Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022 | Page 268

Course Name
Long Title
Min Credits
Description
Requisites
This course introduces the study and practice of inductive and
PHL-240
Logic
3
deductive reasoning with consideration given to such topics as truth , validity , and propositional logic .
PHL-250
Philosophy of Science
3
This course examines the nature of science and its relationship to technology and human responsibility as revealed in the works of scientists and philosophers .
PHL-299
Selected Topics in Philosophy
3
This course offers a detailed study of a specialized subject area that will vary based on student / faculty interest . The topic , course structure and instructor will be announced prior to pre- registration . There are no prerequisites .
PHL-302
St . Augustine ' s Confession
3
This courses will focus on Augustine ' s Confessions in it ' s entirely . It will provide an extensive analysis covering a variety of philosophical branches and topics that converge on the problem the human condition and the relationship of the self to others and God . Topics include the nature of conversion , free will , the internal conflict of the soul , the nature of conscience , the problem of evil , the relationship between temporality and eternity , and love .
PHL-305
Contemporary Philosophy
3
PHL-308
Political Philosophy
3
PHL-310
Philosophy of Education
3
PHL-313
Modern Philosophy
3
This course studies the thought of contemporary philosophers such as Sartre , Heidegger , Wittgenstein , Rorty and Quine . It can take either a philosopher-based approach or a thematic approach concerning issues in epistemology , metaphysics , and related areas .
This course looks critically at political democracy . Readings from philosophy and the social sciences explore political institutions , individualism and attempts to renew community life . ( May be taken for sociology credit ). This course offers a philosophical investigation of the basic principles , aims and human values involved in the process of education . It examines major educational philosophies as well as contemporary issues in this area . This course analyses the works of authors such as Descartes , Spinoza , Leibniz , Locke , Hume , Kant and Hegel . It examines notions such as certainty , freedom , substance , concepts , and sensations in the modern period . The latter is discussed as a response to medieval and Renaissance philosophy .