MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY
Department of Philosophy
Undergraduate Course Descriptions -- Spring 2016 (20152)
Course and Class Standing Prerequisites are Strictly Enforced
PHIL 1000 - LOGIC
(PREREQUISITE(S): Freshman standing recommended.)
Section 101
- MWF 8:00-8:50, STAFF
Section 102
- MWF 9:00-9:50, STAFF
PHIL 1001 - PHILOSOPHY OF HUMAN NATURE
(PREREQUISITE(S): May not be taken by first semester Freshman)
Section 101
- MWF 8:00-8:50, STAFF
Section 102
- MWF 8:00-8:50, STAFF
Section 103
- MWF 9:00-9:50, STAFF
Section 104
- MWF 9:00-9:50, DR. DAVID TWETTEN
The course begins with the question of contemporary existentialism: is there any meaning in human life?
Subsequently we shall take up the principal problems of the philosophical science of human nature. Must a
human being be any more than a mere physical entity, and if so, how can it be? What is the soul, and how is it
related to the body? What is truth, and how is it known? Are human beings free or determined in the choices
they make? What importance does society have in human existence? We shall examine the various answers to
these questions provided in the history of philosophy from Plato to Sartre. By the end of the course, then, the
student will have made acquaintance with the great philosophers on the great question, what does it mean to be
human?
TEXTS: Plato. FIVE DIALOGUES; Frankl, MAN'S SEARCH FOR MEANING; Packet
REQUIREMENTS: Unannounced quizzes over the reading material; mid-semester and cumulative final
exam; 1-2 essays; class participation.
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Section 105
- MWF 10:00-10:50, DR. NOEL ADAMS
Phil. 1001: Philosophy of Human Nature
This course deals with the following four problem areas: Human choice, human cognition, the affective, social
and spiritual dimensions of the human person, and the unity of the human being. These four areas will be
analyzed within the context of the writings of significant philosophers within the classical and modern eras.
Course Requirements and Grade Determination:
Your final course grade will be determined by two exams (50 points each), weekly writing assignments (which
add up to 50 points), participation/class conduct, and attendance/tardiness. Electronic devices are prohibited
from class.
Required books (you must use books printed on paper; no editions other than the ones listed below are
acceptable):
Plato: Five Dialogues, edited by Grube, G.M.A. (Hackett) (ISBN: 0-87220-633-5)
Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, (2nd ed.) edited by Irwin, Terence (Hackett) (ISBN: 0-87220-464-2)
Sextus Empiricus: Selections from the Major Writings on Scepticism, Man and God, ed. by Hallie, Philip P. and
translated by Etheridge, Sanford G. (ISBN: 0-87220-006-X)
Augustine: On Free Choice of the Will, trans. by Williams, Thomas (Hackett) (ISBN: 0-87220-188-0)
Descartes: Mediations on First Philosophy, trans. by Cress, Donald (Hackett) (ISBN: 0-87220-192-9)
Kierkegaard: Fear and Trembling / Repetition, edited and translated by Hong, Edna and Hong, Howard
(Princeton University Press) (ISBN: 0-691-02026-4)
James: Pragmatism, ed. Kuklick, Bruce (Hackett) (ISBN: 0-915145-05-7)
Gandhi: Selected Political Writings, ed. Dalton, Dennis (Hackett) (ISBN: 0-87220-330-1
Section 106
- MWF 10:00-10:50, DR. DAVID TWETTEN
See section 104
Section 107
- MWF 11:00-11:50, STAFF
Section 108
- MWF 11:00-11:50, STAFF
Section 109
- MWF 12:00-12:50, STAFF
Section 110
- MWF 12:00-12:50, STAFF
Section 111
- MWF 12:00-12:50, STAFF
Section 112
- MWF 1:00-1:50, DR. NOEL ADAMS
See section 105
Section 113
- MWF 1:00-1:50, STAFF
Section 114
- MW 2:00-3:15, STAFF
Section 115
- MW 2:00-3:15, STAFF
Section 116
- MW 3:30-4:45, STAFF
Section 117
- MW 3:30-4:45, STAFF
Section 118
- TTH 8:00-9:15, STAFF
Section 119
- TTH 8:00-9:15, STAFF
Section 120
- TTH 9:30-10:45, DR. ERICKA TUCKER
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Section 121
- TTH 9:30-10:45, DR. JAVIER IBÁÑEZ-NOÉ
A historical survey of the philosophical question of whether the human essence is to be defined with respect to
the affinity of human beings to other animals or rather with respect to their affinity to the Divine. Topics include
the problem of the relation body-soul, immortality, freedom of the will, and the nature of knowledge.
TEXTS: Plato, SYMPOSIUM, PHAEDRUS, Aldous Huxley, BRAVE NEW WORLD; a packet of texts by
Aquinas, Descartes, and Hobbes will be made available electronically.
REQUIREMENTS: two tests (including the final), several quizzes, and class participation.
Section 122
- TTH 9:30-10:45, DR. STANLEY HARRISON
Section 123
- TTH 11:00-12:15, STAFF
Section 124
- TTH 11:00-12:15, DR. STANLEY HARRISON
Section 125
- TTH 12:30-1:45, DR. MICHAEL MONAHAN
Section 126
- TTH 12:30-1:45, DR. ANTHONY PERESSINI
Section 127
- TTH 2:00-3:15, DR. ANTHONY PERESSINI
Section 128
- TTH 2:00-3:15, DR. STANLEY HARRISON
Section 129
- TTH 3:30-4:45, STAFF
Section 130
- TTH 3:30-4:45, STAFF
Section 701
- MW 5:30-6:45, STAFF
Section 702
- TTH 5:30-6:45, STAFF
PHIL 2310 - THEORY OF ETHICS
(PREREQUISITE(S): Phil 1001; Sophomore Standing.)
Section 101
- MWF 8:00-8:50, STAFF
Section 102
- MWF 9:00-9:50, STAFF
Section 103
- MWF 9:00-9:50, STAFF
Section 104
- MWF 10:00-10:50, STAFF
Section 105
- MWF 10:00-10:50, STAFF
Section 106
- MWF 11:00-11:50, STAFF
Section 107
- MWF 12:00-12:50, STAFF
Section 108
- MWF 12:00-12:50, STAFF
Section 109
- MWF 1:00-1:50, STAFF
Section 110
- MWF 1:00-1:50, STAFF
Section 111
- MW 2:00-3:15, STAFF
Section 112
- MW 2:00-3:15, STAFF
Section 113
- MW 3:30-4:45, STAFF
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Section 114
- MW 3:30-4:45, REV. JOHN JONES
Section 115
- TTH 8:00-9:15, DR. TREVOR SMITH
[Section Title: Dorothy Day Section]
Section 116
- TTH 9:30-10:45, DR. OWEN GOLDIN
Section 117
- TTH 11:00-12:15, DR. MICHAEL WREEN
Section 118
- TTH 11:00-12:15, DR. OWEN GOLDIN
Section 119
- TTH 11:00-12:15, DR. RICHARD TAYLOR
Section 120
- TTH 12:30-1:45, DR. JAVIER IBÁÑEZ-NOÉ
This course will deal with the fundamental questions of ehtical theory, as they are explicitly or implicitly
answered in classical and in modern philosophy, and as they imperceptibly determine the way we shape our
personal lives.
TEXTS: Oliver Johnson (ed.), ETHICS: SELECTIONS FROM CLASSICAL AND CONTEMPORARY
WRITERS, (eleventh edition); C.S. Lewis, THE SCREWTAPE LETTERS.
REQUIREMENTS: several quizzes, two tests (including a final).
Section 121
- TTH 11:00-12:15, DR. JAVIER IBÁÑEZ-NOÉ
See section 120
Section 122
- TTH 2:00-3:15, DR. RICHARD TAYLOR
Section 123
- TTH 2:00-3:15, DR. MICHAEL WREEN
Section 124
- TTH 3:30-4:45, DR. MICHAEL WREEN
Section 701
- TTH 5:30-6:45, STAFF
Section 702
- MW 5:00-6:15, STAFF
Section 901
- TTH 9:30-10:45, DR. THERESA TOBIN
Section 902
- TTH 12:30-1:45, DR. YOON CHOI
Phil 2130 902: In this course, we will become practiced in the methods and logic of ethical argumentation by
getting immersed in the history of ethical thought. We will explore three major ethical theories – virtue ethics,
deontology, and consequentialism – through a set of historical texts. We will then see how contemporary
philosophers bring these theories to bear on difficult problems we’re currently facing: abortion, euthanasia, and
famine relief. This section of Phil 2310 is coordinated with Hist 2001 and will conclude with a unit that explores
the ethics of historical inquiry.
PHIL 3450 - EPISTEMOLOGY
(PREREQUISITE(S): Phil 1001; Sophomore Standing)
Section 101
- TTH 12:30-1:45, DR. OWEN GOLDIN
We will discuss basic problems and strategies found in philosophical accounts of the nature of knowledge. We
will discuss both historical and contmporary material.
TEXTS: Audi, EPISTEMOLOGY: A CONTEMPORARY INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF
KNOWLEDGE (3rd. Ed., Huemer, EPISTEMOLOGY: CONTEMPORARY READINGS, other readings on
reserve or D2L.
REQUIREMENTS: Grading will be on the basis of two papers, class participation and/or online discussion, and
midterm and final exams.
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PHIL 3610 - ANCIENT PHILOSOPHY
(PREREQUISITE(S): Phil 1001; Sophomore Standing)
Section 101
- TTH 3:30-4:45, DR. RICHARD TAYLOR
PHIL 3750 - PHILOSOPHY OF LAW
(PREREQUISITE(S): Phil 1001; Sophomore Standing)
Section 101
- TTH 12:30-1:45, DR. ERICKA TUCKER
PHIL 3751 - PHILOSOPHY AND HISTORY OF CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
(PREREQUISITE(S): Phil 1001; Sophomore Standing. Same as HIST 3751 and CRLS 3751.
May be counted toward the core curriculum requirement in either Philosophy or Socialbehavioral Science.)
Section 101
- MW 2:00-3:15, REV. JOHN JONES
Section 102
- MWF 9:00-9:50, STAFF
PHIL 3770 - FEMINIST PHILOSOPHY
(PREREQUISITE(S): Phil 1001; Sophomore Standing)
Section 101
- TTH 9:30-10:45, DR. MICHAEL MONAHAN
This course will engage some of the major themes of feminist theory. Feminist approaches to epistemology,
ethics, and politics, as well as the general themes of identity, oppression, and liberation will be covered, with
special emphasis on the inter-relations of these themes and questions. While the historical development of
feminist thought will be an important component of the course, special emphasis will be placed on more recent
literature and developments.
TEXTS: Ann E. Cudd and Robin O. Andreasen, FEMINIST TEORY: A PHILOSOPHICAL ANTHOLOGY.
REQUIREMENTS: in-class writing assignments, a mid-term essay exam, a final essay exam
PHIL 4320 - CONTEMPORARY ETHICAL PROBLEMS
(PREREQUISITE(S): Phil 2310, Junior Standing)
Section 701
- T 5:00-7:30, STAFF
PHIL 4330 - BUSINESS ETHICS
(PREREQUISITE(S): Phil 2310; Junior Standing)
Section 101
- TTH 2:00-3:15, DR. KEVIN GIBSON
Section 102
- TTH 3:30-4:45, DR. KEVIN GIBSON
PHIL 4335 - BIOMEDICAL ETHICS
(PREREQUISITE(S): Phil 2310; Sophomore Standing)
Section 101
- MW 2:00-3:15, STAFF
Section 102
- MW 3:30-4:45, STAFF
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PHIL 4336 - APPLIED ETHICS THE HEALTH SCIENCES
(PREREQUISITE(S): Enrolled in Health Sciences, Junior Standing, and Phil 2310.)
Section 101
- F 9:00-10:40, STAFF
Section 102
- F 11:00-12:40, STAFF
Section 103
- F 1:00-2:40, STAFF
Section 104
- T 2:00-3:40, STAFF
Section 105
- T 2:00-3:40, STAFF
Section 106
- TH 2:00-3:40, STAFF
Section 107
- TH 2:00-3:40, STAFF
Section 701
- M 4:00-5:40, STAFF
Section 702
- T 4:00-5:40, STAFF
Section 703
- T 4:00-5:40, STAFF
Section 704
- TH 4:00-5:40, STAFF
Section 705
- TH 4:00-5:40, STAFF
Section 706
- T 6:00-7:40, STAFF
Section 707
- W 4:00-5:40, STAFF
Section 708
- W 4:00-5:40, STAFF
PHIL 4540 - PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION
(PREREQUISITE(S): Phil 1001; Junior Standing. This course is equivalent to EDUC 4540.)
Section 101
- MW 2:00-3:15, STAFF
Section 102
- M 5:30-8:10, STAFF
PHIL 4953 - UNDERGRADUATE SEMINAR:
(PREREQUISITE(S): Phil 1001; Junior Standing, and consent of instructor.)
Section 101
- TTH 3:30-4:45, DR. YOON CHOI
[Section Title: The Metaphysics & Ethics of Personal Identity]
Phil 4953 and 5953: The first half of this course will be devoted to exploring the metaphysics of personal
identity. What is a self? And what makes a self the same self over time? A persisting soul-substance? Memory?
Psychological or narrative or bodily continuity? What can we learn about personal identity from brain bisection
or from dissociative identity disorder? We will then turn our attention to related ethical questions. Does personal
identity matter? What are the ramifications of our understanding of personal identity for questions of moral and
legal responsibility, or for addressing difficult questions surrounding life and death (euthanasia, abortion, the
legitimacy of advanced directives, etc.)? Readings will be drawn from both the history of philosophy (Locke,
Butler, Hume) and contemporary philosophy (Bernard Williams, Derek Parfit, Thomas Nagel).
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