USF 1995-96 Undergraduate Catalog - Page 85 | Course Descriptions |
Majors in philosophy must complete at least 30 credit hours made up as follows:
a. PHH 3062 History of Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval, PHH 3420 History of Philosophy: Modern
b. PHI 2100 Introduction to Formal Logic or PHI 5135 Symbolic Logic
c. PHI 3600 Ethical Theory
d. At least one of the following: PHI 4300 Theory of Knowledge, PHI 5225 Philosophy of Language, PHI 4320 Philosophy of Mind, PHI 3404 Scientific Method
e. 6 credit hours of 4000 or 5000 level Philosophy courses
f. 9 credit hours of Philosophy electives
A minor in philosophy consists of the completion of at least 18 credit hours which includes the following courses or an approved substitute for one only: PHH 3062 History of Philosophy: Ancient and Medieval; PHH 3420 History of Philosophy: Modern; PHH 4600 Contemporary Philosophy or PHH 4440 Continental Philosophy; PHI 2100 Introduction to Formal Logic
No credit taken on an "S/U" basis may be applied toward the minor.
The Honors Program in Philosophy allows superior students to pursue philosophical studies at a more advanced level than is customary in undergraduate philosophy programs. Students in the Honors Program will be required to do independent research, to participate in an Honors Seminar, and to write and defend an undergraduate thesis.
Students must complete the requirements for the Philosophy major in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) Students must take either PHH 4440 Continental Philosophy or PHH 4600 Contemporary Philosophy
(b) Students must take one course from each of the following groups:
Group 1 PHI 3404 Scientific Method, PHI 4320 Philosophy of Mind, PHI 4300 Theory of Knowledge, PHI 5225 Philosophy of Language, PHP 4784 Analytical Philosophy
Group 2 PHI 3600 Ethical Theory, PHI 3601 Contemporary Moral Issues, PHI 3700 Philosophy of Religion, PHI 4800 Aesthetics, PHM 3021 Philosophies of Love and Sex, PHM 3400 Introduction to Philosophy of Law
Group 3 PHM 3100 Social Philosophy, PHM 4322 Ancient and Medieval Political Philosophy, PHM 4331 Modern Political Philosophy, PHM 4340 Contemporary Political Philosophy, PHP 4788 Philosophy of Marxism
Group 4 PHH 4700 American Philosophy, PHP 3786 Existentialism, PHP 4000 Plato, PHP 4010 Aristotle, PHP 4410 Kant, PHP 4740 The Rationalists, PHP 4745 Empiricism
(c) Students must take an Honors Seminar in their senior year.
(d) Students must write a senior thesis and undergo an oral examination on the thesis before a committee of two faculty members, with the Chair as an ex officio member of every such committee.
(e) Students cannot receive a grade lower than a "B" in any Philosophy course, and their grade point average in Philosophy must be at least a 3.5 to remain, or be graduated from the Philosophy Honors program.
(f) Students must complete 35 credit hours in Philosophy, including the 3-hour thesis course and the 3-hour Honors Seminar.
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PHH 3000 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY-6A -HP (3)
An introduction to selected philosophical problems and traditions.
PHH 3062 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY: ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL (3)
A survey of Western philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the end of the Middle Ages.
PHH 3420 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY: MODERN (3)
A survey of Western philosophy from the end of the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century.
PHH 4440 CONTINENTAL PHILOSOPHY (3)
A study of developments in post-Kantian European philosophy.
PHH 4600 CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY -6A -XMW (3)
Selected schools of twentieth century thought such as idealism, positivism, pragmatism, realism, and existentialism.
PHH 4700 AMERICAN PHILOSOPHY -6A -XMW (3)
Major traditions in American thought, Puritanism, the Enlightenment, Transcendentalism, Idealism, Pragmatism, and Analytic Philosophy in relation to American culture.
PHI 1103 CRITICAL THINKING -SS (3)
Methods of thinking that lead to reliable conclusions, with emphasis on concrete cases in ordinary thinking and the sciences.
PHI 2100 INTRODUCTION TO FORMAL LOGIC -6A -QM (3)
An elementary study of propositional, predicate, class and syllogistic logic with some attention to basic problems of logical theory.
PHI 3404 SCIENTIFIC METHOD (3)
Probability, inductive inference, the hypothetico-deductive method, experimentation, and selected topics in the philosophy of science.
PHI 3600 ETHICAL THEORY (3)
A study of ethical theories, concepts, problems and methods.
PHI 3601 CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES -6A -SS (3)
Open to all students. A study of contemporary moral issues concerning racism, sex, sexism, abortion, poverty, crime, war, suicide, and human rights in general.
PHI 3631 ETHICS AND BUSINESS (3)
An application of traditional ethical theories to contemporary problems in business.
PHI 3633 BIOMEDICAL ETHICS (3)
This course will focus on the ethical issues arising from advances in medical practice, delivery of health care, and scientific research.
PHI 3636 PROFESSIONAL ETHICS (3)
PR: Junior standing. An examination of the ethical problems that professionals will face in the complex, global society of the next few decades: confidentiality, divided loyalty, racism/sexism, etc.
PHI 3640 ENVIRONMENTAL ETHICS -SS (3)
A study of alternative theories of environmental ethics, including the application of these theories to contemporary environmental problems, such as pollution, resource depletion, species extinction, and land use.
PHI 3700 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION -6A -SS (3)
Analysis of religious experience and activity and examination of principal religious ideas in light of modern philosophy.
PHI 3905 DIRECTED STUDY (1-4)
PR: CI. Individual study directed by a faculty member. Approval slip from instructor required.
PHI 3930 SELECTED TOPICS (1-4)
PR: C.I. Selected topics according to the needs of the student.
PHI 4073 AFRICAN PHILOSOPHY -XMW (3)
A descriptive and analytical study of African philosophical thought, featuring reflective comparisons of African and Western categories of thought. (May also be taken for credit in Africana Studies.)
PHI 4300 THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE -6A -XMW (3)
An examination of human knowledge; its scope and limits, and an evaluation of evidence, criteria of truth, the nature of belief, conditions for meaningfulness, theories of perception, and a study of memory and sense perception in the four major fields of nature, history, personal experience, and the a priori.
PHI 4320 PHILOSOPHY OF MIND -6A -XMW (3)
A study of historical and current issues in philosophy of mind, including the nature and status of mind, mind/body dualism, the relationship of mind and body, the problems of other minds, the physical basis for intelligence, etc.
PHI 4632 FEMINIST ETHICS -XMW (3)
A study of the varied approaches to moral reasoning taken by feminist ethical writers such as Wollstonecraft, Mill, Gilligan, Daly, Hoagland and others. (May also be taken for credit in Women's Studies.)
PHI 4800 AESTHETICS -6A -XMW (3)
A study of traditional and contemporary aesthetic theories with emphasis on creative process, the nature of the art work, the aesthetic response, expressiveness, form and content as well as art and morality.
PHI 4905 DIRECTED STUDY (1-4)
PR: CI. Individual study directed by a faculty member. Approval slip from instructor required.
PHI 4930 SELECTED TOPICS (1-3)
PR: CI. Selected topics according to the needs of the senior students. Approval slip from instructor required.
PHI 5135 SYMBOLIC LOGIC (3)
PR: PHI 2100 or CI. Study of topics such as the following: Metatheory of propositional and predicate logic, related metatheoretic results, alternative logics.
PHI 5225 PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE (3)
PR: Eight hours of philosophy, major in linguistics, or CI. An examination of semantical, syntactical, and functional theories of language with special attention given to the problems of meaning, linguistic reference, syntactical form, and the relations between scientific languages and ordinary linguistic usage. Seminar format.
PHI 5913 RESEARCH (1-4)
PR: CI. Individual research supervised by a faculty member. Approval slip from instructor required.
PHI 5934 SELECTED TOPICS (1-3)
PR: CI. Selected topics according to the needs of the student. Approval slip from instructor required.
PHM 3021 PHILOSOPHIES OF LOVE AND SEX (3)
Discussion of Philosophies of Love/Sex of Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Aquinas, Hume, Kant, Schopenhauer, Russell, Sartre, Marx, etc.
PHM 3100 SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY -6A (3)
An analysis of rival theories of social order and their philosophical foundations.
PHM 3400 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY OF LAW (3)
A study of the fundamental concepts of law from a philosophic standpoint including crime, justice, punishment, free speech, insanity, etc.
PHM 4322 ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY -6A -XMW (3)
A survey of political philosophy from 6 B.C. until 1600 A.D., including an examination of the ethical, metaphysical, and epistemological bases of these philosophies.
PHM 4331 MODERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY -6A -XMW (3)
A survey of political philosophy from 1600 A.D. until 1900 A.D., including an examination of the ethical, metaphysical, and epistemological bases of these philosophies.
PHM 4340 CONTEMPORARY POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY -6A -XMW (3)
A survey of political philosophy in the twentieth century, including an examination of the ethical, metaphysical and epistemological bases of these philosophies.
PHM 5125 TOPICS IN FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY (3)
A study of recent feminist philosophical approaches to epistemology, aesthetics or political philosophy. (May also be taken for credit in Women's Studies.)
PHP 3786 EXISTENTIALISM -6A -HP (3)
A study of the religious and atheistic existentialists and the bearing of their views on religion, ethics, metaphysics, and theory of knowledge.
PHP 4000 PLATO -6A -XMW (3)
The examination of Plato will include the dialogues Protagoras, Georgias, Meno, Republic, etc.
PHP 4010 ARISTOTLE -6A -XMW (3)
Study of Aristotle's philosophy.
PHP 4410 KANT (3)
Lecture and discussion of Kant's philosophy, especially The Critique of Pure Reason.
PHP 4740 THE RATIONALISTS -6A (3)
A careful study of the epistemologies of Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz, and Malebranche.
PHP 4745 THE EMPIRICISTS -6A (3)
A careful study of epistemologies of Locke, Berkeley, Hume, and Thomas Reid.
PHP 4784 ANALYTICAL PHILOSOPHY -6A (3)
A study of the method devoted to clarifying philosophical problems through analysis of the language in which these problems are stated.
PHP 4788 PHILOSOPHY OF MARXISM -6A -XMW (3)
A critical survey of Marxist philosophy from Marx and Engels to Mao Tse-Tung and Herbert Marcuse. Hegelian foundations of Marxist philosophy analyzed in detail.
WST 4342 CLASSICS IN FEMINIST THEORY -XMW (3)
A study of classic contributions to the elaboration of feminist thought from the 18th century to the present in an attempt to discover the roots of the contemporary feminist movement. (May also be taken for credit in Women's Studies.)
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Publication Date: June 1, 1995
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