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Philosophy (Phil)

20T. Introductory Topics in Philosophy (4; max total 8 if no topic repeated)
Problems in diverse areas of philosophy, including ethics, religion, analysis, social philosophy, theory of knowledge, and history of philosophy.

25. Deductive Logic (4)
Introduction to modern symbolic logic, with illustrative applications to ordinary language and philosophy.

100T. Topics in the History of Philosophy (4; max total 20 if no topic repeated)
Sections designated as concentrating on one or more philosophers or historical periods.

110. Symbolic Logic I (4)
Prerequisite: Math 75 or Phil 25 or permission of instructor. Rigorous development of deductions; sentential logic, a natural deduction system for the predicate logic; definition of systematic consistency and completeness, proofs of invalidity, consistency, and independence of sentences within predicate logic.

111. Symbolic Logic II (4)
(Same as Math 111) Prerequisite: Phil 110 or permission of instructor. Continuation of Phil 110; Logic of relations and identity; reduction to normal forms; formalization of informal proofs; formal definition of theoretical concepts and axiomatization of scientific theories.

150T. Special Topics (1-4; max total 32 if no topic repeated)
Issues in such fields as aesthetics, comparative religion, ethics, existentialism, literature of the Bible, logic, analysis, metaphysics; philosophy of education, history, law, science; theology; theory of knowledge; twentieth century philosophy.

190. Independent Study (1-3; max see reference)

See Academic Placement -- Independent Study.

 

GRADUATE COURSES

200. Foundations of Mathematics (3)
(See Math 210)



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