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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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.

Exploration of questions about the nature of art, such as: what makes something a work of art, why the aesthetic merit of an artwork depends upon who produced it, what authenticity is and why it matters, and related questions concerning the identity conditions for artworks. (Gen.Ed. AT)

This course addresses central questions in contemporary epistemology concerning the nature of knowledge and justification, the 'a priori'; perceptual knowledge; and skepticism.

This course examines some answers philosophers have given to important questions in metaphysics, including: Why is there something rather than nothing? Do we have free will? Could we survive tele-transportation?

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

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