Spring 2022 Courses
PHIL 101: Logic
Joel Martinez TTH 9:40am-11:10am
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
Philip Barron MW 3:00pm-4:30pm
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 11:30am-12:30pm
Fundamental issues in moral philosophy and their application to contemporary life.
Prerequisites: None
PHIL 201: Philosophy of Religion
J. M. Fritzman MWF 9:10am-10:10am
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 215: Philosophy and the Environment
Jay Odenbaugh TTH 9:40am-11:10am
Investigation of philosophical questions about our relationship to the environment. Topics include the value of individual organisms, species, ecosystems; the concepts of wildness and wilderness; aesthetics of natural environments; and the relationship between ecological science and environmental policy.
Prerequisites: None
PHIL 217: Computer Ethics
Colin Patrick TTH 9:40am-11:10am
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 303: 19th Century Philosophy
J. M. Fritzman MWF 1:50pm-2:50pm
German Idealism: Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Hegel, as well as the reactions of philosophers such as Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Marx and Nietzsche.
Prerequisites: Any 100 or 200 level philosophy course or consent of instructor.
PHIL 313: Philosophy of Mind
Jay Odenbaugh TTH 1:50pm-3:20pm
The mind-body problem, mental causation, consciousness, intentionality, the content of experience, internalism and externalism about content, perception.
Prerequisites: PHIL 101. PHIL 250. PHIL 102 or one course in the history of philosophy sequence (PHIL 301 through PHIL 307) recommended.
Restrictions: Sophomore standing required
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. PHIL 250.
Restrictions: Sophomore standing required
Philosophy is located in room 2nd Floor of John R. Howard Hall on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 45
email phil@lclark.edu
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Chair Joel Martinez
Philosophy
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road MSC 45
Portland OR 97219