Course	PHIL 103 Introduction to Philosophy
Professor	Garry Hagberg
CRN	15059
Schedule	Tu Th 3:00 -4:20 pm OLIN 204
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Humanities

Cross-listed: Classical 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.

Course	PHIL 210 Personhood in Modern Philosophy
Professor	Mary Coleman
CRN	15369
Schedule	Tu Th 11:30 - 12:50 pm PRE 128
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Humanities

Who am I? Am I the sum total of my experiences? Or am I something distinct from my experiences, the subject who has them? Am I the same person I was when I was three years old? If so, what is this me that I am still am? Would I continue to be the same person if I lost all of my memories of the past? Or if my personality changed radically? Is it conceivable that I could change bodies with another person and remain the same person I am now? Is it conceivable that I could survive the death of my body? We will focus on these and related questions about the nature of persons. We will study attempts to answer them by philosophers of one of the most fertile and influential periods in the history of Western philosophy, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Our readings will come from such philosophers as John Locke, David Hume, René Descartes, Joseph Butler, and Thomas Reid.

Course	PHIL 237 Symbolic Logic
Professor	William Griffith
CRN	15058
Schedule	Tu Fr 1:30 -2:50 pm HEG 300
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Humanities

Students will learn to use several different symbolic systems, some developed thousands of years apart, in order to formally test the validity of deductive arguments expressed in ordinary language of various levels of complexity. Beginning from the common notion of a valid argument the course progresses through: truth tables; a system of natural deduction for propositional logic, which is proven to be consistent and complete; Aristotelian logic - immediate inference, mediate inference, the square of opposition; Venn diagrams; monadic quantificational theory; general quantificational theory, including identity. At each level the interrelationship between formal systems, their consistency and completeness being kept in view, and their interpretation in English is stressed. The course ends with a discussion of the extension of such work into higher orders of logic and the foundations of mathematics and the surprise (at the time) of Gödel’s incompleteness proof. No Prerequisite.

Course	PHIL 242 Relativism
Professor	David Shein
CRN	15380
Schedule	Tu Th 4:30 –5:50 pm OLIN 301
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Humanities

A semester long investigation of relativism. The first half of the semester will focus on epistemic/cultural relativism and the second half will focus on moral/cultural relativism. While this will introduce us to several fundamental modes of philosophical inquiry (among them, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of language, and meta-ethics), the focus of the class will be a detailed exploration of relativism as a philosophical position. Authors to be read include: Richard Rorty, W.V. Quine, Thomas Kuhn, Bernard Williams, Peter Winch, and others.

Course	PHIL 261 The Philosophy of Plato
Professor	William Griffith
CRN	15057
Schedule	Tu Th 10:00 - 11:20 am OLIN 307
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Humanities

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, Phaidrus, The Symposium, Gorgias, Protagoras, Parmenides, and The Republic. (These selections may be adjusted according to the backgrounds and interests of the class.)

Course	PHIL 371 The Philosophy of Kant
Professor	Mary Coleman
CRN	15061
Schedule	Mon 1:30 -3:50 pm ASP 302
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Humanities

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.

Course	PHIL 385 Philosophy of Wittgenstein
Professor	William Griffith
CRN	15368
Schedule	Wed 1:30 -3:50 pm HEG 300
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Humanities

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.

Course	PHIL 393 Philosophy and the Arts
Professor	Garry Hagberg
CRN	15060
Schedule	Tu 7:00 -9:20 pm ASP 302
Distribution	OLD: A	NEW: Humanities

A detailed study of numerous questions concerning definition, evaluation, and perception as they arise throughout the arts. We will give close attenion to a number of classical, modern, and contemporary writings in the field as they illuminate the nature, significance, and value of our various aesthetic experiences in music, literature, and the visual arts. Intended primarily for students who are both moderated and who have had Philosophy 230, but exceptions are possible: please see instructor.