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PHIL 4013 Perspectives on Death and Dying (H) Description: Issues that arise as individuals confront the fact of mortality. Dying patients, the ethical issues of euthanasia and suicide, the process of grief, death in literature and the arts, and philosophical and religious views on immortality. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

PHIL 4723 Philosophy of Psychology (H) Description: A survey of problems in philosophy of psychology, including the nature of psychology and its relation to natural sciences, the cognitive architecture of our minds, which cognitive capacities are innate and which are developed, the relationship between the brain, body, and external world, how we understand other minds, how language affects thought. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities PHIL 4113 Philosophy and the Arts (H)

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities PHIL 4733 Philosophy of Biology(H)

Description: Nature of aesthetic objects and experiences; form, meaning and value in the arts; the function of art in society; criteria of criticism of the arts. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Description: Selected philosophical topics, such as Darwinism and other theories of evolution, physical reductionism, and issues of genetic engineering. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities PHIL 4943 Indian Philosophy Prerequisites: PHIL 3943 or consent of instructor. Description: Study of texts and themes in two main traditions of Indian Philosophy: Hinduism and Buddhism. How these schools present the fundamental nature and knowledge of reality, human existence, the divine, and enlightenment. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities PHIL 4313 Philosophy Of Mind (H)

Description: A survey of problems in the philosophy of mind, including the nature of consciousness, physicalism vs. dualism, the self and personal identity, psychopathologies, animal minds, and artificial intelligence. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities PHIL 4543 Philosophy of Language Prerequisites: PHIL 1313 or PHIL 3003.

Department/School: Philosophy PHIL 4953 East Asian Philosophy Prerequisites: PHIL 3943 or consent of instructor.

Description: A survey of the development of the philosophy of language, including works of philosophers such as Frege, Wittgenstein, Russell, Strawson, Searle, Donnellan, Grice, and Kripke. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy PHIL 4553 Contemporary Ethical Theory Prerequisites: PHIL 3413 or consent of instructor. Description: Debate in ethical theory since Moore. The naturalistic fallacy, intuitionism, and value realism. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy PHIL 4713 Philosophy of Science (H) Description: Philosophical issues related to science and its role in society. Topics include science and common sense, laws and theories, causality, nature of scientific progress. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3

Description: Study of texts and themes in the Chinese and Japanese traditions: Confucianism, Daoism and Zen. How these schools present the fundamental nature and knowledge of reality, human existence, community and enlightenment. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy PHIL 4983 Metaphysics and Epistemology Prerequisites: 12 credit hours of philosophy. Description: The study of the fundamental nature of reality and human

knowledge of it. Credit hours: 3 Contact hours: Lecture: 3 Levels: Graduate, Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy

Levels: Undergraduate Schedule types: Lecture Department/School: Philosophy General Education and other Course Attributes: Humanities