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PHIL   103 PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF COGNITIVE SCIEN Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
An examination of current research in cognitive science and its
philosophical implications.  Topics include whether the mind is a
computational system, how the mind is organized, whether certain
components of the mind are innate.
001 TTH     10:50AM-12:05PM SS*106   Margolis, Eric                 *CURRENT ENR: 11

PHIL   104 PHILO. PERSPECTIVES ON SCIENCE           Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
The nature, origins, and impact of scientific knowledge will be examined
from a variety of disciplinary perspectives.  In addition to works by
some of historys greatest philosophers, including Descartes and Hume,
readings will include selections from twentieth century philosophers,
scientists, historians, feminists and novelists.
001 MWF     11:00AM-11:50AM GRB*211W Roush, Sherrilyn               *CURRENT ENR: 8

PHIL   201 HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY I                  Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Survey of the major philosophers and philosophical systems of ancient
Greece, from Parmenides to the Stoics.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM SH*352   Morrison, Donald               *CURRENT ENR: 15

PHIL   305 MATHEMATICAL LOGIC                       Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III
Logic is the study of forms of argument, with one of the main goals
being to distinguish correct from incorrect forms of argument.  In this
course, we systematically develop a formal language and methods for
assessing correctness of arguments in this language.  Doing this
requires  both facility in manipulating the language and in thinking
about it.  There are two independent ways of assessing arguments, one
depending on derivation by series of rules, the other being in terms of
interpretations of the language.  After studying  each of these
independently, we prove that they coincide in their answers.  Along the
way, we discover some important strengths  and weaknesses of the
language and, by translating back and forth into English, learn a lot
about the logical structure of English.  We briefly explore some further
direction for developing logic, specifically modal logic-the logic of
necessity and possibility-and if there is time, some tense logic.  A
previous logic course is helpful, though the course is self-contained.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM SS*337   Grandy, Richard                *CURRENT ENR: 25

PHIL   311 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION                   Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Examination of God's existence, the problem of evil, the relation
between faith and reason, and the varieties of religious experience.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM RH*109   Brody, Baruch                  *CURRENT ENR: 20

PHIL   312 PHILOSOPHY OF MIND                       Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
This course provides a survey of contemporary philosophical theories
about the mind, with a special emphasis on the problem of consciousness
and the problem of mental representation.  How is it that human beings,
and perhaps other animals, are able to have conscious experiences?  How
is that we are able to represent the world to ourselves in thought? What
are thougths? Are they neurological/physical states?  If not, what else
could they be? No prerequisites.  One prior course in philosophy
recommended.
Also offered as Phil 512.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:15PM SH*303   Margolis, Eric                 *CURRENT ENR: 21

PHIL   313 PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE                    Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
A survey of contemporary issues in the philosophy of science. How do
scientific theories provide us with an understanding of the world?
How do our observations, in turn, provide support for scientific
theories?  Scientific theories are often thought to describe laws, or
causal relations, but what are these?  How are we to understand theories
that tell us that certain events are more or less probable?  No
knowledge of any one science is presupposed.
001 MWF     01:00PM-01:50PM SH*207A  Roush, Sherrilyn               *CURRENT ENR: 14

PHIL   315 ETHICS, MEDICINE & PUB POLICY            Credits 3.00  Fall 99
           * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I
Examination of ethical and policy questions raised by contemporary
medical techniques and by contemporary modes for the delivery of medical
services.
001 TTH     09:25AM-10:40AM SH*207B  Engelhardt, Hugo               *CURRENT ENR: 26

PHIL   390 POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY                    Credits 3.00  Fall 99
This seminar will allow students to explore various aspects of the
relationship between poetry and philosophy. Topics may include the
emergence of the two literary genres, and subsequent tension between
them, in ancient Greece; attempts at reconciliation, such as during the
Romantic period; and more contemporary evaluation of the extent to which
poetry and philosophy serve different ends, or the same ends by
different meants. We may also tackle such unorthodox issues as the
importance of metaphor and metonym-traditional poetic
devices-in philosophy, and the role of logic- a traditional
philosophical device- in poetry. The class will emphasize discussion,
student presentations, and a final paper.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:15PM FL*528   Mikkelson, Gregory             *CURRENT ENR: 7

PHIL   401 INDEPENDENT READING I                    Credits 1.00  Fall 99
Prereq- permission of the department.
001 TBA     TBA                      Sher, George                   *CURRENT ENR: 2

PHIL   502 SEMINAR  MODERN PHILOSOPHY               Credits 3.00  Fall 99
001 M       02:00PM-05:00PM SH*352   Kulstad, Mark                  *CURRENT ENR: 2

PHIL   505 MATHEMATICAL LOGIC                       Credits 3.00  Fall 99
See Phil 305.
001 MWF     10:00AM-10:50AM SS*337   Grandy, Richard                *CURRENT ENR: 0

PHIL   506 SEMINAR: ETHICS                          Credits 3.00  Fall 99
001 W       02:30PM-05:30PM FL*414   Arpaly, Nomy                   *CURRENT ENR: 4

PHIL   507 SEM: SOCIAL & POLITICAL PHIL             Credits 3.00  Fall 99
001 TH      02:00PM-05:00PM SH*352   Sher, George                   *CURRENT ENR: 9

PHIL   512 SEMINAR: PHILOSOPHY OF MIND              Credits 3.00  Fall 99
Also offered as Phil 312.
001 TTH     01:00PM-02:15PM SH*303   Margolis, Eric                 *CURRENT ENR: 1

PHIL   601 ADV INDEPENDENT READING I                Credits 1.00  Fall 99
001 TBA     TBA                      Sher, George                   *CURRENT ENR: 4

PHIL   800 RESEARCH AND THESIS                      Credits 1.00  Fall 99
001 TBA     TBA                      Sher, George                   *CURRENT ENR: 12

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