Students will evaluate the importance of the Franciscan tradition of our College and articulate how this influences their present lives. This course focuses on formulating and analyzing arguments critically. This survey includes methods of deduction and induction, uses of languages, categorical syllogisms, propositional and predicate logic. Same course description as PHI 210. Students enrolled at the 300 level will be required to complete an approved independent project in addition to scheduled class assignments.
Students learn the structure, dynamics and implications of one's relationship with being.
Discussion includes representation questions about idealism, material minds, substance, change, personal identity, responsibility, causal determinism and some proposed resolutions of these questions. Students study Christian principles and their practical implications for contemporary business interests. Topics including economic justice, basic issues of the work place, employee responsibilities, organizational influences in private lives, professional ethics, business and the environment are emphasized. Senior standing or permission of the instructor.