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Courses in the Philosophy
Department address such questions
as: What is knowledge? Do we have
free choice? Is there a God? How
are value judgments justified?
What is a person?
REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE PHILOSOPHY MAJOR
(8
credits)
PHIL
230
History of Philosophy: Ancient
and Medieval (1)
PHIL
231
History of Philosophy: Modern
(1)
*Five credits in Philosophy
(5)
PHIL
492
(W) Philosophy Senior Seminar:
Writing Philosophy (1)
*HUM
497
(W)
Humanities
Senior
Seminar
[crosslisted
with
CLHI
497
(W)]
may
be
used
as
one
of
these
credits
with
departmental
approval.
With
departmental
approval,
students
may
satisfy
this
requirement
by
taking
PHIL
490
Independent
Study
(1
credit).
Students
who
wish
to
pursue
the
option
of
an
independent
study
in
this
context
should
apply
to
the
department
and
submit
a
prospectus.
REQUIREMENTS
FOR THE PHILOSOPHY MINOR
(5
credits)
Three credits in Philosophy at
the 200 level or above (3)
Two additional credits in
Philosophy (2)
FACULTY
Sally
Markowitz,
Professor
of
Philosophy,
Chair
Anthony
Coleman,
Assistant
Professor
of
Philosophy
Louis
F.
Goble,
Professor
of
Philosophy
Randall
Havas,
Professor
of
Philosophy
Kenneth
Kirby,
Visiting
Assistant
Professor
of
Philosophy
Ivan
P.
Welty,
Assistant
Professor
of
Philosophy
COURSE
DESCRIPTIONS
PHIL
110
(AR)
Philosophical
Problems
(1)
A
general
introduction
to
the
problems
and
methods
of
philosophy
drawing
on
classic
and
contemporary
texts.
Areas
covered
include
metaphysics,
epistemology,
ethics,
logic
and
the
philosophy
of
religion.
Particular
emphasis
placed
on
analyzing,
evaluating
and
constructing
arguments.
Analyzing
Arguments,
Reasons
and
Values.
Every
semester.
Staff
PHIL
140
(QA)
Symbolic
Logic
(1)
The
construction
of
a
formal
system
including
a
truth-functional
and
a
predicate
calculus.
Rigorous
reasoning
about
the
properties
of
such
a
formal
system.
A
discussion
of
some
of
the
philosophical
problems
which
arise
from
a
consideration
of
this
system.
Quantitative
and
Analytical
Reasoning
non-starred.
Every
semester.
Goble
PHIL
150
(AR)
Reason
and
Value
in
Plato’s
Republic
(1)
In
the
Republic,
Plato
defines
the
life
of
virtue
against
a
skeptical
position
that
denies
any
significant
connection
between
morality
and
happiness.
Plato’s
defense
of
the
view
that
the
just
life
is
always
the
happiest
(and
that
injustice
always
makes
one
wretched)
involves
arguments
about
the
nature
of
the
soul,
the
meaning
of
happiness,
the
relation
of
individual
and
community,
the
nature
of
education,
the
limits
of
government
and
the
role
of
art
in
a
well-lived
life.
The
aim
of
this
course
is
to
examine
those
arguments
critically
and,
in
the
process,
to
deepen
our
understanding
of
what
is
involved
in
defending
moral
values
on
rational
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