Rice Course Schedule, Spring 2001
Philosophy (PHIL)
Rice Course Schedule as of 05/08/2001.
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PHIL 101 CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Examination of the moral and legal issues surrounding such topics as abortion, euthanasia, war, capital punishment, and equality of opportunity. 001 HUM 117 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM MacLeod, Mary Enr: 39 Max: NA PHIL 106 LOGIC Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP III A system of natural deduction is used to establish the validity of arguments which turns on their truth functional or quantificational form. 001 SS 106 - MWF 11:00AM - 11:50AM Dove, Ian Enr: 33 Max: NA PHIL 202 HIST OF PHILOSOPHY II Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I A survey of the history of philosophy from the seventeenth to the twentieth century. 001 SS 106 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Kulstad, Mark A. Enr: 35 Max: NA PHIL 301 ANCIENT&MEDIEVAL PHIL Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Topics in the history of philosophy from the fourth century B.C. through the fourteenth. 001 HUM 328 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Morrison, Donald R. Enr: 6 Max: NA PHIL 303 THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Topics: analysis of knowledge, foundations of knowledge, skepticism, perception, etc. Prereq- one course in philosophy. 001 HUM 328 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:50PM Kulstad, Mark A. Enr: 12 Max: NA PHIL 306 ETHICS Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I This course deals with fundamental questions of value and morality-questions such as: What sort of life is best? What kind of preson is it best to be? What does morality require of us? It also deals with important second-order questions about these fundamental questions-for example: Can morality be justified? How can we know what's right or good? Is there moral truth? What is the relation between morality and self-interest? Readings are drawn from both classical and contemporary sources. 001 SH 303 - MWF 02:00PM - 02:50PM Arpaly, Nomy Enr: 22 Max: NA PHIL 309 AESTHETICS Credits 3.00 Spring 01 An introduction to the philosophy of art. The course draws upon traditional and contemporary philosophical theories and upon examples drawn from the visual, literary, and performing arts (including architecture) to address questions such as: What is a work of art? What factors enter into the way spectators and performers interpret artwork? What makes work good? Can art speak the truth? 001 HUM 227 - TTH 01:00PM - 02:20PM Crowell, Steven G. Enr: 17 Max: NA PHIL 315 ETHICS, MEDICINE & PUB POLICY Credits 3.00 Spring 01 This course will explore the relationship between theories of justice and accounts of the proper allocation of health care. The first half will examine Rawl's A Theory of Justice and Nozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia, and particular accounts of justice and health care. The second half will address specific problems in the allocation of health care resources. 001 HUM 227 - TTH 09:25AM - 10:40AM Engelhardt, H. Tristram Enr: 16 Max: NA PHIL 316 PHILOSOPHY OF LAW Credits 3.00 Spring 01 * DISTRIBUTION COURSE: GROUP I Examination of social control of private property, compensation in the law of torts, the right to privacy and bodily integrity, and justice through compensatory discrimination, etc. 001 HUM 118 - TTH 02:30PM - 03:45PM Brody, Baruch Alter Enr: 33 Max: NA PHIL 353 PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Philosophical investigation of relations among language, thought, and reality. Prereq- one course in Philosophy or permission of instructor. 001 HUM 227 - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM Margolis, Eric A. Enr: 12 Max: NA PHIL 390 CONTEMPORARY TOPICS: PHILOSOPHY OF BIOLO Credits 3.00 Spring 01 The course aims to deepen our understanding, through philosophical analysis, of topics arising across the biological sciences. Such topics will include the creationist challenge to evolution, the human genome project, and biodiversity. Also offered as BIOS 305. Pre-req- Some college philosohy or biology for section 1. 001 HUM 227 - MWF 10:00AM - 10:50AM Mikkelson, Gregory Enr: 6 Max: NA PHIL 402 INDEP. READING II Credits 3.00 Spring 01 See Phil 401. 001 TBA - TBA Crowell, Steven G. Enr: 1 Max: NA PHIL 501 SEMINAR IN ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY Credits 3.00 Spring 01 No description 001 HUM 227 - W 02:00PM - 05:00PM Morrison, Donald R. Enr: 2 Max: NA PHIL 506 ETHICS Credits 3.00 Spring 01 No description 001 HUM 227 - TH 02:30PM - 05:30PM Arpaly, Nomy Enr: 1 Max: NA PHIL 512 SEM. IN PHILOSOPHY OF MIND Credits 3.00 Spring 01 No description 001 HUM 227 - T 02:30PM - 05:30PM Margolis, Eric A. Enr: 1 Max: NA PHIL 513 SEMINAR: PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE Credits 3.00 Spring 01 No description 001 HUM 227 - M 02:00PM - 05:00PM Roush, Sherrilyn Enr: 4 Max: NA PHIL 590 HISTORY OF ETHICS Credits 3.00 Spring 01 This course will cover material in the history of ethics that any serious student of philosophy should read, including works by Hobbes, Hume, Butler, Kant, and Mill. 001 SH 352A - TTH 10:50AM - 12:05PM MacLeod, Mary Enr: 3 Max: NA PHIL 602 RESEARCH PAPER Credits 3.00 Spring 01 Research course normally for second year graduate students completing research paper requirement. Prereq: Philosophy graduate students only. 001 TBA - TBA Crowell, Steven G. Enr: 2 Max: NA PHIL 652 MASTERS THESIS RESEARCH Credits Spring 01 Research course for graduate students preparing a masters thesis. Prereq: philosophy graduate students only. 001 TBA - TBA Crowell, Steven G. Enr: 1 Max: NA PHIL 800 RESEARCH AND THESIS Credits 1.00 Spring 01 No description 001 TBA - TBA Crowell, Steven G. Enr: 17 Max: NA
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