PHILOSOPHY

CRN	90730	Distribution	A
Course No.	PHIL 101
Title	Introduction to Philosophy: Philosophical Questions
Professor	William Griffith
Schedule	Mon Th 4:30 pm - 5:50 pm ASP 302

An introduction to the problems, methods, and scope of philosophical inquiry. Among the philosophical questions to be discussed are those associated with morality, the law, the nature of mind, and the limits of knowledge. Philosophers to be read include Plato, Descartes, David Hume, William James, A.J. Ayer, Sartre, C.S. Lewis, and Lon Fuller.

CRN	90237	Distribution	A
Course No.	PHIL 103
Title	History of Philosophy
Professor	Garry Hagberg
Schedule	Tu Th 3:00 pm - 4:20 pm OLIN 205

Related interest: French Studies

A critical examination of the work of some major figures in the history of philosophy, emphasizing historical continuities and developments in the subject. Authors include Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Nietzsche, and Russell.

CRN	90238	Distribution	A
Course No.	PHIL 104
Title	Introduction to Philosophy: Multicultural Perspectives
Professor	Daniel Berthold-Bond
Schedule	Tu Th 11:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 205

Cross-listed: MES

This course is an introduction to such major themes in the history of philosophy as the nature of reality and our capacity to know it; issues of ethics and justice; and conceptions of how one should live. Readings will include selections from a diverse range of traditions, including Western, Hindu, Buddhist, Chinese, African, Native American, Latin American, and feminist texts.

CRN	90239	Distribution	A
Course No.	PHIL 109
Title	Introduction to Philosophy
Professor	Paula Droege
Schedule	Mon Wed 11:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 205

The history of Western philosophy exhibits the development of ideas through argument. The course will follow the development of several classic philosophical ideas: justice, knowledge, causation, and the existence of God. We will consider both contrast and continuity of thought from Plato to Kant and critically assess the contribution of each philosopher to the investigation of ideas.

CRN	90240	Distribution	A
Course No.	PHIL 213
Title	Nineteenth Century Continental Philosophy
Professor	Daniel Berthold-Bond
Schedule	Mon Wed 10:00 am - 11:20 am OLIN 205

Cross-listed: German Studies

Readings from Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, and Nietzsche. We will focus on how these writers explored such themes as the nature of consciousness, reality, value, and community; on their distinctive styles of authorship, and on their conceptions of the nature and role of philosophy itself.

CRN	90241	Distribution	A
Course No.	PHIL 230
Title	Philosophy and the Arts
Professor	Garry Hagberg
Schedule	Tu Th 11:30 am - 12:50 pm OLIN 102

Cross-listed: Integrated Arts

We will critically investigate a wide range of theories and problems in the philosophy of art, emphasizing issues of artistic meaning. Among the topics to be discussed are whether there exists an aesthetic experience unique to the art world; the nature of representation and mimetic theories of art; the role of expression in artistic definition and criticism; formalism and the form/content distinction; the logic of aesthetic evaluation and its relation to ethical argument; and subjectivity and objectivity in aesthetic perception. We will examine both classical and contemporary theories as they apply to questions arising out of architecture, dance, drama, film, literature, music, painting, and photography.

CRN	90242	Distribution	A
Course No.	PHIL 261
Title	The Philosophy of Plato
Professor	William Griffith
Schedule	Tu Fr 1:30 pm - 2:50 pm ASP 302

Cross-listed: Classical Studies

An introduction to Plato. Issues considered include the search for and illustration of a philosophical way of life; the ethics of living and dying; teaching values; love; rhetoric; and philosophy. Readings include: Euthyphro, The Apology, Crito, Phaedo, Meno, Phaedrus, The Symposium, Gorgias, Protagoras, Parmenides, and The Republic. (These selections may be adjusted according to the backgrounds and interests of the class.)

CRN	90243	Distribution	A
Course No.	PHIL 371
Title	The Philosophy of Kant
Professor	Daniel Berthold-Bond
Schedule	Mon 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm ASP 302

Cross-listed: German Studies

An introduction to one of the classic texts of western philosophy, Kant's magnum opus, The Critique of Pure Reason. Prerequisite: a previous course in philosophy and permission of the instructor.

CRN	90244	Distribution	A
Course No.	PHIL 385
Title	Philosophy of Wittgenstein
Professor	William Griffith
Schedule	Wed 1:30 pm - 3:50 pm ASP 302

Related interest: German Studies

A first reading of major works of one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth-century, Ludwig Wittgenstein. Readings: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, The Blue Book, and The Philosophical Investigations. Enrollment limited to 15. Permission of instructor required. Priority for admission will be given to students with upper college standing and/or a previous course in philosophy.