Explores three major topics in philosophy using the tools of philosophical argument and analysis. Content, readings, and assignments vary by section and instructor. Credit not awarded for both PHIL 1110 and versions of the course offered as PHIL 1010 to 1029.
Study of the basic principles of deductive inference.
Explores central themes in ethics, such as what our most fundamental obligations are, using the tools of philosophical argument and analysis. Content, readings, and assignments vary by section and instructor. Credit not awarded for both PHIL 1600 and versions of the course offered as PHIL 1010 to 1029.
Explores topics concerning the ethical dimensions of eating, such as the ethical status of contemporary food-production techniques, using the tools of philosophical argument and analysis. Content, readings, and assignments vary by section and instructor. Credit not awarded for both PHIL 1635 and versions of the course offered as PHIL 1010 to 1029.
Explores explores issues concerning death and dying, such as whether it makes sense to fear death, using the tools of philosophical argument and analysis. Content, readings, and assignments vary by section and instructor. Credit not awarded for both PHIL 1675 and versions of the course offered as PHIL 1010 to 1029.
By engaging a diverse range of philosophical topics, students will work on carefully and responsibly interpreting philosophical texts and critically engaging with the ideas and arguments presented therein. Students will develop their ability to clearly, concisely, and accurately explaining philosophical ideas and arguments, both in speech and in writing. Prerequisite: One course in Philosophy.
Exploration of topics in environmental ethics, such as the ethical crisis of climate change and human obligations to non-human animals and ecosystems. May repeat for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: One course in Philosophy or Environmental Studies. Cross-listed with: ENVS 2250.
Analytic philosophy is the most common kind of philosophy practiced today in English. Focuses on the figures who helped create analytic philosophy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with particular attention to metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mathematics. Explores how these philosophers tried to root philosophical analysis in logic and make it precise, as well as the limits they found to their methods. Prerequisites: One course in Philosophy, PHIL 1400 recommended.
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Undergraduate student service as a teaching assistant, usually in an introductory level course in the discipline, for which credit is awarded. Offered at department discretion.
In-depth study of such topics as vagueness, the nature of time, persistence of objects and people through change, and whether numbers or properties exist. May be repeated for credit with different content. Topics vary by offering; periodic offering at intervals that may exceed four years. Prerequisite: One course in Philosophy at the 2000-level.
An examination of issues in the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Prerequisite: One Philosophy course at the 2000-level.
College honors thesis or other department/program honors, under the supervision of a faculty member. Offered at department discretion.