Spring 2024 Courses

PHIL 101: Logic 
Colin Patrick, MWF 10:20AM - 11:20AM
Analyses of arguments with an emphasis on formal analysis. Propositional and predicate calculus, deductive techniques, and translation into symbolic notation.
Prerequisites: None. 

PHIL 102: Introduction to Philosophy
Eli Lichtenstein, MWF 9:10AM - 10:10AM
Introduction to problems and fields of philosophy through the study of major philosophers’ works and other philosophical texts. Specific content varies with instructor.
Prerequisites: None.

PHIL 103: Ethics
Colin Patrick, MWF 12:40PM - 01:40PM
Fundamental issues in moral philosophy and their application to contemporary life.
Prerequisites: None.

PHIL 201: Philosophy of Religion
Joel Martinez, TTH 9:40AM - 11:10AM
Issues in classical and contemporary philosophical examinations of religion such as arguments for the
existence of God, religious experience, religious faith, the problem of evil.
Prerequisites: None.

PHIL 217: Topics: Phenomenology & Existentialism
Phillip Barron, MW 3:00PM - 4:30PM 
Introduces students to philosophy through a specific theme or topic. Students investigate how philosophy is represented and enacted in a specific area as well as by participating in its enactment. Possible topics include philosophy and existentialism, philosophy and Latin America, philosophy and literature, philosophy and race, gender, class.
Prerequisites: None.

PHIL 307: Recent Continental Philosophy
J. M. Fritzman, MWF 12:40PM - 01:40PM
Key movements such as psychoanalysis, phenomenology, hermeneutics and existentialism, structuralism, Marxism, poststructuralism and deconstruction, critical theory.
Prerequisites: Any 100- or 200-level philosophy course.

PHIL 314: Ethical Theory
Joel Martinez, TTH 11:30AM - 1:00PM
The main systematic approaches to issues in moral philosophy. Meta-ethics: meaning of moral terms, relativism, subjectivism, ethics and science, social contract theory. Normative ethics: deontological duties, utilitarianism, virtue and character, egoism, rights, natural law, justice, blameworthiness, excuses.
Prerequisites: PHIL 102 or PHIL 103 and PHIL 250.

PHIL 451: The Story of Indian Philosophy (Philosophical Studies: History of Philosophy)
J.M. Fritzman, MWF 1:50PM - 2:50PM
Advanced study of movements and philosophers discussed in 300-level history of philosophy courses. May be repeated with change of topic.
Prerequisites: PHIL 101. PHIL 250. One 300-level philosophy course.