Content varies somewhat depending on instructor; students are encouraged to read the detailed descriptions published each semester on the Department's website. The following are typical. (1) Introduction to philosophical thinking, stressing the formulation and evaluation of logical arguments, with readings from Plato and Descartes, and recent works on good and evil, immortality, and personal identity.

Consideration of issues that arise when one thinks philosophically about religion. These include arguments for the existence of God, the need (or lack of need) for such arguments, the divine attributes, the problem of evil, the nature of religious experience, and the relation of religion to science.

An introduction to the main themes of Existentialism through seminal writing by Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, and Sartre. (Gen.Ed. AL)

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Must be taken in conjunction with PHIL 320 or PHIL 321. Satisfies the Junior Year Writing Requirement in Philosophy. Prerequisite: ENGLISH 112 or the equivalent.

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