Topics may include the role of gender categories in the history of philosophy, theories of gender and sexual orientation, the politics of gender and...
Major questions in environmental ethics: How should human beings view their relationship to the rest of nature? Is responsible stewardship of the...
Examination of claims, concepts, theories and methods in parapsychology. Their scientific character and the relation of paranormal phenomena to...
Ethical and political issues in medicine, public health, biotechnology, and the life sciences. Topics may include reproductive ethics, research on...
An introduction to major philosophical issues concerning human cognition. Topics may include: the relation of mind to body, knowledge of other minds,...
Some of the central topics in the study of language and communication as pursued by linguists and philosophers. The nature of meaning; the connections...
An introduction to features of rational thinking activity, its expression, and its relation to the world, focusing on such topics as predication,...
Philosophical perspectives on personal identity, the self, and the underlying issue of the relationship of the mind to the body. Both philosophical...
An examination of psychological underpinnings of morality, focusing on studies at the intersection of philosophy, psychiatry, and psychology. ...
A philosophical examination of some characteristic concepts of religion, such as faith, hope, worship, revelation, miracle, God. Also listed as RELI...
Philosophical approaches to the study of art. Topics such as: the nature of art and artistic value; representation and symbolism in art; art and...
Ancient and modern techniques of persuasion from analytical, ethical and jurisprudential perspectives. Objectivity and bias, advertising and public...
A study of philosophers, texts, problems and issues in ancient philosophy, generally with a focus on Plato and Aristotle. Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit...
A study of the pre-Socratic Greek philosophers and of the Sophists and Socrates. Also listed as CLCV 3001. Prerequisite(s): PHIL 2005 or permission of...
European philosophy of the 17 th century. Representative works of writers such as Francis Bacon, Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Locke. ...
European philosophy of the 18 th century. Representative works of writers such as Berkeley, Hume, and Kant. Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit in philosophy...
European philosophy in the 19 th century. May include Hegel, Marx, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Mill. Precludes additional credit for PHIL...
A study of philosophers, texts, problems and issues in any period of European philosophy. Prerequisite(s): 0.5 credit in philosophy or second-year...
A study of philosophers, texts, and doctrines beyond the Western tradition. Traditions covered will vary but may include Asian, African, Muslim or...
Legal reasoning and analysis of concepts of particular significance to the law, including justice, rights and duties, liability, punishment, ownership...