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DEPARTMENT
OF PHILOSOPHY
Schedule
of Classes
Fall
Semester, 2004
PHI
1010 - INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHICAL SYSTEMS
This course
satisfies
the General Education Requirement in Philosophy and Letters (PL).
College of
Liberal Arts
- MWF
9:35-10:40 (plus
discussion sestion) - 4 Cr. - Ms. McClellan
- MWF
10:40-11:35 - 3 Cr. - Mr. Grabowski
- TTh
11:45-1:10 (plus
discussion section) - 4 Cr. - Professor Stidd
- MWF
12:50-1:45 -
3 Cr. - Ms. McClellan
- TTh
1:25-2:50 - 3 Cr. - Professor Stidd
- MW
4:30-5:50
- 3
Cr. - Mr. Frazier
- T
4:30-7:20 -
3 Cr.
- Mr. Kirkland
College of
Lifelong
Learning
- M
6:00-9:00 -
3 Cr.
- Oakland Center - Ms. Shea
- T
6:00-9:00 -
3 Cr.
- Harper Woods - CANCELED
- S
9:35-12:20
- 3
Cr. - Oakland Center - Mr. Baker
No prerequisites.
No Credit after PHI 103. Satisfies the Philosophy and Letters (PL)
General
Education Requirement. An introduction to philosophy and the main
schools
of philosophical thought, through examination of some of the great
philosophers
of the past. Selected texts of writers such as Plato, Augustine,
Aquinas,
Descartes, Hume, Kant, Hegel, Neitzsche, James, and Russell will be
discussed.
PHI
1030 - INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHICAL PROBLEMS - 3 Cr.
This course
satisfies
the General Education Requirement in Philosophy and Letters (PL).
College of
Liberal Arts
- MWF
10:40-12:05 - Mr. Yeakel
- TTh
11:45-1:10 - Mr. Yeakel
- TTh
1:25-2:50 - Ms. Droba
No prerequisites.
No Credit after PHI 101. Satisfies the Philosophy and Letters (PL)
General
Education requirement. A survey and discussion of some of the enduring
and most pressing issues that have occupied philosophers: does God
exist?
What is a good person? Do we have free will? Is the mind the same as
the
brain? What is the universe really like? What do we really know? The
course
will acquaint students with techniques for discussing such questions
and
for evaluating proposed answers to them.
PHI
1040 - HONORS INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHICAL Problems
This course
satisfies
the General Education Requirement in Philosophy and Letters (PL).
College of
Liberal Arts
- TH
1:25-2:50
- 3
Cr. - Professor Lombard
Open only to
Honors
students. See PHI 1030 for description.
PHI
1050 - CRITICAL THINKING - 3 Cr.
This course
satisfies
the General Education Requirement in Critical Thinking (CT).
College of
Liberal Arts
- MWF
9:35-10:30 - Ms. Droba
- TTh
10:40-11:35 (plus
discussion section) - Professor Vineberg
- MW
11:45-12:40 (plus
discussion section) - Professor McKinsey
- MWF
12:50-1:45 - Mr. Grabowski
- MW
4:30-5:50 - Mr. Wang
- TTh
6:00-7:20 - Ms. Hnatiuk
College of
Lifelong
Learning
- T
6:00-9:00 -
Haper Woods - Mr. Baker
- M
6:00-9:00 -
Lamphere - CANCELED
- W
6:00-9:00 -
Oakland
Center - Ms. Foster
- M
1:00-4:00 -
on
campus - Mr. Letteri
- Th
12:00-3:00
- Wayne
County Center - Mr. Butzu
No prerequisites.
Satisfies the Critical Thinking (CT) General Education requirement.
Knowledge
and skills relevant to the critical evaluation of claims and arguments.
Topics will include: the formulation and identification of deductively
and inductively warranted conclusions from available evidence; the
assessment
of the strengths of arguments; the assessment of consistency,
inconsistency,
implications, and equivalence among statements; the identification of
fallacious
patters of inference; and the recognition of explanatory relations
among
statements.
PHI
1100 - CONTEMPORARY MORAL ISSUES: PROFESSIONAL ETHICS - 3
Cr.
This course
satisfies
the General Education Requirement in Philosophy and Letters (PL).
Only the section
of PHI 1100 that meets on campus satisfies the College of Engineering's
requirement in
"Professional Ethics".
College of
Liberal Arts
- MW
10:40-11:35 (plus
discussion section) - Mr. Burn
College of
Lifelong Learning
- T
6:00-9:00 -
Oakland
Center - Ms. Shea
No prerequisites.
Satisfies the Philosophy and Letters (PL) General Education
requirement.
A critical discussion of contemporary moral issues emphasizing ethics
in
the professions: ethical theory and business practice, corporate
social responsibility (business and profit), acceptable risk (consumer
risk, environmental risk, occupational risk), honesty in the workplace
(whistleblowing, business bluffing, competitor intelligence gathering),
ethical codes in the professions.
PHI
1110 - ETHICAL ISSUES IN HEALTH CARE - 3 Cr.
College of
Liberal Arts
- MW
3:00-4:20 - Mr. Kirkland
No prerequisites.
A survey of moral issues that arise in the practice of medicine and in
pursuit of medical knowledge: abortion, euthanasia, experimentation on
human subjects, informed consent, rights to health care, genetic
engineering,
the concepts of death, health, and disease.
PHI
1850 - SYMBOLIC LOGIC - 3 Cr.
PHI
1860 - HONORS SYMBOLIC LOGIC - 3 Cr.
College of
Liberal Arts
- MWF
10:40-11:35 -
Professor Stine
No prerequisites.
The logic of propositions; the general logic of predicates and
relations.
(Crosslisted with LIN 1850)
PHI
2100 - ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL PHILOSOPHY - 3 Cr.
This course
satisfies
the General Education Requirement in Philosophy and Letters (PL).
College of
Liberal Arts
- TTH
1:25-2:50
-
Professor Granger
An introduction
to
the Western philosophical tradition from its origins in Ancient Greece
through the medieval period. Unifying themes and important contrasts
between
the two eras will be stressed. Readings from the pre-Socratics, Plato,
Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas.
PHI
2320 - INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS - 3 Cr.
PHI
2320H - HONORS INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS - 3 Cr.
This course
satisfies
the General Education Requirement in Philosophy and Letters (PL).
College of
Liberal Arts
College of
Lifelong
Learning
- M
6:00-9:00 -
Mr. McMann- Oakland Center
No prerequisites.
Satisfies the Philosophy and Letters (PL) General Education
requirement.
An introduction to some classical and modern views concerning such
questions
as: What determines the rightness and wrongness of actions? What is the
nature of moral reasoning? What constitutes a moral life.
PHI
3500 - THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE - 3 Cr.
PHI
5530 - TOPICS IN EPISTEMOLOGY - 4 Cr.
PHI 3500
satisfies
the General Education Requirement in Philosophy and Letters (PL).
College of
Liberal Arts
- MWF
12:50-1:45 -
Professor Powers
No prerequisites
for PHI 3500; prerequisite for PHI 5530: one course from the
Philosophical
Problems group, or consent of instructor. The distinction between
knowledge and belief is germane to every field of inquiry. What is the
difference between knowledge and belief? Do we know anything at all?
Are
we ever in a position of being certain about beliefs pertaining to an
objective
world? Is our belief in an objective world based on our subjective
experiences?
PHI
3600 - SPACE, TIME, AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS - 3 Cr.
PHI
5800 - SPECIAL TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY: SPACE, TIME, AND PHYSICS -
4 Cr.
College of
Liberal Arts
- TTh
11:45-1:10 -
Professor Lombard
Prereq: one
course
in philosophy or in a physical science or consent of instructor. A
survey
of some principle problems concerning the
concepts
of space and time and their relation to physical theories. Topics
include:
our knowledge of the geometric features of the
world, the existence of space and time, time without change, the
passage
of time, the philosophical foundations and implications of Einstein's
Special
Theory of Relativity, and the explanation of motion and the General
Theory
of Relativity. No prior knowledge of modern physics will be presupposed.
PHI
3700 - PHILOSOPHY OF ART - 3 Cr.
This course
satisfies
the General Education Requirement in Philosophy and Letters (PL).
College of
Liberal Arts
- TTH
11:45-1:10 - Professor
Yanal
- MW
6:00-7:20
- Mr. Wenzel
College of
Lifelong
Learning
- T
6:00-9:00
- Oakland Center- Professor Stidd
No prerequisites.
Satisfies the Philosophy and Letters (PL) General Education
requirement.
What are art works? Why are they so moving? What is the nature of the
experience
they offer? This course introduces the student to some of the schools
of
thought on these issues. It also attempts to deal with the specific
natures
of the various artistic media, such as: drama, literature, film,
painting,
photography, music, and opera.
PHI 3800 - TOPICS IN PHILOSOPHY:
POETRY AND PHILOSOPHY - 3 Cr.
College
of Liberal Arts
- MW
1:55-3:20 - Professor Granger
PHI
4870 - HONORS DIRECTED READING - 4 Cr.
PHI
5230 - PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE - 4 Cr. (Cross-listed with SOC
6080)
College of
Liberal Arts
- TTh
1:25-3:15
- Professor Vineberg
Prereq: PHI 1850
or 1860 or any course from the Philosophical Problems group or consent
of instructor. Intensive investigation and discussion of special topics
or particular authors in the philosophy of science.
PHI
5460 - KANT -
4 Cr.
College of Liberal Arts
- TTh 1:25-3:15 - Professor Stine
Prereq: any philosophy course at the
2000-level
or above, or consent of instructor.
PHI
5530 - TOPICS IN EPISTEMOLOGY - 4 Cr.
PHI
3500 - THEORY OF KNOWLEDGE - 3 Cr.
PHI 3500
satisfies
the General Education Requirement in Philosophy and Letters (PL).
College of
Liberal Arts
- MWF
12:50-1:45 -
Professor Powers
No prerequisites
for PHI 3500; prerequisite for PHI 5530: one course from the
Philosophical
Problems group, or consent of instructor. The distinction between
knowledge and belief is germane to every field of inquiry. What is the
difference between knowledge and belief? Do we know anything at all?
Are
we ever in a position of being certain about beliefs pertaining to an
objective
world? Is our belief in an objective world based on our subjective
experiences?
PHI
5570 - PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE - 4 Cr.
College of
Liberal Arts
- MW 1:55-3:45 - Professor
McKinsey
Prereq: PHI 1850 or 1860 or any course
from the Philosophical Problems group or graduate student in
linguistics
consent of instructor. Intensive investigation and discussion of
philosophical
problems concerning meaning, truth, and the nature of language.
PHI
5990 - DIRECTED READING - 1-6 Cr.
Prereq: undergrad., consent of
chairperson
and instructor; grad., consent of chairperson, graduate officer,
and
instructor. Intensive investigation by student on topic chosen by
student
in consultation with instructor.
PHI
5993 - WRITING INTENSIVE - 0 Cr. - Staff
This course
satisfies
the Writing Intensive (WI) component of the General Education
Requirements.
Prereq: junior
standing; satisfactory completion of English Proficiency
Examination; consent of instructor and departmental
undergraduate adviser; coreq: any 3000- or 5000-level
philosophy course PHI 5200, 5350, and 5390. Offered for S
and U grades only. No degree credit. Required for
all majors. Disciplinary writing assignments under
direction of faculty member. Must be selected in conjunction
with a course designated as a corequisite; see
section listing in Schedule of Classes for corequisites
available each term. Directed practice in rewriting
assignments for the concurrently-elected course,
for the purpose of perfecting skills in philosophical writing.
PHI
7850 - SEMINAR IN EPISTEMOLOGY -
5 Cr.
College of
Liberal Arts
- M
4:30-7:15 -
Professor Powers
PHI
7830 - SEMINAR IN AESTHETICS: EXPRESSION IN MUSIC - 5 Cr.
College of
Liberal Arts
- T
4:30-7:15 -
Professor Yanal
PHI
7990 - MASTER'S ESSAY DIRECTION - 1-4 Cr.
PHI
8990 - MASTER'S THESIS DIRECTION AND RESEARCH - 1-8 Cr.
PHI
9990 - DOCTORAL DISSERTATION DIRECTION AND RESEARCH- 1-16 Cr.