2005-07 Catalog
(Volume XLV * May 2005)

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Section VII: Courses of Instruction

Philosophy

PHIL 101. Introduction to Philosophy (3)
An introductory consideration of language, meaning, and inference; of knowledge, truth, and certainty; of types (schools) of philosophy; of arguments regarding the existence of God; and of values.

PHIL 210. Social Philosophy (3)
Analysis of theories of the nature of humans, social institutions, social ethics, social purposes, patterns of relationship, and the problem of freedom and regulation.

PHIL 304. Philosophy of Religion (3)
An analysis of certain elements of religious thought. Problems of religious language, knowledge and faith, and the existence of God and evil will be examined from various religious perspectives.

PHIL 305. History of Philosophy (3)
Survey of the major movements in philosophy from ancient Greece to the 20th century.

PHIL 306. Twentieth-Century Philosophy (3)
Emphasis on pragmatism, existentialism, and analytic philosophy.

PHIL 315. Ethics (3)
Problems of choice within the context of society as considered by representatives of various philosophical and Christian traditions.

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