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| Topics in Philosophy | |||
| TOPICS IN PHIL | |||
| CLASS CODE: | PHIL 497R | CREDITS: 3 | |
| DIVISION: | LANGUAGE & LETTERS | ||
| DEPARTMENT: | HUMANITIES & PHILOSOPHY | ||
| GENERAL EDUCATION: | This course does not fulfill a General Education requirement. | ||
| DESCRIPTION: | Intensive study of a philosophical period, figure, or topic through close readings of primary and secondary texts. Includes a major research and writing project. |
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| TAUGHT: | Winter | ||
| CONTENT AND TOPICS: | Sample topics: Medieval philosophy, the Presocratics, Plato, Kierkegaard, Wittgenstein, Existentialism, philosophy of law, philosophy of mind, virtue ethics, philosophical logic, space and time. |
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| GOALS AND OBJECTIVES: | The purpose of this course is two-fold: First, to help students to develop a deeper and more thorough understanding of a period, figure, movement, or topic in philosophy than is possible in more general courses. Second, to give students the confidence and the tools to carryout such study and research on their own. |
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| REQUIREMENTS: | Major Research Project Research Paper Presentations Oral Examination Annotated Bibliography Presentations |
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| EFFECTIVE DATE: | August 2001 | ||