School of Liberal Arts: Philosophy
2008-2009 Academic Year
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CONCENTRATION IN LAW, MORALITY, AND SOCIETY
For the concentration in Law, Morality, and Society the specific course
requirements are: the two course sequence in classics of political philosophy (211,
212); one course in critical thinking or logic (106 or 121); four other courses in
ethics, political philosophy or the philosophy of law (103, 105, 260, 334, 351,
355, 356, 358, 364, 365, 385, H499, H500, 604, 613, 615, 625, 629, 651, 652,
654, 674, 675, 676); one course outside of these areas at the 300 level or above.
At least two of these courses must be at the 600 level.
CONCENTRATION IN LANGUAGE, MIND, AND KNOWLEDGE
For the concentration in Language, Mind, and Knowledge the specific course
requirements are: the two course sequence in the history of philosophy (201, 202);
one course in logic (121, 304, or 607); five other courses in philosophy of
language, mind, or knowledge (104, 220, 312, 341, 342, 374, 375, 380, 387,
H499, H500, 609, 610, 612, 617, 618, 619, 662); one course outside of these areas
at the 300 level or above. At least two of these courses must be at the 600 level.
A minor in philosophy consists of five philosophy courses, three of which must be
above the 100 level.
PHIL 101 Introduction to Philosophy (3)
Staff. A general introduction to problems concerning knowledge, reality, and
conduct.
PHIL 102 Philosophies of the Self (3)
Staff. An examination of several theories of the nature of self and its relation to
society and to the world.
PHIL 103 Ethics (3)
Prof. Brower, Prof. Mack. A critical study of alternative theories of the good life,
virtue and vice, right and wrong, and their application to perennial and
contemporary moral problems.
PHIL 104 Beginning with Minds (3)
Prof. Bogdan. A topical introduction to philosophy which surveys historical and
current work in philosophy of mind and the study of cognition. The material
revolves around the reasons we have to attribute minds to people. We explore
several reasons for having a mind: the capacity for knowledge, innate
representations, language, consciousness, agency, control over the body, freedom
from natural causality. This course is particularly useful for those students
interested in the cognitive studies program, a coordinate major.