The course investigates of various types of modern symbolic logic, with special reference to deductive method and the concepts involved in formal axiomatic systems. Some time is given to the application of symbolic logic to critical thinking and formal models and to the philosophic logic. PHI 150 History of Scientific Ideas Scientific ideas from their origins in Greek philosophical speculation to the complex character of modern scientific enterprise and the relations between philosophy and science through history. A philosophical examination of the major problems of religion such as the concept of human nature, the nature of religious knowledge and faith, the traditional arguments for God's existence, the problem of evil and the nature and function of religious language. Well This course provides an introduction to philosophy via a concentrated study of the works of two major philosophers, whose work has had a great cultural influence and has strong, systematic interrelations.
Emphasis is upon philosophy as involving a continuous and perennial dialogue between great minds.
This course is an introduction to the study of moral, legal and conceptual problems in biomedical research, health care, and health policy. An examination of various philosophic theories which deal with the description and correlation of historical events. An introduction to the scientific methods and techniques as they are applied to social sciences. Relations between the social sciences, the natural sciences and philosophy. Philosophic analysis of the various social sciences in terms of strengths, weaknesses, methods, models and goals.