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Course Descriptions
> PHIL - Philosophy
PHIL - Philosophy
PHIL 101
Introduction to Philosophy
PHIL 150
Formal Logic
PHIL 199
Practical Ethics: Case-Based Reasoning
PHIL 210
Modern Philosophy
PHIL 211
Historical Foundations of Moral Theory
PHIL 212
Existentialist Philosophy
PHIL 220
Philosophy of Race
PHIL 221
Feminist Theories
PHIL 222
Knowledge and Power
PHIL 230
Happiness, Meaning, and the Good Life
PHIL 231
Environmental and Animal Ethics
PHIL 232
Philosophy of Religion
PHIL 233
Bioethics
PHIL 241
Paradoxes
PHIL 242
Minds, Agents, and Persons
PHIL 243
Representation and Reality
PHIL 251
Logic, Problem Solving, and Education
PHIL 299
Ethics Bowl: Contemporary Debates on Ethical Issues
PHIL 310
Topics in Modern Philosophy
PHIL 311
Wittgenstein
PHIL 313
The Brothers Karamazov
PHIL 320
Health and Social Justice
PHIL 321
The Philosophy of James Baldwin
PHIL 330
Law and Morality
PHIL 331
Contemporary Moral Philosophy
PHIL 340
Evidence, Reasoning, Science, and Truth
PHIL 341
Philosophy of Space and Time
PHIL 342
Theory of Knowledge
PHIL 343
Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Cognitive Science
PHIL 344
Language, Translation, and Meaning
PHIL 345
Consciousness and Cognition
PHIL 346
Metaphysics
PHIL 350
Metalogic
PHIL 360
Beauty
PHIL 361
Philosophy and Children
PHIL 395
Philosophy Seminar
PHIL 397
Independent Study
PHIL 490
Senior Seminar
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