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PHIL - Philosophy
PHIL 101
Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 199
Practical Ethics: Case-Based Reasoning
PHIL 200
Death
PHIL 205
Introduction to Ancient Thought
PHIL 210
Historical Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 215
Existentialist Philosophy
PHIL 225
Formal Logic
PHIL 230
Introduction to Ethics
PHIL 235
Feminism
PHIL 240
Philosophy of Race
PHIL 245
Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 250
Bioethics
PHIL 255
Environmental Ethics
PHIL 275
Logic, Problem Solving, and Education
PHIL 285
Paradoxes
PHIL 290
Art: Form, Meaning, Value
PHIL 299
Ethics Bowl
PHIL 300
Topics in Classical Philosophy
PHIL 305
Topics in Modern Philosophy
PHIL 308
Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Cognitive Science
PHIL 310
Hobbes to Kant
PHIL 315
Philosophy of Literature
PHIL 317
The Philosophy of Classical Hollywood Cinema
PHIL 320
Set Theory and Foundations of Mathematics
PHIL 325
Metalogic
PHIL 330
Globalization and Justice
PHIL 333
Transitional Justice
PHIL 335
The Ethics of Competition; Business and Sport.
PHIL 340
Philosophy of Law
PHIL 343
Applied Ethics
PHIL 345
Contemporary Moral Philosophy: Authenticity, Identity, and Freedom
PHIL 350
Modern Classics in Political Philosophy: Justice, Liberty, and Equality
PHIL 353
Health and Social Justice
PHIL 355
Philosophy of Space and Time
PHIL 360
Philosophy of Mind
PHIL 365
Philosophy of Science
PHIL 370
Philosophy of Language
PHIL 375
Theory of Knowledge
PHIL 376
Knowledge and Power
PHIL 380
Wittgenstein
PHIL 385
Metaphysics
PHIL 397
Independent Study
PHIL 490
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