Search Results:		Display:	Open + Closed     Just Open     Just Closed	View:	Regular     Condensed     Expanded
38 courses found.

PHILOSOPHY (L30)  (Dept. Info) Arts & Sciences  (Policies) FL2017 L30 Phil 100G Logic and Critical Analysis 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Introduction to the elementary tools of logic required for constructing and critically evaluating arguments and the claims they support. Topics include: the nature of an argument; argument structure; how arguments can fail both in structure and in content; formal and informal fallacies; propositional logic and predicate calculus; and critical analysis of rhetorical strategies for presenting arguments. Students will be encouraged to develop critical reasoning skills that can be widely applied. Attributes: A&S IQ: AN, NSMArt: NSMBU: HUM Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L84 105G Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 8:30A-10:00A Somers Family / 249 Heil Dec 14 2017 8:00AM - 10:00AM 45 39 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 M-W---- 2:30P-4:00P Eads / 215 Heil Dec 18 2017 3:30PM - 5:30PM 45 38 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 03 M-W---- 2:30P-4:00P McDonnell / 362 Hazlett Dec 18 2017 3:30PM - 5:30PM 41 34 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 102 Introduction to Scientific Reasoning 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course analyzes scientists' reasoning strategies. Case studies from the history of astronomy, epidemiology, molecular biology, and neuroscience, provide a basis for understanding of the character of scientific theories and the means by which they are evaluated. Special attention will be given to the construction and evaluation of statistical and causal hypotheses, including experimental design, and to the use of scientific knowledge in public policy decision-making. Students will acquire basic skills in critical thinking and scientific reasoning and an introductory understanding of issues in the philosophy of science. Attributes: A&S IQ: AN, NSMArt: NSMBU: HUM Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 8:30A-10:00A Somers Family / 249 Kvanvig Dec 15 2017 1:00PM - 3:00PM 35 6 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 1061 Introduction to Political Theory 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course offers an undergraduate level introduction to the field of political theory. We will focus on three major themes-social justice, power and freedom, and democracy-reading some canonical texts, such as Bentham's Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation and Marx's Capital, but emphasizing contemporary works, such as those of John Rawls, Michael Walzer, Michel Foucault, and Robert Dahl. Attributes: A&S IQ: SSCArt: FAAMBU: BAEN: S Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L32 106  L84 106  U25 106 Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 1:00P-2:30P Louderman / 458 McCollum Dec 20 2017 1:00PM - 3:00PM 100 57 0 Actions: Books L30 Phil 120F Problems in Philosophy 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Introduction to philosophical methods and concepts through an investigation of major issues in Western philosophy such as: what counts as knowledge; truth and belief; the existence of God; the mind-body problem; materialism and idealism; moral theory and concepts of justice. A range of historical and contemporary views on these issues will be considered. The aim of the course is to prepare students to think and write about philosophical problems on their own. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: ETHEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Twice Each Year / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 1:00P-2:30P Somers Family / 251 Staffel No final 45 44 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 M-W---- 11:30A-1:00P Somers Family / 249 Talbot No final 35 31 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 03 -T-R--- 8:30A-10:00A Life Sciences / 118 Brainard Dec 15 2017 1:00PM - 3:00PM 35 28 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 125C Great Philosophers 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: In this course we focus on some of the most important texts in the history of Western philosophy in order to discuss a wide range of central philosophical problems. We typically consider, for example, the existence of God, the justification of claims to knowledge, and the requirements of a good human life, including the demands of morality. Among the philosophers most likely to be studied are Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Kant, Mill, Marx, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein. Our goal is not just to appreciate the genius of some great philosophers but also to grapple with the current philosophical problems they have bequeathed to us. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, LCDArt: HUMBU: ETHEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Twice Each Year / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A McDonnell / 361 Brown No final 15 15 0 Desc: This is a special section of the "Great Philosophers" course, different in three ways. First, it is limited to FIRST-YEAR students. Second, it is limited to fifteen students. Third, it focuses on just two great philosophers, Plato, the greatest of them all, and Socrates, his inspiration. In a small, discussion-based seminar, we will carefully study a series of Plato's dialogues, each of them featuring Socrates, in order to think hard about what Socrates and Plato were proposing when they proposed that we should live philosophically. But the question of why we need philosophy will inevitably involve also the question of why so many people oppose it, and for that, we will start with a play by Aristophanes. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 M-W---- 8:30A-10:00A Life Sciences / 118 Hazlett Dec 14 2017 8:00AM - 10:00AM 35 10 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 03 M-W---- 10:00A-11:30A Life Sciences / 118 Povich Dec 18 2017 10:30AM - 12:30PM 35 9 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 131F Present Moral Problems 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArt: HUMBU: ETHEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L84 131F Frequency: Twice Each Year / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 8:30A-10:00A Seigle / 208 Wellman Dec 14 2017 8:00AM - 10:00AM 45 44 0 Desc: An investigation of a range of contemporary moral issues and controversies that draws on philosophical ethics and culturewide moral considerations. Topics may include: racism, world hunger, war and terrorism, the distribution of income and wealth, gender discrimination, pornography, free speech, lesbian and gay rights, abortion, euthanasia, capital punishment, and animals and the environment. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 M-W---- 2:30P-4:00P Somers Family / 251 Talbot No final 45 39 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 03 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A McDonnell / 362 Baril No final 35 31 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 202A Puzzles and Revolutions: Text and Tradition 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course introduces students to the history and philosophy of science. It counts toward the minor in Text and Tradition (T&T) and for IQ-17 Science and Society. The course examines major episodes in the history of science from at least two of four periods: ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern. This semester, we will investigate how the natural world was observed, manipulated, and given meaning by people from the ancient period to the Scientific Revolution. The questions under consideration include: What was the state of natural knowledge before each major change? What historical developments caused or enabled a transformation of that knowledge? What were the features and fortunes of the paradigm that emerged? By applying these questions to a few specific case studies, students will learn about the content and context of scientific knowledge, while also becoming familiar with various explanations as to how and why that knowledge changes over time. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, LCDArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L93 201a  L22 201A  L93 201A Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 2:30P-4:00P Eads / 216 Johnson See instructor 20 13 0 Actions: Books L30 Phil 233F Biomedical Ethics 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: A critical examination, in the light of contemporary moral disagreements and traditional ethical theories, of some of the moral issues arising out of medical practice and experimentation in our society. Issues that might be discussed include euthanasia, genetic engineering, organ transplants, medical malpractice, the allocation of medical resources, and the rights of the patient. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArt: HUMBU: ETHCFH: MHEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L84 233F  L85 233F Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 1:00P-2:30P Mallinckrodt / 302 Kurth No final 45 45 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 -T-R--- 2:30P-4:00P Busch / 202 Baril No final 40 36 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 03 M-W---- 11:30A-1:00P Somers Family / 251 Gardner See instructor 35 33 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 234F Business Ethics 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Study of the nature and justification of economic systems, business organizations, and business practices. Focus on contemporary business and the ideology it embodies. Discussion of moral problems arising in business includes both the analysis of structural factors that cause them and the evaluation of courses of action that might resolve them. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMBU: ETHEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 4:00P-5:30P Somers Family / 251 Talbot No final 35 31 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 235F Introduction to Environmental Ethics 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course is a general survey of environmental ethics. After examining some central theoretical approaches to ethics, we will address a range of ethical issues surrounding animal rights, biocentrism, corporate responsibility, climate change, future generations and sustainability, species extinction, and wilderness protection. University College students should enroll in Section 03. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArt: HUMBU: ETHEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L82 335F  L84 235F  U19 2352  U22 235F Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 4:00P-5:30P Umrath / 140 Schossberger No final 40 38 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. 02 M-W---- 4:00P-5:30P Eads / 204 Nunez See instructor 35 16 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 2401 Jewish Political Thought 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course uses the concepts of political theory to explore the diverse Jewish political tradition. While this tradition includes writing from and about the three historical periods of Jewish self-rule (including the modern state of Israel), most of the Jewish political tradition comes from the understand of politics as viewed from outsiders to mainstream communities. Additionally, Jewish political thought can be found through a Jewish community's self-understanding based on its interpretation of Jewish text and law by which it bound itself. Because we span over 2,000 years of recorded history, we will not attempt to discern a single "Jewish political thought" but rather look at JPT through the lens of familiar concepts of political theory. The fundamental questions we will explore are the relationship of the Jewish tradition to concepts such as authority, law, consent, sovereignty, and justice. We will ask how the Jewish tradition views government and the relationship between the authority of God and the authority of temporal powers. We will explore these questions through a range of materials that include both primary and secondary literature. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMBU: BAEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L57 240  L23 2400  L32 240  L75 2400 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Eads / 112 Rehfeld Dec 19 2017 6:00PM - 8:00PM 20 14 0 Actions: Books L30 Phil 2451 Love and Reason 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Love often seems dramatically unreasonable, and reason can seem coldly rational in a way that excludes any emotion, passion, or affiliation even akin to love. The supposed opposition between love and reason has been used by Christian and secular thinkers throughout modernity to organize ways of knowing and judging, and to criticize claims of faith, belief, and desire. But are love and reason really so distinct? What does it mean to say so, and why might someone make this claim? Can love be reasoned, and even reasonable? Can reason be aided by love, and even driven by it? How might different answers to these questions affect our understanding of other possibly unreasoned categories like faith, belief, and piety? This course offers an introduction to modern Christian thought and Western philosophy through these questions and themes. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L57 245  L23 2450 Frequency: Every 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 10:00A-11:30A Umrath / 140 Bialek No final 50 13 0 Actions: Books L30 Phil 297 Undergraduate Independent Study Var. Units (max = 6.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Prerequisites: Permission of the department. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA [TBA] No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed L30 Phil 299 Internship in Philosophy Var. Units (max = 3.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Students receive credit for a faculty-directed and approved internship. Registration requires completion of the Learning Agreement which the student obtains from the Career Center and which must be filled out and signed by the Career Center, the site supervisor, and the faculty sponsor prior to beginning internship work. Credit should correspond to actual time spent in work activities, e.g., 8-10 hours a week for 13 or 14 weeks to receive 3 units of credit; 1 or 2 credits for fewer hours. Attributes: Instruction Type: Internship/Practicum Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed 02 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. L30 Phil 315 Philosophy of Mind 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: An introduction to contemporary debates in the philosophy of mind, focusing on questions such as the following: What is a mind? Is the mind just the brain? Or are minds products of brains? Could an artificial device--a computing machine or a robot--have a mind? How can mental events have physical consequences? Prerequisites: one course in Philosophy at the 100 or 200-level, or permission of the instructor. Priority given to majors in Philosophy & PNP. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L64 315 Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Mallinckrodt / 302 Schechter See instructor 45 44 0 Desc: All students will be waitlisted. Priority given to Philosophy and PNP majors and minors. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 316 Mind and Morals 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course explores a number of issues at the intersection of ethics and cognitive science. Possible topics include: Are we rational? Do we know our own thoughts and motivations? Can one believe that one ought to do something without being motivated to do it? Do emotions impair or enhance our ability to reason? How do moral beliefs develop through childhood? Are traits such as intelligence and character unchangeable, and what implications follow if they are (or are not)? Does retaining my identity over time require having the same mind, and, if so, am I the same person now as I was as a child? Are non-human animals worthy of moral consideration? If brain activity is determined by causal laws, can we have free will? Prerequisites: one course in Philosophy at the 100 or 200-level, or permission of the instructor. Priority given to majors in Philosophy & PNP. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArt: HUMBU: ETHEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L64 316 Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 11:30A-1:00P Somers Family / 251 Doris Dec 18 2017 1:00PM - 3:00PM 45 43 0 Desc: All students will be waitlisted. Priority given to Philosophy and PNP majors and minors. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 321G Philosophy of Science 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Pivotal concepts common to empirical sciences are examined and clarified. These include: explanation, confirmation, prediction, systematization, empirical significance, and the relationship of all these concepts to the structure of scientific theory. Examples may be drawn from both contemporary and historical science, including the social, biological, and physical sciences. Students with a background in science are particularly encouraged to consider this course. Priority given to majors in Philosophy & PNP. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L64 321 Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 8:30A-10:00A Somers Family / 251 Plutynski Dec 15 2017 1:00PM - 3:00PM 35 6 0 Desc: All students will be waitlisted. Priority given to Philosophy and PNP majors and minors. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 331F Classical Ethical Theories 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Intensive readings of great works in the history of ethics, especially by Plato, Aristotle, Hume, Kant, and Mill. Topics may include: the sources of moral knowledge, the nature of practical moral judgment, the moral role of emotion and desire, weakness of will, moral autonomy, and the universality of moral norms. Prerequisites: one course in Philosophy at the 100 or 200-level, or permission of the instructor. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArt: HUMBU: ETHEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L84 331F Frequency: Every 1 or 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 4:00P-5:30P Somers Family / 249 Kurth No final 35 8 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 340F Social and Political Philosophy 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Study of certain fundamental issues concerning government, society, and culture. For example: what are the nature and limits of legitimate political authority? Are ordinary human beings capable of governing themselves justly? Do citizens have a duty to obey the state? If so, to what extent, if at all, is that duty grounded in consent or contract? Should the state limit or regulate the personal relationships of citizens, such as marriage, family, and sexuality? How should social institutions rectify a history of political or social injustice against oppressed groups? Readings from historical and contemporary sources. Prereqs: one course in Philosophy at the 100 or 200-level, or permission of the instructor. Priority given to majors in Philosophy & PNP. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArt: HUMBU: ETH, HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L84 340F Frequency: Every 1 or 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 1:00P-2:30P Seigle / 208 Wellman Dec 20 2017 1:00PM - 3:00PM 35 27 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 347C Ancient Philosophy 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: An examination of the high-water marks of philosophy in ancient Greece and Rome, focusing primarily on Plato and Aristotle. A wide range of philosophical problems will be discussed, including the nature of the good life, the justification of knowledge, and the ultimate nature of mind and world. Attention will be paid to how these problems unfolded in their historical context and to how the ancient treatments of them compare to contemporary efforts. Prerequisites: one course in Philosophy at the 100 or 200-level, or permission of the instructor. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, LCDArt: HUMBU: ETHEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L08 347C  L23 356C Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 1:00P-2:30P Life Sciences / 118 Brown Dec 19 2017 1:00PM - 3:00PM 35 25 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 3481 Introduction to Metaphysics 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This course is an introduction to central debates of contemporary analytic metaphysics. Metaphysics is concerned with the nature of the most general kinds of things and the relationship between these things. We will discuss the nature of and relationship between properties, material objects, persons, time, space, and modality. Prereqs: one course in Philosophy at the 100 or 200-level, or permission of the instructor. Priority given to majors in Philosophy & PNP. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every 1 or 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Somers Family / 249 Kvanvig Dec 19 2017 6:00PM - 8:00PM 35 20 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 349C Descartes to Hume 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: An examination of major philosophical systems and problems in Modern Philosophy as presented in the original writings of the 17th and 18th centuries. Topics may include rationalism and empiricism, idealism, materialism, and skepticism, with readings selected from the continental rationalists, Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz, and from the British empiricists, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. Central problems include the mind-body problem, representationalism, and transcendentalism. Prereqs: one course in Philosophy at the 100 or 200-level, or permission of the instructor. Priority given to majors in Philosophy & PNP. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, LCDArt: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every 1 or 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 1:00P-2:30P Eads / 212 Des Chene Dec 19 2017 1:00PM - 3:00PM 14 2 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 3507 Legal Conflict in Modern American Society 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Thousands of lawsuits are filed daily in the state and federal courts of the United States. The disputes underlying those lawsuits are as messy and complex as the human, commercial, cultural and political dynamics that trigger them, and the legal processes and analytical constructs for resolving those disputes are expensive, time-consuming and, for most citizens, seemingly impenetrable. At the same time law and legal conflict permeate public discourse in the United States to a degree that is unique in the world, even among the community of long-established democracies. The overarching objective of the course is to prepare our undergraduate students to participate constructively in that discourse by providing them with a conceptual framework for understanding both the conduct and resolution of legal conflict by American legal institutions, and the evolution of - - and values underlying - - the substantive law American courts apply to those conflicts. This is, at core, a course in the kind of legal or litigation "literacy" that should be expected of the graduates of first-tier American universities. Some of the legal controversies that will be used to help develop that "literacy" include those surrounding the permissible use of lethal force in self-defense, the constitutionality of affirmative action in university admissions, the enforceability of presidential travel bans; contracts that are unconscionably one-sided, sexual harassment in the workplace, the duty of landlords to prevent criminal assaults on their tenants, groundwater pollution alleged to cause pediatric cancers, and warrantless searches of cellphone locator data by police. Sophomore standing is strongly recommended for enrollment in this course. Attendance mandatory during the first week of classes. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArch: HUMArt: HUMBU: BA, ETH, HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPU Fees: Course Type: Ident Same As: L98 3507  L32 3507  L84 3507 Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W-F-- 10:00A-11:30A Eads / 116 Cannon Dec 18 2017 10:30AM - 12:30PM 25 25 0 Actions: Books L30 Phil 358 Conceptual Foundations of Modern Science 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: We tend to associate certain ideas with "science". Science is "objective," it involves empirical investigations of the natural world, specific methods, the development of theories, or more precisely, the identification of laws of nature. But, one could press these common sense generalizations a bit more: What does it mean to say science is objective" - are scientists objective, and what does that mean, exactly? Are the methods of science objective, and exactly what does that mean? Can objectivity come by degrees? Is there a "hard and fast" distinction between science and non-science, or perhaps pseudo-science? What really makes something "science"? This course is an introduction to exactly these questions. We will read texts in the history and philosophy of science. The philosophy of science is an exploration of the methods and aims of scientific inquiry. Philosophers of science have increasingly stressed the importance of close examination of episodes in the history of science in order to ground their explorations. So, a good part of the course will involve critical examination of concrete examples from different periods in the history of scientific ideas, and different scientific disciplines. Readings in history of science will vary by semester, but we will likely focus two periods: the "Scientific Revolution" (late 1500s to 1700) and the "Darwinian revolution" (1859-1930 or so). Prerequisites: one course in Philosophy at the 100 or 200-level, or permission of the instructor. Priority given to majors in Philosophy & PNP. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L64 3581 Frequency: Every 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 10:00A-11:30A Life Sciences / 118 Plutynski Dec 18 2017 1:00PM - 3:00PM 35 3 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 390 Philosophical Writing 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This is a writing-intensive course concentrating on the writing, analysis, and criticism of philosophical arguments, as well as the research methods of philosophy. Our focus will be on the details of writing a scholarly essay, including finding appropriate topics, properly taking into account the current state of research, and presenting one's ideas in the appropriate style. The topic of the class will be recent work in the epistemology of knowledge. Prerequisite: One course in Philosophy. Limited to 15 students. Priority will be given to philosophy majors and minors who have not yet completed their Writing Intensive requirement; and PNP Majors. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUM, WIBU: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T-R--- 1:00P-2:30P Eads / 205 Sorensen No final 18 14 0 Desc: Priority given to Philosophy and PNP majors and minors. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 397 Undergraduate Independent Study Var. Units (max = 6.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Prereq: Permission of department. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA [TBA] No final 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed 02 TBA TBA [TBA] See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed L30 Phil 4065 Advanced Philosophy of Language 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: An advanced-level treatment of basic topics in the philosophy of language as this discipline is understood in the analytic tradition. The main positions and the problems they pose will be surveyed; focal themes include meaning, reference, and truth. The aim of the course is to help students develop effective expository techniques and to provide them with the necessary conceptual resources to analyze and criticize different theoretical views. Prerequisites: one course in Philosophy at the 300-level, graduate standing, or permission of the instructor. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArt: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L44 4065  L64 4065 Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 4:00P-7:00P Wilson / 104 Sorensen No final 20 6 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 4141 Advanced Epistemology 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This class is provides an introduction to some central topics in formal epistemology. Formal epistemology is a relatively recent branch of epistemology, which uses formal tools such as logic and probability theory in order to answer questions about the nature of rational belief. We will consider questions such as: How should rational thinkers cope with uncertainty? Can two people with the same evidence disagree about a matter and both be rational? While the class has no prerequisites, a basic familiarity with propositional logic will be helpful. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArt: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: L64 4141 Frequency: Every 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 4:00P-7:00P Wilson / 104 Staffel No final 20 8 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 4142 Advanced Metaphysics 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Through readings from both classical and contemporary sources, a single traditional metaphysical concern will be made the subject of careful and detailed analytic attention. Possible topics include such concepts as substance, category, cause, identity, reality, and possibility, and such positions as metaphysical realism, idealism, materialism, relativism, and irrealism. Prerequisites: one course in Philosophy at the 300-level, graduate standing, or permission of the instructor. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArt: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 -T----- 1:00P-4:00P Wilson / 104 Heil See instructor 20 5 0 Desc: priority given to Philosophy and PNP graduate students and majors/minors Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 438 Aesthetics 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: A careful consideration of selected issues regarding the experience of visual art, architecture, music, or literature, as well as of the power or beauty of nature, people, and artifacts. For example, is there a special form of aesthetic experience or aesthetic attitude? In what do aesthetic power and beauty consist? Are they different in art and nature? Do the artists' intentions matter? Some central concerns are: how do visual art and literary texts have 'meaning', what role do the viewer's or reader's interpretations play, and how might recent work in cognitive science and social theory shed light on these issues? Prerequisites: one course in Philosophy at the 300-level, graduate standing, or permission of the instructor. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArt: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M------ 4:00P-7:00P Wilson / 104 Driver See instructor 20 17 0 Actions: Books L30 Phil 4570 Kant's Critique of Pure Reason 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: An in-depth investigation of Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, one of the most important books in the history of Western philosophy. Some supplementary readings from other philosophers will be used to situate Kant's work in a systematic and historical context, to present some 'Kantian' positions in current philosophy, and to bring in some important contrasting views and criticisms. Prerequisites: one course in Philosophy at the 300-level, graduate standing, or permission of the instructor. Attributes: A&S IQ: HUMArt: HUMEN: H Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every 2 Years / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 --W---- 2:00P-5:00P Wilson / 212 Des Chene Dec 14 2017 6:00PM - 8:00PM 10 9 0 Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 497 Undergraduate Independent Study Var. Units (max = 6.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Prereq: Permission of the department. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: None / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Wellman No final 1 1 0 Actions: Books 02 TBA TBA Rollins No final 1 0 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed 03 TBA TBA Russell No final 1 0 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed 04 TBA TBA Craver See instructor 1 0 0 Actions: Books L30 Phil 499 Study for Honors 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Prerequisites: senior standing, a 3.4 minimum grade point average overall, a 3.4 minimum grade point average in philosophy courses, a 3.5 grade point average in Advanced Philosophy courses, level 300 and above, and the permission of the department. Applications and further information are available in the Department of Philosophy. See further: artsci.wustl.edu/~philos/undergrad/honors.html Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Wellman See department 1 1 0 Actions: Books 02 TBA TBA Evans Default - none 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 03 TBA TBA [TBA] Default - none 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed 04 TBA TBA [TBA] Default - none 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed L30 Phil 500 Independent Work Var. Units (max = 6.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: PREREQUISITE, SENIOR STANDING AND PERMISSION OF THE DEPARTMENT. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Baxley See department 0 0 0 Actions: Books Waits managed by dept. 02 TBA TBA Brown See department 1 1 0 Actions: Books 03 TBA TBA Kvanvig See department 1 1 0 Actions: Books 04 TBA TBA Evans Default - none 1 1 0 Actions: Books 05 TBA TBA Plutynski No final 2 2 0 Actions: Books L30 Phil 502 Proseminar in Philosophy: 3.0 Units Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: This seminar is open to all and only first-year philosophy graduate students. The chief aim of the seminar is to improve students' philosophical skills, especially their philosophy writing skills. Open to first year graduate students at Washington University. Attributes: Instruction Type: Classroom instruction Grade Options: C Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Annually / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 M-W---- 2:30P-4:00P Wilson / 104 Driver No final 5 5 0 Desc: Limited to first year Philosophy and PNP graduate students. Actions: Books Syllabus Syllabi are provided to students to support their course planning; refer to the syllabus for constraints on use. L30 Phil 504 Tutorial in Philosophy 0.0 Unit Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: Manditory attendance required for graduate students in Philosophy and PNP. Weekly presentations by faculty members with a discussion in the latter half of meeting. Undergraduates majoring in Philosophy or PNP are encouraged to attend. Attributes: Instruction Type: Independent study, tutorial, or other Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Unpredictable / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 ---R--- 4:00P-6:00P Busch / 100 Mallon No final 50 0 0 Actions: Books L30 Phil 590 Research Var. Units (max = 12.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: (Master's level). Attributes: Instruction Type: Dissertation/Research Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Plutynski See department 4 3 0 Actions: Books L30 Phil 591 Research Var. Units (max = 12.0) Details Save  Cancel   My Note:   Description: (Doctoral level). Attributes: Instruction Type: Dissertation/Research Grade Options: CPA Fees: Course Type: Home Same As: N/A Frequency: Every Semester / History Sec Days       Time Building / Room Instructor Final Exam Seats Enroll Waits 01 TBA TBA Wellman See department 1 0 0 Actions: Books 02 TBA TBA Driver See department 2 1 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed 03 TBA TBA Des Chene See instructor 1 0 0 Actions: Books Waits Not Allowed 05 TBA TBA Doris Default - none 1 1 0 Actions: Books 06 TBA TBA Craver Default - none 1 0 0 Actions: Books