WSU Graduate Courses - Philosophy/PHL

PHL 532 STUDIES IN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (Credits: 4)

Courses of variable content dealing with topics in ancient and modern political philosophy.May be repeated.

PHL 541 AESTHETICS (Credits: 4)

Study of theories concerning the nature of the work of art, aesthetic experience, the arts, and beauty.

PHL 578 ETHICS AND MEDICINE (Credits: 4)

Ethical issues confronting society in the area of medicine and health care, considered from the perspective of philosophical and theological ethics. Examples include ethics of abortion, euthanasia, experimental medicine, and behavior control.

PHL 582 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: PROCESS (Credits: 4)

(Listed jointly with REL 582.)Realism and the revolt against idealism.Cross-disciplinary analysis of major contemporary process philosophers, and the implications of their thoughts for religion.Focus on Alfred North Whitehead.

PHL 583 PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION: SECULAR (Credits: 4)

(Listed jointly with REL 583.)Cross-disciplinary analysis of modes of human awareness through which religious meaning is expressed.Examination of presuppositions of contemporary secular religious movements in existentialism.The problem of the ultimate from the secular perspective.

PHL 599 STUDIES IN SELECTED SUBJECTS (Credits: 1 TO 4)

Problems, approaches, and topics in the field of philosophy.

PHL 601 MAJOR PHILOSOPHERS (Credits: 4)

Introduction to the major writings of the outstanding philosophers. Involves presentation and critical examination of the philosophers' views. Titles vary.

PHL 623 ADVANCED LOGIC (Credits: 3 TO 4)

(Listed jointly with Mth 623.)Treats logic as an object rather than as a subject.Although it contains extensions to higher order, its main concern is with use of logic and with limitations of logical systems.

PREREQUISITE: PHL 123 AND 323, OR ONE OF THESE TOGETHER WITH
ONE MATH COURSE BEYOND CALCULUS, OR CONSENT OF
INSTRUCTOR.

PHL 624 MATHEMATICAL PHILOSOPHY (Credits: 4)

Investigation of philosophical theories concerning the nature of mathematics, the ground of mathematical knowledge, the necessity of mathematical truth, the empirical relevance of mathematics, and the relationships between mathematical philosophy and general philosophy.

PHL 631 CLASSICAL AND MEDIEVAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (Credits: 4)

(Listed jointly with PLS 601.)Critical examination of political ideas from 500 B.C. to 1500 A.D. with emphasis on Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, St. Augustine, St. Thomas, Aquinas, Luther, Calvin, and Machiavelli.

PHL 632 MODERN POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY (Credits: 4)

Critical examination of political ideas from 1600 to 1900 with emphasis on Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Hume, Burke, Hegel, Bentham, Marx, and Mill.

PHL 642 PHILOSOPHY AND LITERATURE (Credits: 4)

Examination of philosophical ideas found in literature, philosophical interpretations of literature, and evaluations of theories and aesthetics of literature.

PHL 643 ASIAN RELIGIOUS PHILOSOPHY (Credits: 4)

Perennial themes in Asian cultures, such as individual, society, and cosmos; appearance and reality; time and history; and karma, freedom, and responsibility. Treatment of these themes in the philosophical traditions of Asian cultures.

PHL 667 PHILOSOPHY OF MIND (Credits: 4)

Classical and contemporary approaches to such issues as the nature of mind, relationships of mind to body, knowledge of other minds, intentionality, perception, and agency.

PHL 681 INDEPENDENT READING (Credits: 3 TO 4)

Faculty-directed readings in philosophical literature.

PHL 682 INDEPENDENT READING (Credits: 3 TO 4)

Faculty-directed readings in philosophical literature.

PHL 683 INDEPENDENT READING (Credits: 3 TO 4)

Faculty-directed readings in philosophical literature.

PHL 694 EXISTENTIALISM (Credits: 4)

Representative writers of the existentialist movement.

PHL 695 METAPHYSICS (Credits: 4)

Investigation of classical and contemporary attempts to develop a theory of the nature of being and reality.

PHL 696 EPISTEMOLOGY (Credits: 4)

Origin, certainty, and extent of human knowledge

PHL 751 RESEARCH IN PHILOSOPHY (Credits: 1 TO 5)

Independent study.

PHL 752 RESEARCH IN PHILOSOPHY (Credits: 1 TO 5)

Independent study.

PHL 753 RESEARCH IN PHILOSOPHY (Credits: 1 TO 5)

Independent study.