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PHI 220 Aesthetics. An inquiry into the nature, criteria, and significance of the fine arts and/or artistic creation and
response. Fulfills Foundations: Art.
FALL 2015:
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PHI 220 01 TR 10:00 am-11:15 am Kelly A Parker PEW Campus
PHI 220 02 TR 11:30 am-12:45 pm Kelly A Parker PEW Campus
PHI 220 03 EMPHASIS-Philosophy of Music MW 4:30 pm-05:45 Wesley D Cray Allendale Campus
PHI 220 04 T 06:00 pm-08:50 pm David T Vessey PEW Campus
WINTER 2016:
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PHI 220 01 MWF 11:00 am-11:50 am TBA Allendale Campus
PHI 220 02 SWS Aesthetics - Phil of Music TR 10:00 am-11:15 am Wesley D Cray Allendale Campus
PHI 220 03 SWS Aesthetics - Phil of Music TR 02:30 pm-03:45 pm Wesley D Cray Allendale Campus
PHI 220 04 Aesthetics-Phil of Music W 06:00 pm-08:50 pm Wesley D Cray Allendale Campus
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 230 American Philosophy. Focuses on figures from the classical period of American philosophy.
FALL 2015 only: PHI 230 01 MWF 09:00am-09:50am TBA Allendale Campus
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 240 Middle Eastern Philosophy. Introduces students to Middle Eastern philosophy from the medieval period
through the contemporary era. Fulfills World Perspectives requirement.
WINTER 2016 only: PHI 240 01 MWF 11:00am-11:50am TBA Allendale Campus
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 250 Existentialism. An investigation of a major philosophical and literary movement in the 19th and 20th century.
FALL 2015 only: PHI 250 01 TR 02:30pm-03:45pm Teresa Castelao-Lawless Allendale Campus
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 300 Theories of Human Nature. Survey of philosophical, scientific and religious conceptions of the human being,
from past and present and from various cultures. Identity issue. Junior Standing
SPRING 2015: PHI 300 01 MW 12:00am-3:20pm Jeffrey T Byrnes S Allendale Campus
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PHI 300 01 MWF 11:00am-11:50am Mark S Pestana Allendale Campus
PHI 300 02 TR 04:00 pm-05:15pm Dwayne A Tunstall Allendale Campus
WINTER 2016:
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PHI 300 01 W 06:00 pm-08:50 pm Michael A DeWilde Allendale Campus
PHI 300 02 MWF 12:00pm-12:50pm David T Vessey Allendale Campus
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 306 Eastern Great Philosophers. A study of one or several Eastern great philosophers.
WINTER 2016 only: PHI 306 01 TR 04:00 pm-05:15 pm Ge L Shang Allendale Campus
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 311 Ancient Great Philosophers. A study of one or several ancient great philosophers. Cross listed with CLA 311.
May be repeated for credit if content varies.
Fall 2015 only: PHI 311 01 ALL 3.000 MWF 02:00 pm-02:50 pm Mark M Moes MAK BLL110
Winter 2016: PHI 311 01 ALL 3.000 MWF 12:00 pm-12:50 pm David C Crane LHH 121
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 312 Medieval Great Philosophers. A study of one or several medieval great philosophers. May be repeated for
credit, if content differs. Fulfills one of the Issues/Themes requirements.
Winter 2016 only: PHI 312 01 T 06:00 pm-08:50 pm Mark S Pestana Allendale Campus
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 313 Early Modern Great Philosophers. A study of one or several modern great philosophers, such as: May be
repeated for credit, if content differs.
Fall 2015 only: PHI 313 01 ALL 3.000 MW 03:00 pm-04:15 pm Phyllis W Vandenberg MAK BLL110
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 314 Late Modern Great Philosophers. A study of one or several later modern great philosophers. Course may be
repeated if content differs.
Winter 2016 only: PHI 314 01 TR 04:00 pm-05:15 pm Teresa Castelao-Lawless Allendale Campus
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 315 Recent Great Philosophers. A study of one or several recent great philosophers, such as: Kierkegaard, Marx,
James, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Dewey, Arendt, Merleau-Ponty, Peirce, Whitehead
Fall 2015: PHI 315 01 ALL 3.000 MW 01:30 pm-02:45 pm Dwayne A Tunstall PAD 209
Winter 2016: PHI 315 01 ALL 3.000 TR 11:30 am-12:45 pm Andrew D Spear Allendale
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 320 Social and Political Philosophy. Analyzes the intellectual appropriation of the concept of freedom over time.
Emphasis will be given to the dynamic interaction between freedom and social control in classics of Western philosophy.
Winter 2016 only: PHI 320 01 ALL 3.000 MWF 11:00 am-11:50 am John A Uglietta MAK B1138 Issues-Human Rights
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PHI 325 Ethics in Professional Life. Examination of ethical principles and practice in business, medicine, education, law,
and government. Aims at providing students with the intellectual framework for an ethical analysis of situations.
Fall 2015:
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PHI 325 01 MWF 12:00 pm-12:50 pm Tyler F Klaskow MAK D2123 Issues-Human Rights Allendale
PHI 325 02 SWS 02:00 pm-02:50 pm Tyler F Klaskow LOH 178 Issues-Human Rights and SWS
PHI 325 03 PEW 3.000 MW 03:00 pm-04:15 pm TBA EC 710 Issues-Human Rights PEW Campus
PHI 325 04 ALL 3.000 MW 04:30 pm-05:45 pm TBA PAD 207 Issues-Human Rights Allendale Campus
Winter 2016:
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PHI 325 01 MWF 11:00 am-11:50 am Tyler F Klaskow DEV 203E Issues-Human Rights PEW Campus
PHI 325 02 TR 01:00 pm-02:15 pm Phyllis W Vandenberg MAK D1123 Issues-Human Rights
PHI 325 03 R 06:00 pm-08:50 pm Alyssa Lynne Luboff Issues-Human Rights Allendale Campus
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 335 Philosophy & Democracy. Explores the idea of democracy within the context of a major philosophical tradition.
Fall 2015: PHI 335 01 ALL 3.000 W 06:00 pm-08:50 pm Stephen C Rowe Themes Allendale Campus
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 341 Philosophy of Death and Dying. A philosophical exploration of ethical, religious, and metaphysical questions
about death and dying.
Fall 2015: PHI 341 01 M 06:00 pm-08:50 pm Tyler F Klaskow Themes - Theme Allendale Campus
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 343 Philosophy of Religion. Does God exist? Is there a life after death? How did evil enter the world? Is there any
place for reason in religion, or is religious faith only a matter of subjective experience? These questions are explored.
Winter 2016: PHI 343 01 MWF 02:00 pm-02:50 pm Mark M Moes Themes Allendale Campus
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 350 Philosophy of History. Course first compares classical cyclical with Judeo-Christian views of history. It then
follows the rise of ideas of progress, of historicism, and of Marxism.
Fall 2015: PHI 350 01 TR 11:30 am-12:45 pm David T Vessey Allendale Campus
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 370 Sex Matters: Feminist Philosophy in the Contemporary World. Sex and gender are central to our identity. The
course explores these concepts within the intersection of race, class, sexualities, and ethnicities.
Fall 2015: PHI 370 01 R 06:00 pm-08:50 pm Alyssa Lynne Luboff Issues-Identity –Allendale Campus
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PHI 375 Community Working Classics I. A political philosophy/service learning seminar that involves students in
community organizing and teaching as well as the study of classic texts in philosophy.
Fall 2015: PHI 375 01 ALL 4.000 TBA Michael A DeWilde TBA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 376 Community Working Classics II. Continuation of PHI 375. Students will continue to develop their organizing and
facilitating skills in the context of a philosophy service-learning seminar. Special emphasis on researching and writing.
Winter 2016: PHI 376 01 ALL 3.000 TBA Michael A DeWilde TBA
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 440 Epistemology. What is knowledge? What is the relation of knower to known? How is knowledge distinguished
from belief? What are the nature and ground of certainty?
Winter 2016: PHI 440 01 TR 02:30 pm-03:45 pm 0 Andrew D Spear Themes Allendale Campus
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 450 Metaphysics. A study of representative metaphysical systems and problems through the writings of the
classical, medieval, modern and recent periods..
Fall 2015: PHI 450 01 ALL 3.000 TR 02:30 pm-03:45 pm Andrew D Spear Allendale Campus
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 460 Value Theory. This course is dedicated to some of the most fundamental questions about value: What is value?
Where does is come from? How many kinds of it are there?
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 470 Philosophy of Language
Fall 2015: PHI 470 01 TR 11:30 am-12:45 pm Ronald Loeffler Allendale Campus
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------PHI 480 Advanced Study. According to the needs of the students, seminars in historical and systematic studies in areas,
philosophers, and movements.
PHI 495 Reality, Knowledge, and Value (Capstone).
Fall 2015: PHI 495 01 TR 01:00 pm-02:15 pm David Vessey Allendale Campus
Winter 2016: PHI 495 01 T 06:00 pm-08:50 pm Stephen C Rowe Allendal