Phil 245 ‑ Computer Ethics

Brian O'Connell

TR 12:30-1:45pm - Code 11533

Examination of ethical theories and principles relevant to issues regularly confronted by computer professionals and users, including privacy, intellectual property, expression, and codes of conduct.

 

 

Phil 255 ‑ Philosophy of Religion

Area: Arts and Humanities – SA1

Parker English

MWF 11:00-11:50am - Code 12659

Critical examination of important concepts, beliefs and arguments presented in world religions.

 

 

Phil 330 – Early Modern Philosophy

Don Adams

TR 11:00am-12:15pm - Code 15697

European philosophy from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (17th and 18th centuries).  Authors may include Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz (rationalists), Locke, Berkeley, Hume (empiricists), and Kant. Topics may include: epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, philosophy of science, political theory and philosophical psychology.

 

 

Phil 382 ‑ Continental Philosophy

TR 12:30-1:45pm

Eleanor Godway - Code 14459

An exploration of the development of phenomenology and existentialism from some glimpses in Kierkegaard and Bergson, through Husserl to Heidegger, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty.  Also, French authors in “post-modernism” will also be studied, such as Foucault, Derrida, Lévinas and Irigaray, and their contributions to ethics, religion, aesthetics, politics, etc., as well as philosophy.

 

 

Phil 400 – Seminar in Philosophy

Topic: W. E. B. DuBois

Felton Best

R 4:00-6:30pm - Code 14071

Prereq.: Philosophy majors or minors, or permission of instructor. A critical examination of the philosophical and historical writings of W. E. B. DuBois, including but not limited to his philosophy of integration, double consciousness and pan-Africanist cultural nationalism

 

 











 

 
 
Text Box: PHILOSOPHY at Central Connecticut State University Fall 2007 Courses The following are all the courses offered by the Philosophy Department. Phil 220 Introduction to Logic Area: Communication Skills – SK1 Section 01: TR 2:00-3:15pm-Code 14457 Section 70: S 11:00am-1:40pm-Code 14073 Section 71: S 8:00-10:40pm-Code 14515 Introduction to formal systems of deductive reasoning, as well as to non-deductive reasoning and the relations between logic and philosophy. Phil 222 Philosophy of Gender Fulfills theory requirements for Women's Studies (WGSS) Eleanor Godway MW 5:15-6:30pm -Code 15474 Addresses problems raised by gender in the history of philosophy and contemporary thought. The socio-cultural identification as male or female will be related to concerns in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics and politics, and the question will be raised whether traditional frames of reference may be skewed by taking the (White European) male perspective as universal and “objective”—with implications for critiques of racism and other oppressions. Phil 230 Ancient Greek Philosophy Don Adams MW 2:00-3:15pm - Code 14078 Development of Greek philosophy from the pre-Socratics to Plato and Aristotle. Phil 235 Philosophy of Social Science Area: Arts and Humanities – SA1 Pablo Iannone TR 3:30-4:45am - Code 15696 Critical study of concepts and methods of the social sciences, including the nature and origin of the concept of social science, and the relation between the social sciences and the natural sciences. Phil 241 – Environmental Ethics Area: Arts and Humanities – SA1 Pablo Iannone TR 2:00-3:15pm - Code 15473 Critical examination (both practical and theoretical) of ethical problems concerning how people treat the land, water, air, plants, and animals. Text Box: 100-LEVEL COURSES OFFERED Information about sections and times can be found in the course registration booklet. PHIL 112 - Introduction to Philosophy PHIL 121 - Introduction to Philosophy through Literature PHIL 125 - Introduction to Philosophy through Popular Culture PHIL 144 - Moral Issues COURSES TAUGHT IN OTHER SEMESTERS The department's offerings cover a wide range of philosophical areas. Some additional courses offered in other semesters are: * African Philosophy * Ethical Problems in Technology * African-American Philosophy * Existentialism * Buddhist Philosophy * Nature, Mind, and Science * Chinese Philosophy * Philosophy of Law * Contemporary Epistemology and Metaphysics * Philosophy of Science * Ethical Theory * Philosophy of the Arts * Ethical Problems in Business * Philosophy of War and Peace Programs The Department offers majors and minors in: *History of Philosophy *Logic and Philosophy of Science *Continental Philosophy *Theoretical and Practical Ethics *African, African-American, and Asian Philosophy *Philosophy of Religion and Religious Studies It is also responsible for three interdisciplinary concentrations, one in Religious Studies, another in African-American Studies, a third in Peace Studies, and actively participates in the university Honors Program.