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  • PHIL-101 Introduction to Logic (1 Credits)

    This course seeks to develop skills in formulating and evaluating arguments. Topics covered include the nature and types of arguments, patterns of fallacious reasoning, inductive logic, and systems of deductive logic. (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Spring Only, Offered Even Years

  • PHIL-111 Contemporary Issues (1 Credits)

    This introductory course in practical philosophy will examine issues of current relevance such as race, gender, sexual orientation, politics, economics, science, artificial intelligence, and morality. The course is designed to teach basic philosophical skills as they relate to real world problems. May be repeated for credit. (1)
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Spring Only, Offered Odd Years

  • PHIL-131 Philosophy and Film (1 Credits)

    An introduction to the interaction between philosophy and film. Whether implicitly or explicitly every film makes claims about the nature of reality, human nature, society, politics, ethics, and aesthetics. This makes film an excellent place to explore philosophical questions. The course will focus on a director, theme, or genre of film with the goal that film and philosophy mutually explicate one another. (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Spring Only, Offered Odd Years

  • PHIL-141 Buddhism (1 Credits)

    This course will encounter the varieties of one of the oldest and most diverse religions as it developed in India, China, Japan, Tibet, and the United States. The course will examine Buddhism's history, philosophy, ethics, art, literature, and ritual practices. First, we will study the life and awakening of the Buddha, how the Buddha's perception of reality transforms our relationships to ourselves and to each other, and how it directs us to live a life of compassion for others. Second, we will see how the Buddha's core teachings changed as they spread to other countries. The course is divided into three parts: Foundations, which provides an introduction to the Buddhist world view; Development, which charts the changes and elaborations made to that world view under the Mahayana philosophers; and Literature, which explores how Buddhist ideals have been expressed in poetry, the novel, and film. (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Fall Only, Offered Even Years

  • PHIL-177 IL: (1 Credits)

    No description available.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus, Domestic Travel, Abroad
    Offered:
    May Term Only

  • PHIL-191 Introductory Topics (1 Credits)

    This introductory course in philosophy will examine basic topics in philosophy. The course is designed to teach basic philosophical skills as they relate to the major divisions of philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, politics, and aesthetics. The course may be based on a topic, a problem, or a survey of the field. May be repeated for credit. (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Fall Only, Offered Odd Years

  • PHIL-201 Symbolic Logic (1 Credits)

    An introduction to truth functional logic including truth tables, and natural deduction in propositional and predicate logic. (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Spring Only, Offered Odd Years

  • PHIL-212 Environmental Ethics (1 Credits)

    An introduction to environmental ethics. The course will focus on ethical questions concerning the relationship between humans and the environment. What is the environment? What is the appropriate relation between humans and the environment? Does technology help or hinder this relationship? What responsiblities do humans have with regard to natural resources? (Cross-listed with ENST-212). (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Spring Only

  • PHIL-221 Atheism & Belief (1 Credits)

    An examination of the fundamental questions concerning rationality and religious belief. The course addresses questions such as whether it is rational to believe in God and whether we can know anything about God, along with different ways of answering these questions and the different views of reason and religious faith the answers imply. (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Spring Only, Offered Odd Years

  • PHIL-223 Ethics and Medicine (1 Credits)

    An examination of ethical issues in medicine and the moral principles that might be employed to resolve ethical dilemmas. (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Fall Only

  • PHIL-241 Relig & Philosoph of China (1 Credits)

    An interdisciplinary examination of the philosophical and religious traditions of East Asia. Topics include the central ideas and practices of these traditions, their historical development, their styles of reasoning, and the relationship between religion and philosophy. (Cross-listed with RELG 241). (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Fall Only, Offered Even Years

  • PHIL-243 Indian Gods, Gurus, & Monsters (1 Credits)

    An examination of the philosophical traditions of South Asia. Topics include the central ideas of these traditions, their historical development, their styles of reasoning, and the relationship between religion and philosophy. (Cross-listed with RELG 243). (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Fall Only, Offered Odd Years

  • PHIL-251 Early Western Philosophy (1 Credits)

    An analysis of the history of Western thought from the rise of classical philosophy with the pre-Socratic philosophers and the pivotal figures of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, through the evolution of classical thought in Hellenistic philosophy. Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Fall Only, Offered Odd Years

  • PHIL-253 Medieval Philosophy (1 Credits)

    An examination of the ways in which thinkers in the middle ages developed the heritage of the classical world, produced a sophisticated intellectual heritage of their own, and laid the groundwork for modern philosophy. The course follows the development of medieval thought with special attention to the work of St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, as well as the pivotal work of Arabic-speaking philosophers such as Ibn Sina. (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Spring Only, Offered Even Years

  • PHIL-255 Modern Western Philosophy (1 Credits)

    A study of the attempts of thinkers such as Bacon,Hobbes, Descartes, Leibniz, Spinoza, Locke, Hume,and Kant to come to terms with the scientific, political and religious changes in the modern world. (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Fall Only, Offered Odd Years

  • PHIL-265 American Philosophy (1 Credits)

    The development of American philosophy from the colonial period to contemporary thinkers. Particular emphasis will be placed on the pragmatist tradition, including 19th-century thinkers such as Peirce, James, and Dewey, and contemporary figures such as Quine, Davidson, and Rorty. Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Fall Only, Offered Even Years

  • PHIL-266 Power, Language, Politics (1 Credits)

    An examination of contemporary French thinkers, such as Michel Foucault, Gilles Deleuze, and Jacques Derrida. Each of these thinkers represents an important aspect in the development of what has been variously called post-structuralist and postmodernist discourse as it has developed in France since the May 1968 student riots. The purpose of this course is to introduce the student to some important trends in French thought since 1968. Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Fall Only, Offered Even Years

  • PHIL-275H Asian Philosophy (1 Credits)

    No description available.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:

  • PHIL-277 IL: (1 Credits)

    No description available.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus, Domestic Travel, Abroad
    Offered:
    May Term Only

  • PHIL-290 Intermediate Topics (1 Credits)

    The study of a particular issue, theme, or philosopher of current interest. (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Fall Only, Offered Odd Years

  • PHIL-390 Sem: History of Philosophy (1 Credits)

    This advanced course in philosophy will examine a major figure or movement in the history of philosophy. The course is designed to build on previous philosophical skills, while adding a major research component. Figures and topics might include, Plato, Aristotle, Kant, Nietzsche, Stoicism, phenomenology, and pragmatism. May be repeated for credit. (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    One course in PHIL or permission. - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Spring Only

  • PHIL-391 Sem: Contemporary Philosophy (1 Credits)

    This advanced course in philosophy will examine a continuing problem in philosophy. The course is designed to build on previous philosophical skills, while adding a major research component. Problems examined might include language, mind, the one and the many, evil, race, and gender. May be repeated for credit. (1) Lecture: 3 hrs/wk.
    Requisites:
    One course in PHIL or permission. - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Fall Only

  • PHIL-415 Internship (0.5 Credits)

    A supervised placement in a business, non-profit, or social service agency in which philosophy is applied. May not be used to fulfill the 300-level or above requirement for the major or minor. 60 hrs for 1/2 unit. Graded pass/fail. (1/2)
    Requisites:
    Permisson - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:

  • PHIL-416 Internship (1 Credits)

    A supervised placement in a business, non-profit, or social service agency in which philosophy is applied. May not be used to fulfull the 300-level or above requirement for the major or minor. 120 hrs. (1) Graded Pass/Fail
    Requisites:
    Permission. - Must be completed prior to taking this course.
    None
    Locations:
    Main Campus
    Offered:
    Fall and Spring
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