Courses: Philosophy (PHIL)College: Liberal Arts and Social Sciences

Any TCCN equivalents are indicated in square brackets [ ].

PHIL 1301: Introduction to Philosophy (formerly PHIL 1340)
[TCCN—PHIL 1301]
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ENGL 1303. An introduction to philosophy through consideration of such central issues as the nature and extent of knowledge and value, the objectivity of scientific and other theories, the rationality of theistic and atheistic belief, the problem of human freedom, the nature of rationality, and the nature of man himself.

PHIL 1305: Introduction to Ethics
[TCCN—PHIL 2306]
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ENGL 1303. A historical introduction to the main problems and questions of moral philosophy.

PHIL 1321: Logic I
[TCCN—PHIL 2303]
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: MATH 1310. (part of the core curriculum: Math/Reasoning). May not be taken for credit by students who already have credit for PHIL 2321. Techniques for analyzing statements and evaluating arguments, primarily through use of the apparatus of modern symbolic logic.

PHIL 1334: Introduction to the Mind
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ENGL 1303. Philosophical perspectives on issues from the recent sciences of the mind, such as: Is human psychology a product of evolution? Do thought and consciousness depend on language? What features of our visual world are constructed by our brains? Are emotions required for reasoning? How do cultures get communicated? Are mental illnesses brain diseases?

PHIL 1361: Philosophy and the Arts
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: ENGL 1303 or equivalent. Introduction to philosophical topics in the visual and performing arts, including criticism, interpretation, moral issues, and cultural contexts.

PHIL 1397: Selected Introductory Topics in Philosophy
Cr. 3. (3-0). May be repeated for credit when topics vary.

PHIL 2310: Critical Thinking
Cr. 3. (3-0). Analysis and construction of good reasoning. Application to practical problems; identification of premises, conclusions, and chains of reasoning in English prose; methods for detecting validity and invalidity of arguments.

PHIL 2321: Logic II
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PHIL 1321 or consent of instructor. Predicate logic with identity, and selected topics, including an introduction to metalogic.

PHIL 3304: History of Seventeenth Century Philosophy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. Philosophy of the seventeenth century: Descartes, Spinoza, Liebniz, and Locke.

PHIL 3305: History of Eighteenth Century Philosophy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. Philosophy of the eighteenth century: Hume, Berkeley, and Kant.

PHIL 3311: Human Nature and Linguistics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. Human nature and linguistic relativity; the biological, psychological, and logical notion of language; relationship of thought and language in children, adults, whales, apes, computers, and extraterrestrials.

PHIL 3321: Logic III
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PHIL 2321 or its equivalent. Formalized theories and their properties: consistency, completeness, and decidability.

PHIL 3324: Inductive Logic and Decision Theory (formerly 2324)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. An introduction to probabilistic reasoning: the assessment of nondeductive arguments, calculation with probabilities, the foundations of statistical inference, and rational decision making under uncertainty.

PHIL 3332: Philosophy of Language
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor.

PHIL 3333: Metaphysics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. Theories of being.

PHIL 3334: Philosophy of Mind
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: six semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. The mind body problem, perception, personal identity, consciousness, and freedom.

PHIL 3335: Theory of Knowledge
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. Theories of knowledge.

PHIL 3342: Philosophy of Mathematics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: PHIL 2321. The nature and existence of mathematical objects. Mathematical truth. Introduction of logicism, formalism, and intuitionism. Set-theoretical foundations of mathematics.

PHIL 3344: Philosophy of Science
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor.

PHIL 3348: Philosophy and Evolution
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. Implications of theories of evolution for ethics, epistemology, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science.

PHIL 3349: Philosophy of the Social Sciences
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: 3 hours in Philosophy or consent of instructor. Philosophical issues arising in such social sciences as psychology, archaeology, anthropology, and economics. May be repeated for credit with approval of department chair when topics vary.

PHIL 3350: Ethics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. Selected problems in moral philosophy.

PHIL 3351: Contemporary Moral Issues
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: 3 semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. Philosophical analysis of contemporary issues such as abortion, affirmative action, the treatment of animals, capital punishment, euthanasia, and famine relief.

PHIL 3354: Medical Ethics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. Moral problems in the practice of medicine and in the design of health care systems.

PHIL 3355: Political Philosophy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor.

PHIL 3356: Feminist Philosophy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. An investigation of the major issues and approaches of feminist philosophy.

PHIL 3357: Punishment
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. This course examines a range of philosophical theories of punishment, paying close attention to what these theories presume about human agency and responsibility.

PHIL 3358: Classics in the History of Ethics
Cr. 3. (3-0). Analysis of central works in the history of philosophical ethics, by selected authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Butler, Hume, Kant, Mill, and Sidgwick. May be repeated for credit with approval of department chair when authors vary.

PHIL 3361: Philosophy of Art
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor.

PHIL 3371: Depiction, Narration, and Critical Theory
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy not including PHIL 1321, PHIL 2321, or consent of instructor. Representation in the plastic and literary arts, and its relationship to critical theory.

PHIL 3374: Science and Religion
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. Historical relationship of science and religion, and how scientific theories might be thought to conflict with or support religious doctrines.

PHIL 3375: Law, Society, and Morality
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy. An introduction to philosophy of law. Topics include the nature, function, and moral evaluation of law and legal systems.

PHIL 3376: Philosophy and the Scientific Revolution
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: three semester hours in philosophy and junior standing, or consent of instructor. Philosophical issues at the heart of the scientific revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

PHIL 3377: Philosophy of Religion
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor.

PHIL 3378: Leibniz, Hume and Kant
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: three semester hours in philosophy and junior standing, or consent of instructor. Metaphysical and epistemological views of three major figures in early modern philosophy.

PHIL 3382: Medieval Philosophy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. Writings of influential Christian, Jewish, and Islamic medieval philosophers on issues such as the problem of evil, free will, God's existence, morality, and the basis of knowledge.

PHIL 3383: History of Ancient Philosophy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor.

PHIL 3386: History of Nineteenth Century Philosophy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in Philosophy or consent of instructor. Philosophy of the nineteenth century: Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard and Nietzsche.

PHIL 3387: History of American Philosophy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor.

PHIL 3388: History of Twentieth Century Philosophy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: three semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor.

PHIL 3395: Selected Topics in Philosophy (formerly 4395)
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisite: six semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit with approval of department chair.

PHIL 3398: Independent Study
Cr. 3 per semester. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

PHIL 3399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

PHIL 4198: Independent Study
Cr. 1 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

PHIL 4396: Seminar in Philosophic Problems
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: 12 semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit with approval of department chair.

PHIL 4397: Seminar in the History of Philosophy
Cr. 3. (3-0). Prerequisites: 12 semester hours in philosophy or consent of instructor. May be repeated for credit with approval of department chair

PHIL 4398: Independent Study
Cr. 3 per semester or more by concurrent enrollment. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

PHIL 4399: Senior Honors Thesis
Cr. 3 per semester. Prerequisite: approval of department chair.

 

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Catalog Publish Date: August 22, 2012
This Page Last Updated: April 11, 2013