Department of Philosophy
Professor : Bass Associate Professor: Hanson
Object ive : The obj ec ti ve of thi s department is to acquaint the student with the princ ipal prob lems and issues of philosophy , hi storical and contemporary . The courses in philosophy are des igned to contri bute to the general educati on of the student , to aid him in refl ec tive thinking , and to contribute to an understanding of the persis tent prob lems of our cul ture . Department Minor: 18 un its, o f whi ch 12 must be upper d ivision. The student must se lect 30 I and two courses from 302 , 303 , o r 404. HUMAN fTI ES MAJOR : Philosophy Concenrra tion. Ph ilosophy may be used as the area of concent ra tion fo r the Humaniti es Major (p. 84) . Thi s concentrati on is bas icall y a Minor in Phil osoph y, but more fl ex ibility is poss ible th rough departmental adv isement. 102 LOGIC (3) Deductive and induct ive inference and the analysis of language . 202 INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY (3) The probl ems , methods , concepts , outl ook , and di vis ions of philosophy . Either semester. 301 GREEK AND ROMAN PHILOSOPHY (3) The hi story of phil osophy th rough Neo-Platoni sm . 302 MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY (3) The hi story of philosoph y from Augustine to Willi am of Occam with spec ial emphas is upon Augustine and Thomas Aquinas . 303 MODERN PHILOSOPHY (3) The hi story of philosophy from the Re naissance through the schools of the nineteenth centu ry. 305 ETHICS (3) Princ ipal ethical theories a nd thinkers; bas ic probl ems and Biblical teaching . 307 AESTHETICS (3) Princ ipal problems and theo ries of ar t creation , apprec iation , and critic ism. 310 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION (3) A cri tica l examinati on of the relationship of phil osophy to re ligion , of cruc ial religious concepts , and o f important religious systems. Alternate years , offered I976-77. 311 EPISTEMOLOGY (3) An hi storical and criti cal examination of the nature , validity, and scope of human thought and know ledge. Alternate years , offered 1976-77. 313 METAPHYSICS (3) An hi storical and critical examination of selec ted metaphysical systems and topi cs . Altern ate years , offered 1975-76 . 315 RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHIES OF NEAR-EASTERN ORIGIN (3) An hi storical examinat ion of Zoroastri anism, Juda ism, and Is lam with spec ial reference to Egyptian,
Mesopotamian, Greek , Roman , and Chr is ti an thought. 401 PHILOSOPHY OF WORLD RELIGIONS (3) The philosophies and beliefs of the world 's leading re lig ions.
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