Instances chosen for treatment are from the several areas of philosophy such as ethics, epistemology, and metaphysics, and they are studied in the context of brief selections from the writings of philosophers from antiquity to the present. PHI 114 Reasoning and Argumentation 3 credits An introduction to logic and critical thinking.
Emphasis is on the identification of arguments and the assessment of their validity.
Day, evening . PHI 201 Theories of Human Nature 3 credits An inquiry into human nature by means of the analysis of fundamental philosophical issues such as mind and body, death and immortality, perception and conception, reason and emotion, freedom and determinism, as they appear in writings of philosophers from antiquity to the present. Day, evening . Readings of philosophers from antiquity to the present. This course examines the Jewish philosophical tradition in light of philosophy and faith and explores whether or not the two are indeed irreconcilable.