Emphasis will be placed on those whose major works appeared after the Civil War. 243 Women, Knowledge, and Persons An inquiry into the meaning of gender and its relationships to philosophical questions about freedom, human nature, community and knowledge. This course aims at an integration of philosophical theory and historical circumstances. A study of representative selected texts from Asian, African, Native American or other alternative traditions. An investigation of the major philosophical issues in religious thought as posed by both critics and advocates.
Special attention is paid to the relation between religious faith and knowledge.
A study of both traditional and contemporary philosophical theories concerning beauty, the nature of aesthetic experience, principles of criticism, and the function and character of creativity in the arts. A philosophical study of problems of justice in the contemporary world. A philosophical inquiry into moral issues that arise in health-related fields. Some of the issues to be considered include euthanasia, abortion, care for the dying, patients' rights, limits on medical experimentation with human beings, defining death, and the patient-therapist relationship. 260 Special Topics 331 Descartes to Skepticism A study of major themes in 17th and 18th century Western Philosophy beginning with Descartes and tracing the development of modern thought through Hume.