Philosophy

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Professor den Ouden (emeritus)
Associate Professor Moen (Chair)
Assistant Professor Tucker

Writing Requirement

In accordance with Arts and Sciences policy, writing assignments in upper-level philosophy courses involve a minimum of 3,000 words of college-standard English. Because of the importance placed by the department on clarity of language as essential to clarity of thought, most courses involve writing assignments in excess of the minimum. All major writing assignments are criticized and returned for revision.

Programs

• Philosophy, B.A.

• Philosophy Minor

Courses

• PHI 101 - Critical Eras in Philosophy
• PHI 102 - Ethics and Society
• PHI 103 - Philosophy and the Arts
• PHI 110 - Introduction to History of Western Philosophy
• PHI 190 - Special Topics in Philosophy
• PHI 210 - Individual and Society
• PHI 213W - Philosophical Writing
• PHI 215 - Practical Reasoning
• PHI 220 - Introduction to Symbolic Logic
• PHI 230W - Ethical Problems
• PHI 232 - Biomedical Ethics
• PHI 233 - Organizational Ethics
• PHI 240 - Philosophy of Religion I
• PHI 250 - Philosophy of Love and Sexuality
• PHI 260W - Language and Form
• PHI 265 - Studies in Native American Philosophy
• PHI 270W - Mind and Nature
• PHI 271 - Introduction to Philosophy of Science
• PHI 280 - Introduction to Eastern Philosophy
• PHI 282 - Classical Philosophy: Greece and Rome
• PHI 283 - Rationalists and Empiricists
• PHI 290 - Special Topics in Philosophy
• PHI 318 - Maimonides in Historical Context
• PHI 340 - Philosophy of Religion II
• PHI 350 - Ethics of Gender and Sexuality
• PHI 361 - Philosophy of Language and Theory of Meaning
• PHI 372 - The Postmodern Impulse
• PHI 380 - Nineteenth-Century Continental Philosophy
• PHI 381 - Classic American Philosophy
• PHI 382 - Twentieth-Century Philosophy
• PHI 383W - Gender, Knowledge, and Values
• PHI 384 - Islamic Philosophy
• PHI 390 - Special Topics in Philosophy
• PHI 450 - Problems in Philosophy
• PHI 460 - Honors Thesis
• PHI 461 - Honors Thesis
• PHI 470 - Independent Study in Philosophy
• PHI 471 - Independent Study in Philosophy
• PHI 472 - Independent Study in Philosophy
• PHI 480 - Special Problems in Philosophy
• PHI 481 - Special Problems in Philosophy
• PHI 490 - Special Topics in Philosophy
• PHI 491W - Seminar: Art Theory and Methodology