Department of Social Sciences
Courses in Philosophy
Faculty teaching Philosophy
Philosophy Resources
- SS-610 Introduction to Philosophy
Fundamental philosophic problems presented through the study of several major philosophical writings, such as those of Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Kant, Hume, Mill, and Whitehead.
- SS-620 Philosophy of Religion
Central concepts in religious thought, such as God, faith, and immortality; problems of religious knowledge and revelation. Problems connected with the relation of theology and philosophy discussed with reference to selected medieval, modern, and contemporary texts.
- SS-630 Ethics
Basic concepts and problems of ethics. Nature of values, virtue, moral judgment, and obligation considered and illustrated through writings of the major philosophers of the Western tradition, including Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, Spinoza, Kant, Moore, and Stevenson.
- SS-640 Medical Ethics
A consideration of the ethical implications of modern medical research and practice. Topics include professional versus universal ethics, the rights of patients, genetic engineering, truth and information in medicine, the concept of mental illness, experimentation on human subjects and public health policy.
- SS-650 Logic
Main principles of deductive and inductive inference with an introduction to classical and traditional logic.
- SS-660 Philosophy of Science
This course examines the nature and methodology of science; hypothesis; experimentation, scientific law, theory, the role of deduction, induction and abduction. Also discussed are psuedoscience, epistemology, research ethics and science in society as well as a comparison of social science to physical or natural science.
- SS-680 Perspective on Death and Dying
Designed to help the student gain insight into the phenomena of death and dying in America and other societies. An interdisciplinary approach used to explore the meaning of death for a philosophy of life, drawing upon writings from medicine and nursing, the liberal arts, and the humanities. Group discussions and guest lecturers.
- SS-750 Technology and Human Values
Focus on the major social, economic, political, psychological and philosophical problems arising from our contemporary socio-economic order; the consequences of technological progress in American industrial society.
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