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Call
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Days
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Times
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Location
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Instructor
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| 8198-
A |
MTWRF |
9:25-10:40
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Tribble
A306 |
Matthews
Grant |
| 8200-
C |
MTWRF |
10:50-12:05 |
Tribble
A306 |
Matthews
Grant |
This course
provides us with an opportunity to consider some competing understandings
of the nature and extent of human knowledge, of the ultimate make-up
of reality, and of what constitutes human happiness and the good
life for human beings. We will do so through the examination of
several important figures in the history of philosophy, along
with two contemporary philosophers. One goal is to come to an
appreciation of the extent to which the ideas of philosophers
have shaped the way we view ourselves and the world. Another goal
is to discover how questions concerning human knowledge have a
bearing on our understanding of the nature of reality (and vice
versa), and how the positions we take concerning both knowledge
and reality bear on our understanding of how we should live our
lives. Yet another goal is to begin to think critically about
the various positions under consideration, so that we might advance
in our understanding of the good, the true, and the beautiful
(if there are such things).
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Call
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Days
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Times
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Location
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Instructor
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| 8199
- B |
MTWRF |
9:25-10:40 |
Tribble
A307 |
Hannah
Hardgrave |
Plato's Republic,
Descartes' Discourse on Method, Kant's Grounding of the Metaphysics
of Morals and Mill's Utilitarianism provide the framework for
this course. A detailed understanding of the views of these four
major philosophers will include not only the reasons they give
to justify their claims, but also their place in the Western Critical
Tradition - how they came to propose their ideas as well as the
criticisms by their successors. The historical understanding of
these philosophical claims will be the background for their application
to a critical analysis of selected films. Class discussions will
focus on films to be shown in class while topics for the assigned
papers will require a viewing of films outside of class. In addition
to the three papers, there will be short quizzes on the parts
of the reading relevant to the issues illustrated by the films.
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Call
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Days
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Times
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Location
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Instructor
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| 8204
- D |
MTWRF |
12:15-1:30
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Tribble
A306 |
Clark
Thompson |
We will study
the following questions in political, social, ethical, and religious
thought: Do we have an obligation to obey the law? What is the
extent of the legitimate authority of government in matters of
religion? Have the arts and sciences promoted moral progress,
or have they contributed to moral decline? What is the relation
between morality and religion? Can God's existence and attributes
be established by appeal to the existence of design in nature?
Is the existence of an all-powerful, all-knowing, and benevolent
God consistent with the existence of suffering and moral evil?
What makes an act morally right?
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Call
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Days
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Times
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Location
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Instructor
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| 8670
- A |
MTWRF
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9:25-10:40 |
Tribble
A306 |
Douglas
Carriker |
| 8671
- B |
MTWRF |
10:50-12:05 |
Tribble
A306 |
Douglas
Carriker |
The first and
lengthiest portion of this course will survey the history of Western
philosophy from the sixth century B. C. to the present, with particular
attention to the writings of Plato and Descartes. In the last
several class periods, the approach will become less historical
and more systematic, as distinctions and arguments that may have
seemed to be of mere antiquarian interest will be applied to a
topic of continuing and lively debate, namely, the question of
whether God exists.
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Call
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Days
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Times
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Location
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Instructor
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| 8681
- C |
MTWRF |
10:50-12:05 |
Tribble
A307 |
Eric
Brandon |
This course
aims to give both an historical and a thematic introduction to
some of the central problems of philosophy. Issues such as virtue,
the good life, the role of reason in human life, freedom of the
will, the origin of evil, the existence of God, and the nature
of knowledge will be explored through the use of classical texts.
These texts are categorized in four historical periods: Ancient,
Medieval, Early Modern, and Modern. Within each period the readings
will concentrate on problems which were especially pertinent to
the particular historical period in question. The aim of the course
is not to give a comprehensive survey of western philosophy. Instead,
the goal is to challenge students to think deeply about philosophical
problems by reading a few texts as intensively as possible.
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Call
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Days
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Times
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Location
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Instructor
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| 8681
- D |
MTWRF
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12:15-1:30 |
Tribble
A306 |
Clark
Thompson |
We will study the following questions in political, social, ethical,
and religious thought: Do we have an obligation to obey the law?
What is the extent of the legitimate authority of government in
matters of religion? Have the arts and sciences promoted moral
progress, or have they contributed to moral decline? What is the
relation between morality and religion? Can God's existence and
attributes be established by appeal to the existence of design
in nature? Is the existence of an all-powerful, all-knowing, and
benevolent God consistent with the existence of suffering and
moral evil? What makes an act morally right?
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