PHI 100H - Critical Thinking
	Methods and practice in analysis and the detection of good and bad reasoning. Some formal logic, but primary emphasis on informal techniques of distinguishing solid arguments from fallacious ones in both text and speech, and in both formal and everyday contexts. Every semester Credit: 4

	PHI 101H - Contemporary Moral Problems
	Critical examination of a number of current ethical problems in applied ethics. Includes both classical and contemporary writings on problems such as abortion, suicide, civil disobedience, euthanasia, pornography, and economic justice. Every year. Credit: 4

	PHI 102H - Introductory topics in Philosophy
	An introduction to the field of philosophy via a topic selected by the instructor; the topic will be listed in the course offerings book when the course is offered. Every year. Credit: 4

	PHI 120H - History of Western Philosophy I:Ancient Philosophy
	Explores the emergence of Western thought out of and in contrast with earlier mythological worldviews, continues with an in-depth look at three of the greatest philosophers of all time, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. Material will be presented as an ongoing dialogue between successive historical figures; at the same time, relevance to contemporary life will be discussed. Every year. Credit: 4

	PHI 130H - History of Western Philosophy II:Hellenistic & Medieval Philosophy
	Explores the evolution of philosophical debate in the Latin West from the Hellenistic period (323 to 31 BCE) through Saint Augustine and then to Ockham, with particular focus on the problems of the reconciliation of faith and reason, of the metaphysics of universals, and of the sources and possibilities of human knowledge. Every two years. Credit: 4

PHI 140H - Science and Social Context

With the scientific worldview having been turned upside down (literally) by the Copernican Revolution, and the political world having been rocked by the English Civil War, Europeans of the 17th and 18th Centuries were looking for some sort of certainty in their lives. In the world of science, this meant looking for some way to determine what was reliable in our knowledge of the physical world. In the political realm, it meant exploring the foundations of society so as to uncover what it was that made governmental authority legitimate. This course presents the leading philosophers of the period - Descartes, Spinoza, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hume, and Kant - as engaged in an ongoing historical dialogue to work out the dual problems of knowledge and politics; the obvious relevance of their thinking to contemporary life will be discussed as well. Note: This is the third course in our History of Philosophy sequence (120-150); courses in this sequence may be taken in any order since no previous philosophy experience is necessary for any one of them. Every two years.  Credit: 4

PHI 150H - Constructing Our World, Constructing Ourselves

At the end of the 18th Century, Kant addressed the problem of skepticism by re-conceiving knowledge as a matter of human beings projecting our categories of understanding onto the world. In this course we will follow out the implications of this idea through the works of such 19th and 20th C European philosophers as Hegel, Marx, Kierkegaard, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, and Sartre. In particular, we will explore the ways in which several of these thinkers came to believe that we might well construct ourselves in the same way that we construct our world, resulting in the Existentialist concept in individual self-creation. Note: This is the fourth and final course in our History of Philsophy sequence (120-150). Courses in this sequence may be taken in any order; no previous philosophy experience is necessary. Once every two years. Credit: 4

	PHI 200H - Logic
	An introduction to the concepts and methods of modern symbolic logic. Concepts and proof procedures for both propositional and predicate logic will be covered.  Some attention will be given as well to the role of logic in philosophy during the 20th century. Every two years. Credit: 4

	PHI 201H - Ethics
	A historical introduction to the philosophical treatment of ethics. Issues to be explored include how to determine what the right thing to do is, why one should do it, why one should ever prefer another's good over one's own, and whether the basis of ethics is individual, cultural, objective, or perspectival. Once every two years. Credit: 4

	PHI 202 - Epistemology:Philosophy of Knowledge
	An introduction to the philosophical study of human knowledge. Topics include the role of sense-perception in knowledge; the nature of human reason; the status of scientific, ethical, and religious knowledge claims; rules of evidence; and the challenges of subjectivism and skepticism. Prerequisite(s): One course in Philosophy or permission of instructor. Every two years. Credit: 4

PHI 203 - Metaphysics

An introduction to the principal concepts and theories relevant to the study of the general nature of reality. Topics include the existence of God, the mind-body problem, the problem of freewill, the nature of time and space, the problem of universals, and the philosophical implications of contemporary physics. Prerequisite(s): One course in Philosophy or permission of instructor. Every two years. Credit: 4

	PHI 204H - Biomedical Ethics
	Critical study of major ethical problems that arise in the context of modern medicine and medical/biological research. Problems to be examined include abortion, euthanasia, patient-nurse/physician relations, the allocation of scarce medical resources, and genetic research. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 or permission of instructor. Every two years Credit: 4

	PHI 205H - Philosophy of Science and Technology
	Critical study of methods, goals, and presuppositions of Western science and its applications in contemporary life. Topics include the distinction of formal from empirical science, the nature of laws and theories, the role of observation and experiment, and the problem of induction. Prerequisite(s): ENG 100 or permission of instructor. Every two years. Credit: 4

	PHI 250H - Existentialism
	An exploration of the primary current in European philosophy over the last two centuries. Focuses on responses to the "death of God" and on individualism in the thought of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Sartre, and Buber. Every two years. Credit: 4

PHI 306H - Philosophy of Education

An investigation of several core issues in Philosophy in Education (including the goals of education and the nature of teaching) by means of several classic authors in Philosophy of Education, focusing especially on the political and moral character, ramifications, and significance of education.  Prerequisite(s): One course in Philosophy or professional standing in education. Every three years. Credit: 4

	PHI 377 - Selected Topics in Philosophy
	Intensive study of a single philosophical author of topic. Prerequisite(s): Determined each term as appropriate. Every two years. Credit: 4

	PHI 397 - Independent Study in Philosophy
	An opportunity for superior students to explore topics of particular interest not offered in the curriculum or to pursue offered topics in greater depth. Prerequisite(s): Completed Independent Study form. Every three years. Credit: 1-4