Burke Townsend, Chair
Philosophy is the search for an understanding of how the world
as a whole hangs together and of how we are to assume our place
in the world. Philosophy pursues its goal first of all historically.
It is the trustee of the heritage of great philosophical texts,
and it engages those texts in a conversation with contemporary
problems. Second, philosophy turns to the contemporary world
directly and tries to illuminate and advance its concerns with
ethics and art, with science and technology, with ecology and
feminism, with law and medicine. Bachelor of Arts and Master
of Arts degrees are offered.
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Refer to graduation requirements listed previously in the catalog.
See index.
The following requirements must be completed for the Bachelor
of Arts degree with a major in philosophy: a minimum of 33 credits
including PHIL 210, 251H, 252H, 410; at least 20 credits in
courses numbered 300 and above; at least one of the following
three courses: 453, 461, 463; at least one of the following
two courses: 465, 467; at least one of the following two courses:
411, 469; and PHIL 480. Normally students are expected to complete
PHIL 251H and 252H by the end of their sophomore year.
The Upper-division Writing Expectation must be met by successfully
completing an upper-division writing course from the approved
list in the Academic Policies and Procedures section of this
catalog. See index.
All philosophy majors must complete at least three semesters
of one of the following languages: French, German, Latin, or
Greek. Substitution of another language may be allowed by petition
to the department.
Suggested Course of Study
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First Year
PHIL 210 Introduction to Logic
PHIL 200E Ethics
ENEX 101 Composition
HIST 104H, 105H or 107H,108H European Civilization
Electives and General Education**
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Second Year
PHIL 251H History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
PHIL 252H History of Modern Philosophy
Electives and General Education
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**LS 151L, 152L should be taken the first or second year.
Students should not neglect mathematics and the physical
and biological sciences in choosing elective courses.
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Requirements for a Minor
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To earn a minor in philosophy the student must complete: PHIL
210, 251H, 252H; at least two additional courses numbered above
300, at least one of which must be from the following group:
PHIL 340L, 422E, 477.
Courses
U = for undergraduate credit only, UG = for undergraduate or
graduate credit, G = for graduate credit. R after the credit
indicates the course may be repeated for credit to the maximum
indicated after the R.
U 100 Introduction to Philosophy 3 cr. (R 12) Offered
intermittently. Great philosophers, problems of philosophy,
or topics of general contemporary concern.
U 105 Introduction to Existentialism 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Introduction to basic ideas of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre,
and Camus which form the foundation for what is known as Existentialism;
literary works as well as philosophic essays. Intended for nonmajors
as well as majors.
U 119H Philosophical Perspectives on Women in the Western Hemisphere
3 cr. Offered intermittently. Same as LS and WS 119H. Introduction
to the discipline and scope of Western philosophy focusing on
women as the subject rather than men. A chronological study
following the ideological development in the West of social
attitudes and scientific theses.
U 190 Supervised Internship 1 6 cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of faculty supervisor and department chair.
U 195 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
U 198 Cooperative Education Experience 1 6 cr. (R 6)
Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of instr. Extended
classroom experience which provides practical application of
classroom learning during placements off campus. Prior approval
must be obtained from the faculty supervisor and the Center
for Work-Based Learning.
U 200E Ethics: The Great Traditions 3 cr. Offered every
term. An examination of the Western vision of morality through
the careful study of selected writings from Aristotle, Kant
and Mill. Additional works in ethics may supplement primary
readings.
U 201E Political Ethics 3 cr. Offered autumn and spring.
An examination of the issues of political ethics through the
careful study of selected writings from the three great Western
political traditions: classical natural law theory, modern individualism,
and contemporary distributive justice.
U 210 Introduction to Logic: Deduction 3 cr. Offered
autumn and spring. Understanding general principles of reasoning
and the habits of clear and correct thinking. Emphasis on the
analysis of the logical structure of claims in natural language
and the skills of elementary deductive inference.
U 211 Introduction to Logic: Inductive and Scientific Reasoning
3 cr. Offered spring. Prereq., PHIL 210. Elementary principles
of induction and scientific reasoning. Emphasis on effective
evaluation of information and argument in public discourse.
U 251H History of Ancient and Medieval Philosophy 3 cr.
Offered autumn. The origin of philosophy in ancient Greece;
its development in the Roman Empire; its encounter with the
Jewish, Christian and Islamic traditions.
U 252H History of Modern Philosophy 3 cr. Offered spring.
A survey of the history of philosophy from Descartes to Hegel,
which includes other Continental Rationalists, the British Empiricists,
and Kant.
U 290 Supervised Internship Variable cr. (R-9) Offered
intermittently. Prereq., consent of faculty supervisor and department
chair.
U 295 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
U 296 Independent Study 1-6 cr. (R-6) Offered intermittently.
U 298 Cooperative Education Experience Variable cr. (R-9)
Offered intermittently. Prereq., consent of faculty supervisor
and the Center for Work-Based Learning.. Extended classroom
experience which provides practical application of classroom
learning during placements off campus.
U 323E Business and Ethics 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Prereq., lower division course in Perspective 5 or consent of
instr. An analysis of ethical conflicts that may arise in business.
U 325E Morality and the Law 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Prereq., lower division course in Perspective 5 or consent of
instr. Analysis of moral reasoning in Anglo American law, emphasizing
certain ethical and legal concepts and the role of the Supreme
Court.
U 340L Aesthetics 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Prereq.,
upper division standing. The
nature of aesthetic experience, of the standards of art criticism,
and of the kinds of knowledge communicated by art. Readings
from philosophers, artists, and art critics.
U 375 Agriculture, Society and Ecology 1 cr. Offered
every spring. Same as EVST and SOC 375. Lecture series that
accompanies cooperative education credit for students participating
in the Program in Ecological Agriculture and Society (PEAS).
U 390 Supervised Internship 1 12 cr. (R 12) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of faculty supervisor and department chair.
U 391 Agriculture in the Humanities and Fine Arts 1 cr.
Offered autumn. Same as LS 391. Lecture series that accompanies
cooperative education credit for students in Program in Ecological
Agriculture and Society (PEAS).
U 393 Omnibus Variable cr. ( R 9) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of instr. Independent work under the University
omnibus option. See index.
U 394 Seminar Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of instr.
U 395 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses or one time offerings of current topics.
U 396 Independent Study Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermitently.
Prereq., consent of instr.
U 397 Research Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of instr.
U 398 Cooperative Education Experience 1 12 cr. (R 12) Offered
intermittently. Prereq., consent of faculty supervisor and the
Center for Work-Based Learning. Extended classroom experience
which provides practical application of classroom learning during
placements off campus.
UG 410 Formal Logic: Scope and Limits 3 cr. Offered spring.
Prereq., PHIL 210 or equiv. A systematic study of first order
logic, including development of standard metatheory and the
significance of modern formal methods.
UG 411 Philosophy of Science 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Prereq., upper division standing. A consideration of philosophical
issues relating to the nature of modern physical science: method,
explanation, theory, progress, space/time, causality, relation
of science to philosophy.
UG 412 Philosophy of the Social Sciences 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Prereq., upper division standing. Philosophical issues relating
to the nature of social science: human behavior, relation of
social science to philosophy and physical science.
UG 421E Medical Ethics 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Prereq.,
upper division standing and lower division course in Perspective
5, or consent of instr. An examination of ethical problems raised
by the practice of medicine and by recent developments in medically
related biological sciences.
UG 422E Contemporary Moral and Political Theory 3 cr. Offered
intermittently. Prereq., upper-division standing and PHIL 200E
or 210E. Recent theories in ethics and their implications; recent
work in political theory, emphasizing contemporary liberalism
and its critics..
UG 427E Environmental Ethics 3 cr. Offered autumn and spring.
Prereq., lower division course in Perspective 5 or consent of
instr. Same as EVST 427E. Critical exploration of selected philosophical
and literary texts pertinent to the ethics of human relationships
with the natural environment.
UG 429E Feminist Ethics 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Prereq.,
lower division perspective 5 course or consent of instr., PHIL
200 strongly recommended. Examination of the implications for
philosophic ethics of the claim that Western men and women have
different moral perspectives.
UG 441E Philosophy in Literature 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Prereq., upper division standing or consent of instr. Philosophical
thought in selected works of literature.
UG 443E Ethics and Public Affairs 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Prereq., lower division perspective 5 course or consent of instr.
Examination of morally relevant issues in government, journalism,
education and other social institutions. Issues considered include
deception, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, privacy,
paternalism, responsibilities in conflict with other institutions
and responsibilities across national boundaries, among others.
UG 444 Topics in the Philosophy of the Arts 3 cr. (R 9)
Offered intermittently. Prereq., upper division standing. Examination
of philosophical problems related to the particular arts and
discussion of the nature of the arts. Topics include music,
visual arts, literature, and film.
UG 450 Classical Modern Philosophy 3 cr. (R-6) Offered
autumn even-numbered years. Prereq., PHIL 252H or consent of
instr. Intensive reading of one major philosopher from the rationalist
tradition (Descartes, Spinoza or Leibniz) and one from the empiricist
tradition (Locke, Berkeley or Hume).
UG 453 Kant 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Prereq., PHIL
252H or PHIL 450 or consent of instr. Reading and interpretation
of selected works.
UG 455 Politics and Culture 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of instr. Study of the ways political processes
and cultural issues shape and modify one another in contemporary
western societies.
UG 461 Plato 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Prereq., PHIL
251H. General introduction to the philosophy of Plato emphasizing
dialogues of the Early and Middle periods.
UG 463 Aristotle 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Prereq.,
PHIL 251H. General introduction to Aristotle. Early biological
writings, Categories, De Interpretatione, Nicomachean Ethics,
selections from Physics, De Anima and Metaphysics.
UG 465 Major Philosophers of the 19th Century 3 cr. (R 6)
Offered intermittently. Prereq., PHIL 252H. Selection to be
announced in the class schedule.
UG 467 20th Century Continental Philosophy 3 cr. (R-9) Offered
intermittently. Prereq., upper division standing. Intensive
study of the work of one philosopher (Heidegger, Husserl, Sartre,
Merleau Ponty, Ricoeur, Derrida, etc.) or several texts representing
a major movement in 20th century continental thought (Phenomenology,
Existentialism, Hermeneutics, Post structuralism, etc.)
UG 469 20th Century Anglo American Philosophy 3 cr. (R-9)
Offered intermittently. Prereq., upper division standing. Readings
in analytic philosophy, contemporary empiricism, and contemporary
pragmatism.
UG 471 Philosophy of Language 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Prereq., upper division standing. Same as LING 482. Structure
and functions of natural and ideal languages; the relation of
language to thought and reality.
UG 475H Oriental Thought 3 cr. Offered intermittently. Prereq.,
upper division standing. Philosophical themes in some Hindu,
Buddhist, and Taoist literature.
UG 477 Philosophy of Society and Culture 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Prereq., upper division standing. A philosophical examination
of cultural forces shaping modern society, forces such as science,
technology, or domesticity.
UG 480 Senior Seminar 3 cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., senior standing. Research in problems in philosophy.
U 490 Supervised Internship Variable cr. (R-12) Offered
intermittently. Prereq., consent of faculty supervisor and department
chair.
U 493 Omnibus Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of instr. Independent work under the University
omnibus option. See index.
UG 494 Seminar Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of instr.
UG 495 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of instr. Experimental offerings of visiting
professors, experimental offerings of new courses, or one time
offerings of current topics.
U 496 Independent Study Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of instr.
U 497 Research Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of instr.
G 501 Topics in Epistemology, Philosophy of Technology and
Philosophy of Science 3 cr. (R 6) Offered every year.
G 502 Topics in Social, Political, and Legal Philosophy 3
cr. (R 6) Offered every year.
G 503 Topics in the Philosophy of Art and Religion 3 cr.
(R 6) Offered every year.
G 504 Colloquium in the Philosophy of Ecology 3 cr. (R
6) Offered autumn and spring. Same as EVST 504. Critical study/discussion
of current (as well as benchmark) texts and issues in environmental
ethics, environmental politics, and the philosophy of ecology.
Interdisciplinary; open to concerned students from all disciplines.
G 506 Nature, Language and Politics 3 cr. Offered intermittently.
Same as ENLT 524 and EVST 506. Investigation of environmental,
social and political thought from the perspective of contemporary
language theory.
G 510 Philosophy Forum Colloquium 1 cr. (R 3) Offered
intermittently. Prereq., graduate standing. Discussion and further
exploration of issues presented at the weekly Philosophy Forum.
G 520 Seminar in Foundations of Ethics 4 cr. Offered
summer. Major traditions in Western moral philosophy along with
feminist and non-Western critiques.
G 521 Teaching Ethics Pro-Seminar, Part I 2 cr. Offered
autumn. Exploration of significant issues in the teaching and
application of practical ethics.
G 522 Teaching Ethics Pro-Seminar, Part II 2 cr. Offered
spring. Exploration of significant issues in the teaching and
application of practical ethics.
G 523 Practicum in Teaching Ethics 4 cr. Prereq., M.A. teaching
ethics emphasis candidates. Field experience in a post-secondary
classroom or off campus learning environment. Field work includes
lession planning, teaching, and evaluation.
G 590 Supervised Internship 1 12 cr. (R 12) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of faculty supervisor and department chair.
G 593 Professional Paper Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
G 594 Seminar Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
G 595 Special Topics Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Experimental offerings of visiting professors, experimental
offerings of new courses, or one time offerings of current topics.
G 596 Independent Study Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Prereq., consent of instr.
G 597 Research Variable cr. (R 9) Offered intermittently.
Directed individual research and study appropriate to the background
and objectives of the student.
G 598 Cooperative Education Experience 1 12 cr. (R 12) Offered
intermittently. Prereq., consent of faculty supervisor and the
Center for Work-Based Learning. Extended classroom experience
which provides practical application of classroom learning during
placements off campus.
G 599 Thesis Variable cr. (R 6) Offered intermittently.
Faculty back to top
Professors
Thomas H. Birch, Jr., Ph.D., University of Texas, 1969 (Emeritus)
Albert Borgmann, Ph.D., University of Munich, 1963
Deni Elliott, Ed.D., Harvard University, 1984
Phillip R. Fandozzi, Ph.D., University of Hawaii, 1974
Thomas P. Huff, Ph.D., Rice University, 1968
Ray Lanfear, Ph.D., Rice University, 1968 (Emeritus)
John F. Lawry, Ph.D., Harvard University, 1960 (Emeritus)
Fred McGlynn, M.A., Northwestern University, 1965 (Emeritus)
Ron Perrin, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, 1971
(Emeritus)
Burke A. Townsend, Ph.D., University of Hawaii, 1976 (Chair)
Maxine Van de Wetering, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1970
(Emeritus)
Richard E. Walton, B.A., The University of Montana, 1964, 1966
Associate Professor
Deborah Slicer, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1989
Assistant Professors
Irene Appelbaum, Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1995
David Sherman, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin, 1999
Adjunct Assistant Professors
David Clark, Ph.D., Purdue University, 1979
Mark Hanson, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1993
Sean O'Brien, Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1989
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