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Description of Undergraduate
Courses in Systematic Philosophy and Logic
PHIL 101 Introduction to
Philosophy I:
An introductory survey of the main
problems of philosophy.
PHIL 103 Introduction to
Symbolic Logic:
Sentential and quantificational
logic. Symbolization and tableau method of proof. Modalities.
PHIL 104 Traditional Logic:
A survey of basic concepts in
Aristotelian, Stoic and Medieval Islamic Logic.
PHIL 106 Theory of Knowledge
I:
Logico-philosophical analysis of
knowledge and belief.
PHIL 108 Introduction
Philosophy II:
Continuation of PHIL 101.
PHIL 201 Ethics I:
Problems of moral conduct. Theories
of ethics.
PHIL 202 Aesthetics:
Study of the nature of beauty, art
and creativity, artistic appreciation and criticism.
PHIL 203 Modern Logic I:
First-order logic with identity and
modal logic.
PHIL 204 Theory of Knowledge
II:
Common-sense knowledge and
scientific knowledge. The growth of knowledge; rationality and
progress.
PHIL 205 Basic Philosophy of
Science:
Scientific concepts, measurement,
prediction, explanation, laws, theories.
PHIL 206 Philosophy of Natural
Science:
Inroduction to the philosophical
problems of natural science.
PHIL 301 Modern Logic II:
Application of logic to axiomatic
set theory.
PHIL 302 Systematic
Philosophy:
Metaphilosophical analysis of
philosophical problems and solutions. The methods of logical analysis
and logical reconstruction.
PHIL 304 Ethics II:
Study of ethical and metaethical
theories.
PHIL 401 Modern Logic II:
Philosophical logic: Modal,
epistemic, and deontic logics.
PHIL 402 Philosophy of Logic
and Mathematics:
The nature of logic and mathematics.
Necessary truths and existence in logic and mathematics. Logicism,
intuitionism, and formalism.
PHIL 404 Philosophy of State
and Society:
Problems in the philosophy of social
science and in political philosophy.
PHIL 405 Philosophy of
Language:
Oridinary language and formal
languages. Syntax, semantics, pragmatics. Extention and intension.
Naming and predication. Theory of reference and theory of meaning.
PHIL 407 Philosophy of Mind I:
Study of the mind-body problem and the problem of free will and
determinism. Survey of the main theories of mind and human action.
PHIL 408 Philosophy of Mind II:
Continuation of PHIL 407.
Description of Undergraduate
Courses in History of Philosophy
PHIL 145 History of Ancient
Philosphy I:
Survey of the Western Philosophy
from Thales to the Sophists.
PHIL 146 History of Ancient
Philosophy II:
Study of Western Philosophy from
Socrates to Neoplatonism.
PHIL 241 Philosophical Texts
I:
Study of major texts in philosophy.
PHIL 242 Philosophical Texts
II:
Study of major texts in philosphy.
PHIL 245 Mediveal Philosphy:
An introductory survey of major
problems in mediveal philosophy.
PHIL 248 Mediveal and
Renaissance Philosophy:
Survey of post-Aristotelian and
mediveal philosphies. Philosophy in the Renaissance; Humanism;
controversy between the Platonists and the Aristotelians; scepticism,
and Reformation.
PHIL 341 History of 17th and
18th Century Philosophy I:
A study of Continental Philosophy in
the 17th and 18th centuries with special emphasis on Rationalism,
Descartes, Spinoza and Leibniz.
PHIL 342 History of 17th and
18th Philosophy II:
Anglo-Saxon philosophy in the 17th
and 18th centuries. Locke, Berkeley and Hume.
PHIL 345 Philosophical Texts
III:
Study of major texts in philosophy.
PHIL 346 Philosophical Texts
IV:
Study of major texts in philosophy.
PHIL 441 Contemporary
Philosophy I:
The Kantian influence. Positivism,
naturalism, pragmatism, neo-positivism.
PHIL 442 Contemporary II:
Phenomenological analysis and
existential perspective. Analytic philosophy. Hermeneutic philosophy.
PHIL 443 Islamic Philosophers:
Text-oriented study of some major
Islamic philosophers.
PHIL 444 The 19th Century
Philosophy:
A survey of Anglo-Saxon and
Continental Philosophies of the 19th Century.
Description of Undergraduate
Courses in History of Science
PHIL 182 Introduction to
History of Science:
Historical study in the development
of science.
PHIL 282 History of Science:
Problems of the development of
science through history.
PHIL 381 Scientific Method I:
Observation and experimentation.
Induction, deduction and the hypothetico-deductive method. Scientific
hypotheses, laws and theories.
PHIL 382 Scientific Method II:
Continuation of PHIL 381.
PHIL 383 History of Science
II:
Development of science in Middle
Ages.
PHIL 481 History of Science
III:
Development of science the in 18th,
and 19th and 20th centuries.
Description of Elective Courses
in Logic, Philosophy and History of Science
PHIL 253 Introduction to
deductive Logic:
Logic as a formal science;
inference, implication, validity and truth; syllogism. Prerequisite:
Consent of the department.
PHIL 291 History of Scince I:
A general survey of the development
of science from Greeks to Newton.
PHIL 292 History of Science
II:
Science in the 20th Century.
PHIL 350 Rhetoric and
Argumentation in Philosophy:
Studies on the relationship between
rhetoric and logical reasoning.
PHIL 393 Basic History of
Science I:
Special topics in history of
science.
PHIL 394 Basic History of
Science II:
Continuation of PHIL 393.
PHIL 395 History of Biology:
Development of biology from the 12th
century until the 19th century.
PHIL 397 History of Physics:
Development of physics from the 13th
century until the 17th century.
PHIL 451 Problems of
Metaphysics:
A survey of the main problems of
metaphysics.
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