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PHIL Philosophy( Arts and Humanities) PHIL100 Introduction to Philosophy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Humanities (HO) Course.An introduction to the literature, problems, and methods of philosophy either through a study of some of the main figures in philosophic thought or through an examination of some of the central and recurring problems of philosophy. PHIL140 Contemporary Moral Issues; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Humanities (HO) Course. The uses of philosophical analysis in thinking clearly about such widely debated moral issues as abortion, euthanasia, homosexuality, pornography, reverse discrimination, the death penalty, business ethics, sexual equality, and economic justice. PHIL170 Introduction to Logic; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Mathematics or Formal Reasoning (MS) Course. Development of analytical reasoning skills through study of formal logics, reasoning systems, and fallacious inference patterns. PHIL209A Chinese Philosophy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Humanities (HO) Course. CORE Diversity (D) Course. PHIL230 Philosophy of the Arts; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE History or Theory of Arts (HA) Course. A survey of theoretical perspectives on the arts from Plato to the present, along with critical examination of specific works of art. Analysis of concepts central to thought about art, such as beauty, form, content, expression, representation, interpretation, creation, style, medium, realism, aesthetic experience, and aesthetic value. PHIL245 Political and Social Philosophy I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Humanities (HO) Course. A critical examination of such classical political theories as those of Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Mill, Marx, and such contemporary theories as those of Hayek, Rawls, and recent Marxist thinkers. PHIL256 Philosophy of Biology I; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. CORE Humanities (HO) Course. Issues in the discovery and justification of biological theories and models. Focus on cases from twentieth century biology, such as the genetic revolution or evolutionary theory. PHIL261 Philosophy of the Environment; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Interdisciplinary & Emerging Issues (IE) Course. Not open to students who have completed HONR218F or PHIL209N. Formerly HONR218F. An evaluation of different kinds of arguments for the claim that the natural environment should be preserved. Perspectives cut across the disciplines of philosophy (environmental ethics, philosophies of nature) , economics (cost-benefit analysis), and biology (evolution, ecology, environmental studies). PHIL280 Perspectives on the Mind: Philosophy and Cognitive Science; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. CORE Interdisciplinary & Emerging Issues (IE) Course. The role of representation and reasoning in cognition considered from the differing perspectives of the cognitive-science disciplines: linguistics, philosophy, neuroscience, psychology and computer science. PHIL310 Ancient Philosophy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: six credit hours in philosophy or classics. A study of the origins and development of philosophy and science in ancient Greece, focusing on the pre-Socratics, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. PHIL324 Existentialism; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: six credit hours in philosophy. A study of authors such as Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sarte, and Camus on issues of human morality, freedom, and suffering. PHIL332 Philosophy of Beauty; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: three courses in philosophy or permission of department. Philosophical theories, historical and contemporary, of beauty, sublimity, and other aesthetic qualities, of aesthetic experience, and of aesthetic judgment. PHIL347 Philosophy of Law; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: three credit hours in philosophy. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: PHIL347 or PHIL447. Formerly PHIL447. Examination of fundamental concepts related to law, e.g. legal systems, law and morality, justice, legal reasoning, responsibility. PHIL354 Philosophy of Physics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: PHYS260 or MATH220 or equivalent; or permission of department. Recommended: PHYS270, PHYS401. Not open to students who have completed PHIL452. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: PHIL354 or PHIL452. An introduction to current issues at the interface of physics and philosophy, associated with our current picture of the physical world as fundamentally quantum mechanical. Topics include the debate between Einstein and Bohr on the objectivity and completeness of the quantum description, nonlocality and Bell's theorem, realism and the measurement problem, irreversibility and the arrow of time. PHIL360 Philosophy of Language; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: Two courses in philosophy, one of which must be PHIL170, PHIL173, or PHIL370; or permission of department. An inquiry into the nature and function of language and other forms of symbolism. Also offered as LING350. PHIL386 (PermReq) Experiential Learning; (6 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite: permission of department. Junior standing. Consult Director of Undergraduate Studies: C. Manekin. Prerequisites: 12 credit hours of philosophy and 3.0 GPA. Carries no credit toward philosophy major. PHIL408E Topics in Contemporary Philosophy: Equality and Impartiality; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of philosophy courses or permission of department. PHIL408K Topics in Contemporary Philosophy: Skepticism; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of philosophy courses or permission of department. PHIL414 The Philosophy of Aristotle; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: three courses in philosophy. A critical study of selected portions of Aristotle's writings. PHIL424 The Philosophy of Spinoza; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: three courses in philosophy or permission of department. Also offered as JWST453. Not open to students who have completed JWST453. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: PHIL424 or JWST453. An investigation of the metaphysical, ethical and political thought of the 17th century philosopher Benedict Spinoza. PHIL428G Topics in the History of Philosophy: Retreat from Aristotelianism; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: 6 credit hours of philosophy courses or permission of department. PHIL431 Aesthetic Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: nine credits in philosophy or permission of department. Study of the theory of the aesthetic as a mode of apprehending the world and of the theory of criticism, its conceptual tools and intellectual presuppositions. PHIL482 Philosophy of Psychology: Subjectivity; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: six credit hours in philosophy; one of which must be PHIL280 or PHIL366. The nature of subjectivity: problems of "point of view," the "qualities" or "feel" of things, emotions, consciousness - whether these phenomena can be captured by a computational theory of mind. PHIL484 Reason, Self and Will; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: six credit hours in philosophy courses, at least one 300-level or above; or permission of department. Issues in philosophy of mind, ethics, and neighboring areas of psychology and related fields concerning such topics as: autonomy, freedom of action, free will; weakness of will and practical reasoning; the nature of the self or person; the sources of moral motivation. PHIL489 Undergraduate Seminar in Philosophy: 20th Century Epistemology; (3-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Prerequisite: 15 credit hours of philosophy courses or permission of instructor. PHIL498F (PermReq) Topical Investigations: Topical Investigation; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite:Two courses in philosophy or permission of the department. PHIL498G (PermReq) Topical Investigations: Topical Investigation; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. Prerequisite:Two courses in philosophy or permission of the department. PHIL640 Value Theory; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Prerequisite: Graduate status in philosophy or permission of department. A basic course in value theory for beginning graduate students, covering a number of topics in depth, to provide a springboard for further study and research in the area. PHIL688W Selected Problems in Philosophy: Proseminar in Politics, Philosophy and Public Policy; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Also offered as GVPT859B and PUAF698J. PHIL788 Research in Philosophy; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. PHIL788G (PermReq) Research in Philosophy: Research in Philosophy; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. PHIL788I (PermReq) Research in Philosophy: Research in Philosophy; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. PHIL799 Master's Thesis Research: Masters Thesis Research; (1-6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. PHIL808 Seminar in the Problems of Philosophy: Naming, Necessity, and Natural Kinds; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. PHIL848 Seminar in Ethics: Practical Rationality and Ethics; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. PHIL879 Seminar in Philosophy and Cognitive Studies: Mind Reading and Meta-Cognition; (3 credits) Grade Method: REG/AUD. PHIL889 (PermReq) Pedagogical Mentoring for Doctoral Students; (1-3 credits) Grade Method: S-F. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. PHIL898 Pre-Candidacy Research; (1-8 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number. PHIL899 (PermReq) Doctoral Dissertation Research: Doctoral Dissertation Research; (6 credits) Grade Method: REG. Individual Instruction course: contact department or instructor to obtain section number.
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