3 credit Philosophy course
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PH 277 HAPPINESS & THE GOOD LIFE   3.0 Credit(s)
Examines some of the most important texts in the philosophical tradition on the questions of happiness and human flourishing. Prerequisite: TAKE A PH COURSE
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PH 205 PHILOSOPHY OF SPACE & TIME   3.0 Credit(s)
Investigates the concepts of space and time with reference to ancient Enlightenment and contemporary philosophy. Prerequisite: TAKE A PHILOSOPHY COURSE
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PH 219 GERMAN PHILOSOPHICAL TRAD   3.0 Credit(s)
The philosophical traditions from Germany, from Leibniz in the seventeenth century through contemporary writers. Prerequisite: Take a 3 credit Philosophy course
Offered: As Needed Contact Department

PH 235 CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY   3.0 Credit(s)
An introduction to issues in analytic and/or Continental philosophy from postmodernity forward. Prerequisite: Take a 3 credit Philosophy course
Offered: As Needed Contact Department